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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Highest Black population share, Texas counties

Texas counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Black or African American (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Black residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 254 is 3.7%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Oldham County, TX, up 92 places to #61.

Highest Black population share by state
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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACKVS 2000
01Jefferson County, TXTX254,32132.7%−0.8 pts
02Bowie County, TXTX92,69624.7%+1.4 pts
03▲6Waller County, TXTX69,85823.4%−5.7 pts
04▲6Morris County, TXTX12,13322.3%−1.7 pts
05▲2Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39722.1%+2.0 pts
06▲10Marion County, TXTX9,89621.9%−1.8 pts
07▼1Bell County, TXTX402,24821.5%+1.6 pts
08▼4San Augustine County, TXTX7,72221.4%−6.3 pts
09▼6Houston County, TXTX22,31620.9%−6.9 pts
10▲1Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19120.6%+0.9 pts
11▲3Harrison County, TXTX71,95620.3%−3.6 pts
12▼4Walker County, TXTX83,84219.6%−4.1 pts
13▲4Harris County, TXTX5,045,02618.6%+0.4 pts
14▲18Kaufman County, TXTX209,23518.4%+7.9 pts
15▼10Falls County, TXTX17,86918.4%−8.9 pts
16▼4Gregg County, TXTX126,09517.6%−2.1 pts
17▼4Anderson County, TXTX59,80517.6%−5.8 pts
18▲2Newton County, TXTX11,95417.3%−3.2 pts
19Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46617.3%+4.7 pts
20▼2Robertson County, TXTX17,83917.2%−6.8 pts
21▲1Limestone County, TXTX22,84916.9%−2.1 pts
22▲1Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03516.5%−0.1 pts
23▲7Red River County, TXTX11,81616.3%−1.4 pts
24Smith County, TXTX252,54916.3%−2.7 pts
25Cass County, TXTX28,65116.2%−3.2 pts
26▲7Brazoria County, TXTX419,08015.9%+7.6 pts
27▲2Camp County, TXTX13,38015.5%−3.6 pts
28▼13Madison County, TXTX14,22615.3%−7.2 pts
29▼8Jasper County, TXTX33,07515.3%−2.4 pts
30▼4Shelby County, TXTX24,28615.1%−4.2 pts
31▲5Freestone County, TXTX20,81114.5%−4.3 pts
32▲10Ellis County, TXTX240,86714.4%+5.9 pts
33▼5Washington County, TXTX38,28814.2%−4.3 pts
34▲3McLennan County, TXTX272,02013.5%−1.5 pts
35▼8Rusk County, TXTX54,85413.2%−5.9 pts
36▼1Coryell County, TXTX85,59213.0%−8.4 pts
37▲4Cherokee County, TXTX53,33712.8%−3.1 pts
38▼7Angelina County, TXTX88,15412.1%−2.4 pts
39▲1Lamar County, TXTX51,50312.0%−1.4 pts
40▲3Galveston County, TXTX372,20711.9%−3.4 pts
41▼2Grimes County, TXTX34,25211.3%−8.5 pts
42▼8Panola County, TXTX23,01811.2%−6.4 pts
43▼5Wharton County, TXTX42,06010.9%−3.8 pts
44▲8Collin County, TXTX1,297,17910.8%+6.1 pts
45▲1Denton County, TXTX1,069,34610.7%+5.0 pts
46▲3Tyler County, TXTX20,44310.7%−1.3 pts
47Burleson County, TXTX20,54910.6%−4.2 pts
48▲5Potter County, TXTX114,45310.2%+0.5 pts
49▲10Titus County, TXTX31,56310.2%−0.3 pts
50▼2Wichita County, TXTX129,55510.2%+0.1 pts
51▲3Brazos County, TXTX249,08810.1%−0.5 pts
52▲3Jones County, TXTX20,86110.0%−1.4 pts
53▲57Garza County, TXTX4,5109.9%+5.4 pts
