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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.

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