54▼9Colorado County, TXTX21,4399.7%−4.8 pts
55▼5Matagorda County, TXTX36,4639.7%−2.9 pts
56▲2Lee County, TXTX18,7299.6%−2.3 pts
57▲14Karnes County, TXTX15,0189.3%−1.1 pts
58▼14Navarro County, TXTX57,1819.1%−7.6 pts
59▲13Rockwall County, TXTX140,7389.1%+5.9 pts
60▲10San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4888.7%−3.9 pts
61▲92Oldham County, TXTX1,7838.7%+6.8 pts
62▼11Mitchell County, TXTX8,9478.2%−4.5 pts
63▲25Delta County, TXTX5,5498.1%−0.2 pts
64▼3Milam County, TXTX26,2588.1%−2.8 pts
65▲2Austin County, TXTX33,6257.9%−2.6 pts
66▼3Trinity County, TXTX14,3847.9%−4.0 pts
67▲6Travis County, TXTX1,389,6707.8%−1.2 pts
68▼2Hunt County, TXTX123,3367.8%−1.6 pts
69▲22Swisher County, TXTX6,7037.7%+1.9 pts
70▼14Polk County, TXTX53,4347.7%−5.3 pts
71▼3Taylor County, TXTX150,0777.7%+1.2 pts
72▼15Orange County, TXTX86,2667.6%−0.8 pts
73▲8Chambers County, TXTX57,5947.5%−2.2 pts
74▼5Liberty County, TXTX121,3647.5%−5.3 pts
75▲1Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0887.4%+0.5 pts
76▼2Bee County, TXTX32,5157.3%−2.5 pts
77▲13Leon County, TXTX16,8947.2%−3.1 pts
78▼1Upshur County, TXTX44,4107.2%−2.9 pts
79Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1117.1%+2.3 pts
80▲3Hopkins County, TXTX39,0637.0%−0.9 pts
81▼6Sabine County, TXTX10,0126.8%−3.1 pts
82▼22Childress County, TXTX6,6436.7%−7.2 pts
83▼21Lubbock County, TXTX328,9066.7%−0.8 pts
84Williamson County, TXTX752,8276.7%+1.7 pts
85Jackson County, TXTX15,3936.6%−1.0 pts
86▼6Dawson County, TXTX11,7766.5%−2.1 pts
87Midland County, TXTX187,8556.4%−0.4 pts
88▲1Refugio County, TXTX6,6576.2%−0.5 pts
89▲9Montgomery County, TXTX781,1946.1%+2.6 pts
90▲31Hartley County, TXTX4,9046.0%−2.0 pts
91▼26DeWitt County, TXTX20,3096.0%−4.8 pts
92▲33Haskell County, TXTX5,4995.9%+3.3 pts
93▼7Fannin County, TXTX39,2655.9%−2.1 pts
94▲6Gonzales County, TXTX20,1595.8%−2.2 pts
95▼31Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4815.8%−2.9 pts
96▲1Bastrop County, TXTX118,9085.7%−2.8 pts
97▼1Fayette County, TXTX25,4595.6%−1.3 pts
98▲3Hardin County, TXTX58,7235.6%−1.3 pts
99▼4Victoria County, TXTX92,6565.5%−0.6 pts
100▲88Reagan County, TXTX3,1665.4%+2.6 pts
101▲12Franklin County, TXTX10,9945.4%+1.5 pts
102▲100Motley County, TXTX1,0435.3%+1.8 pts
103▲25La Salle County, TXTX6,5175.2%+2.0 pts
104▼2Donley County, TXTX3,2135.2%+1.2 pts
105▼6Grayson County, TXTX153,6135.1%−0.6 pts
106▲6Frio County, TXTX18,8235.1%+0.3 pts
107▼13Henderson County, TXTX88,5955.1%−1.5 pts
108▲9Johnson County, TXTX218,0485.1%+2.7 pts
109▲10Ward County, TXTX11,1255.0%+0.7 pts
110▼17Hill County, TXTX39,5035.0%−2.3 pts
111▲32Cochran County, TXTX2,5464.9%+0.4 pts
112▲21Moore County, TXTX21,8914.8%+4.4 pts
113▲11Goliad County, TXTX7,2084.8%+0.2 pts
114▲35Concho County, TXTX3,6074.7%+3.8 pts
115▼10Howard County, TXTX30,5044.5%+0.7 pts
116▼13Caldwell County, TXTX55,1504.5%−3.8 pts
117▼6Gray County, TXTX20,9194.5%−1.2 pts
118▼11Hale County, TXTX31,8194.5%−1.1 pts
119▼10Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4874.4%−0.8 pts
120▲36Coleman County, TXTX7,9154.4%+2.3 pts
121▼17Ector County, TXTX173,8014.2%−0.2 pts
122▼40Hall County, TXTX2,7374.1%−3.7 pts
123▲54Briscoe County, TXTX1,4744.1%+1.8 pts
124▲7Lampasas County, TXTX23,6574.0%+1.1 pts
125▲34Winkler County, TXTX7,5403.9%+2.2 pts
126▼12Hays County, TXTX304,3903.8%+0.3 pts
127▼12Wood County, TXTX49,6883.7%−2.4 pts
128▼22Knox County, TXTX3,1923.7%−3.1 pts
129▼37Lavaca County, TXTX20,6513.6%−3.1 pts
130▲2Kleberg County, TXTX30,3153.6%+0.2 pts
131▼5Tom Green County, TXTX120,6023.6%−0.4 pts
132▼12Brown County, TXTX38,7113.5%−0.4 pts
133▼15Nueces County, TXTX352,9923.5%−0.5 pts
134▲7Fisher County, TXTX3,6923.4%+0.9 pts
135▼19Hardeman County, TXTX3,2923.4%−1.4 pts
136▼9Pecos County, TXTX14,5603.4%−0.8 pts
137▼15Scurry County, TXTX16,1623.3%−2.8 pts
138▼4Lamb County, TXTX12,5793.3%−0.9 pts
139▼4Cooke County, TXTX44,4613.2%+0.2 pts
140▼10Randall County, TXTX152,3513.1%+1.7 pts
141▼5El Paso County, TXTX877,8583.0%+0.3 pts
142▼3Stephens County, TXTX9,3803.0%+0.2 pts
143▲30Runnels County, TXTX9,6932.9%+1.6 pts
144▼21Jack County, TXTX9,5632.9%−2.6 pts
145▼3Medina County, TXTX56,8812.9%+0.8 pts
146▼17Terry County, TXTX11,7202.9%−2.0 pts
147▲17Martin County, TXTX5,2842.8%+1.2 pts
148▼3Crosby County, TXTX4,8522.8%−0.9 pts
149▼11Hockley County, TXTX21,6002.8%−0.8 pts
150▼42Nolan County, TXTX14,1172.7%−1.9 pts
151▲7Calhoun County, TXTX19,5992.6%+0.1 pts
152▼4Rains County, TXTX13,5422.5%−0.4 pts
153▲2San Saba County, TXTX5,7872.5%−0.1 pts
154▼8Comal County, TXTX209,1662.4%+1.5 pts
155▲89Hemphill County, TXTX3,0832.4%+0.8 pts
156▼78Cottle County, TXTX1,2242.3%−6.9 pts
157▼17Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1302.3%−0.6 pts
158▼7Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7912.3%0.0 pts
159▼7Eastland County, TXTX18,1432.2%0.0 pts
160▼10Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6332.2%−0.2 pts
161▲80Edwards County, TXTX1,3702.1%+2.0 pts
162▲19Gaines County, TXTX23,9562.1%0.0 pts
163▼19Floyd County, TXTX4,8812.0%−1.2 pts
164▲7Wilson County, TXTX56,1392.0%+0.9 pts
165▲53Hamilton County, TXTX8,6802.0%+1.8 pts
166▼9Live Oak County, TXTX11,9291.9%−0.3 pts
167Crane County, TXTX4,5541.9%−1.0 pts
168▼31Erath County, TXTX43,9111.8%+1.0 pts
169▼15Lynn County, TXTX6,0171.7%−0.8 pts
170▼5Reeves County, TXTX12,1381.7%−0.1 pts
171▲19Wise County, TXTX83,7781.6%+0.4 pts
172▲13Andrews County, TXTX18,9141.6%+0.1 pts
173▼26Willacy County, TXTX19,9711.5%−0.5 pts
174Kerr County, TXTX54,0371.5%−0.2 pts
175▼5San Patricio County, TXTX72,0531.5%−1.2 pts
176▼13Wheeler County, TXTX4,7731.4%−1.2 pts
177▲45Archer County, TXTX9,1291.4%+1.3 pts
178▲58Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4331.4%+1.2 pts
179▲7Dickens County, TXTX1,6921.4%−6.7 pts
180▲35Somervell County, TXTX10,2611.3%+1.1 pts
181▲6Aransas County, TXTX26,1461.3%−0.1 pts
182Parker County, TXTX184,7671.3%−0.5 pts
183▼5Burnet County, TXTX57,0151.2%−0.2 pts
184▼18Baylor County, TXTX3,4721.2%−2.1 pts
185▲50Coke County, TXTX3,4121.2%−0.7 pts
186▼6Val Verde County, TXTX47,8351.2%−0.2 pts
187▼27Upton County, TXTX3,1311.2%−0.3 pts
188▲23Bandera County, TXTX22,8761.2%+0.9 pts
189▼14Castro County, TXTX7,2951.2%−1.0 pts
190▲2Callahan County, TXTX14,4911.2%+0.9 pts
191▲2Dimmit County, TXTX8,0241.1%+0.5 pts
192▲8Atascosa County, TXTX53,5901.1%+0.7 pts
193▼21Bosque County, TXTX18,9181.1%−0.8 pts
194Hood County, TXTX70,5011.1%+0.8 pts
195▲11Blanco County, TXTX13,5811.1%+0.4 pts
196▲41Kimble County, TXTX4,4381.1%+1.0 pts
197▲26Clay County, TXTX10,7641.0%+0.6 pts
198▲32Kent County, TXTX6741.0%+0.7 pts
199▼23McCulloch County, TXTX7,4720.9%−0.6 pts
200▼2Kendall County, TXTX53,2890.9%+0.6 pts
201▲2Shackelford County, TXTX3,1970.9%+0.6 pts
202▼1Zavala County, TXTX9,0370.8%+0.5 pts
203▲5Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6260.8%−0.5 pts
204▲8Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8040.8%+0.4 pts
205▼10Real County, TXTX2,7450.7%+0.6 pts
206▼38Duval County, TXTX9,4020.7%+0.3 pts
207▲45Kenedy County, TXTX3190.7%+0.7 pts
208▲17Carson County, TXTX5,8050.7%+0.1 pts
209Mills County, TXTX4,5800.7%−0.5 pts
210▼11Bailey County, TXTX6,9630.6%−0.5 pts
211▲15Armstrong County, TXTX1,8430.6%+0.4 pts
212▼50Brewster County, TXTX9,4580.6%−0.4 pts
213▼24Young County, TXTX18,1540.6%−0.6 pts
214▲31Brooks County, TXTX6,5790.6%+0.5 pts
215▲4Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5490.6%+0.2 pts
216▲24Borden County, TXTX5670.6%+0.4 pts
217▼13Schleicher County, TXTX2,2450.5%−0.5 pts
218▲6Cameron County, TXTX433,9460.5%+0.2 pts
219▲9Webb County, TXTX281,2240.4%+0.3 pts
220▲9Comanche County, TXTX14,4320.4%0.0 pts
221▼16Menard County, TXTX1,9560.4%0.0 pts
222▼53Stonewall County, TXTX1,1860.4%−2.4 pts
223▲8Roberts County, TXTX8670.4%0.0 pts
224▲26Starr County, TXTX66,3190.4%+0.3 pts
225▲21Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5550.3%−0.1 pts
226▼12Uvalde County, TXTX24,9630.3%+0.1 pts
227▼66Foard County, TXTX1,0440.3%−2.9 pts
228▼15Llano County, TXTX23,3530.3%0.0 pts
229▼19Parmer County, TXTX9,6780.3%−0.6 pts
230▼23Crockett County, TXTX2,7690.2%−0.2 pts
231▼40Culberson County, TXTX2,2670.2%−0.4 pts
232▼48Dallam County, TXTX7,5080.2%−1.4 pts
233Maverick County, TXTX58,8230.2%+0.1 pts
234▼37Yoakum County, TXTX7,4380.1%−1.1 pts
235▲14Zapata County, TXTX13,7530.1%0.0 pts
236▼4Hansford County, TXTX4,9440.1%+0.1 pts
237▼3Sterling County, TXTX1,3490.1%+0.1 pts
238▼17Sherman County, TXTX2,7810.1%−0.3 pts
239▼1Sutton County, TXTX3,2030.1%0.0 pts
240▼13Gillespie County, TXTX28,5270.1%0.0 pts
241▼24Irion County, TXTX1,4630.1%−0.2 pts
242▼22Montague County, TXTX21,9660.1%−0.1 pts
243▼64Kinney County, TXTX3,1280.1%−1.2 pts
244▲3Mason County, TXTX3,9900.1%−0.1 pts
245▼3Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2840.0%0.0 pts
246▼3Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9550.0%−0.4 pts
247▼51Glasscock County, TXTX1,1280.0%−0.4 pts
248▲3Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7110.0%−0.7 pts
249▲4King County, TXTX1920.0%0.0 pts
250▲4Loving County, TXTX520.0%0.0 pts
251▼12McMullen County, TXTX5440.0%−1.2 pts
252▼36Presidio County, TXTX5,4330.0%−0.1 pts
253▼70Terrell County, TXTX7020.0%0.0 pts
254▼6Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5540.0%−0.1 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES