CensusEasy
RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Highest Black population share, Texas counties · 1990

Texas counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Black or African American (1990 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 3.6%.

Highest Black population share by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACKVS –
01Waller County, TXTX69,85837.4%–
02Jefferson County, TXTX254,32130.9%–
03Marion County, TXTX9,89630.9%–
04Houston County, TXTX22,31629.4%–
05San Augustine County, TXTX7,72228.0%–
06Harrison County, TXTX71,95627.8%–
07Robertson County, TXTX17,83927.5%–
08Falls County, TXTX17,86927.1%–
09Grimes County, TXTX34,25224.5%–
10Morris County, TXTX12,13324.4%–
11Camp County, TXTX13,38023.8%–
12Walker County, TXTX83,84223.6%–
13Anderson County, TXTX59,80523.2%–
14Madison County, TXTX14,22622.8%–
15Newton County, TXTX11,95422.3%–
16Bowie County, TXTX92,69621.8%–
17Shelby County, TXTX24,28621.6%–
18Washington County, TXTX38,28820.8%–
19Coryell County, TXTX85,59220.7%–
20Smith County, TXTX252,54920.7%–
21Rusk County, TXTX54,85420.3%–
22Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19120.3%–
23Cass County, TXTX28,65120.1%–
24Red River County, TXTX11,81620.0%–
25Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39719.8%–
26Limestone County, TXTX22,84919.7%–
27Freestone County, TXTX20,81119.0%–
28Navarro County, TXTX57,18118.9%–
29Harris County, TXTX5,045,02618.9%–
30Jasper County, TXTX33,07518.9%–
31Gregg County, TXTX126,09518.7%–
32Bell County, TXTX402,24818.4%–
33Panola County, TXTX23,01818.3%–
34Burleson County, TXTX20,54917.4%–
35Galveston County, TXTX372,20717.2%–
36Colorado County, TXTX21,43916.9%–
37Cherokee County, TXTX53,33716.7%–
38Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03516.2%–
39Wharton County, TXTX42,06015.6%–
40San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48815.5%–
41McLennan County, TXTX272,02015.5%–
42Angelina County, TXTX88,15415.2%–
43Lamar County, TXTX51,50314.7%–
44Trinity County, TXTX14,38414.4%–
45Kaufman County, TXTX209,23513.8%–
46Matagorda County, TXTX36,46313.7%–
47Lee County, TXTX18,72913.7%–
48Titus County, TXTX31,56313.4%–
49Austin County, TXTX33,62513.1%–
50Liberty County, TXTX121,36412.9%–
51Leon County, TXTX16,89412.7%–
52Milam County, TXTX26,25812.6%–
53Polk County, TXTX53,43412.6%–
54Upshur County, TXTX44,41012.3%–
55Chambers County, TXTX57,59412.1%–
56Tyler County, TXTX20,44311.9%–
57Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46611.9%–
58Sabine County, TXTX10,01211.6%–
59Bastrop County, TXTX118,90811.4%–
60Brazos County, TXTX249,08811.1%–
61DeWitt County, TXTX20,30910.7%–
62Travis County, TXTX1,389,67010.7%–
63Caldwell County, TXTX55,15010.5%–
64Hunt County, TXTX123,33610.4%–
65Ellis County, TXTX240,86710.0%–
66Gonzales County, TXTX20,1599.7%–
67Jackson County, TXTX15,3939.4%–
68Hill County, TXTX39,5038.9%–
69Wichita County, TXTX129,5558.9%–
70Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4818.9%–
71Cottle County, TXTX1,2248.9%–
72Hopkins County, TXTX39,0638.7%–
73Potter County, TXTX114,4538.6%–
74Fayette County, TXTX25,4598.4%–
75Hardin County, TXTX58,7238.4%–
76Orange County, TXTX86,2668.3%–
77Brazoria County, TXTX419,0808.1%–
78Henderson County, TXTX88,5958.1%–
79Wood County, TXTX49,6888.0%–
80Hall County, TXTX2,7377.7%–
81Midland County, TXTX187,8557.7%–
82Refugio County, TXTX6,6577.6%–
83Delta County, TXTX5,5497.3%–
84Lubbock County, TXTX328,9067.3%–
85Lavaca County, TXTX20,6517.3%–
86Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0886.9%–
87Knox County, TXTX3,1926.8%–
88Grayson County, TXTX153,6136.8%–
89Victoria County, TXTX92,6566.5%–
90Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4876.4%–
91Garza County, TXTX4,5106.4%–
92Fannin County, TXTX39,2656.3%–
93Goliad County, TXTX7,2086.2%–
94Taylor County, TXTX150,0776.1%–
95Hardeman County, TXTX3,2925.7%–
96Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1115.5%–
97Hale County, TXTX31,8195.5%–
98Childress County, TXTX6,6435.4%–
99Scurry County, TXTX16,1625.2%–
100Cochran County, TXTX2,5465.1%–
101Fisher County, TXTX3,6925.0%–
102Foard County, TXTX1,0445.0%–
103Denton County, TXTX1,069,3464.9%–
104Mitchell County, TXTX8,9474.8%–
105Williamson County, TXTX752,8274.7%–
106Lamb County, TXTX12,5794.7%–
107Swisher County, TXTX6,7034.6%–
108Ector County, TXTX173,8014.6%–
109Franklin County, TXTX10,9944.6%–
110Brown County, TXTX38,7114.4%–
111Crosby County, TXTX4,8524.4%–
112Dawson County, TXTX11,7764.3%–
113Hockley County, TXTX21,6004.2%–
114Montgomery County, TXTX781,1944.2%–
115Nueces County, TXTX352,9924.2%–
116Baylor County, TXTX3,4724.1%–
117Nolan County, TXTX14,1174.0%–
118Rains County, TXTX13,5424.0%–
119Howard County, TXTX30,5043.9%–
120Collin County, TXTX1,297,1793.9%–
121Tom Green County, TXTX120,6023.9%–
122Dickens County, TXTX1,6923.9%–
123Motley County, TXTX1,0433.8%–
124Cooke County, TXTX44,4613.7%–
125Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1303.6%–
126Gray County, TXTX20,9193.6%–
127Jones County, TXTX20,8613.6%–
128Ward County, TXTX11,1253.5%–
129Floyd County, TXTX4,8813.5%–
130Haskell County, TXTX5,4993.5%–
131El Paso County, TXTX877,8583.4%–
132Stonewall County, TXTX1,1863.4%–
133Lynn County, TXTX6,0173.3%–
134Hays County, TXTX304,3903.3%–
135Rockwall County, TXTX140,7383.2%–
136Kleberg County, TXTX30,3153.2%–
137Donley County, TXTX3,2133.2%–
138Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7913.2%–
139Briscoe County, TXTX1,4743.1%–
140Terry County, TXTX11,7203.1%–
141Calhoun County, TXTX19,5993.0%–
142Bee County, TXTX32,5153.0%–
143Upton County, TXTX3,1312.8%–
144Karnes County, TXTX15,0182.8%–
145Stephens County, TXTX9,3802.8%–
146Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6332.8%–
147Crane County, TXTX4,5542.7%–
148Johnson County, TXTX218,0482.7%–
149Castro County, TXTX7,2952.6%–
150Reeves County, TXTX12,1382.6%–
151Wheeler County, TXTX4,7732.6%–
152Coleman County, TXTX7,9152.4%–
153Parmer County, TXTX9,6782.4%–
154Zavala County, TXTX9,0372.4%–
155Kerr County, TXTX54,0372.2%–
156Eastland County, TXTX18,1432.2%–
157Bailey County, TXTX6,9632.2%–
158Martin County, TXTX5,2842.1%–
159Bosque County, TXTX18,9182.0%–
160Val Verde County, TXTX47,8352.0%–
161Lampasas County, TXTX23,6571.9%–
162Young County, TXTX18,1541.9%–
163Runnels County, TXTX9,6931.9%–
164Winkler County, TXTX7,5401.9%–
165McCulloch County, TXTX7,4721.8%–
166Gaines County, TXTX23,9561.7%–
167Andrews County, TXTX18,9141.7%–
168Kinney County, TXTX3,1281.6%–
169Aransas County, TXTX26,1461.5%–
170Wise County, TXTX83,7781.4%–
171Reagan County, TXTX3,1661.4%–
172Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6261.4%–
173Dallam County, TXTX7,5081.3%–
174San Patricio County, TXTX72,0531.3%–
175Dimmit County, TXTX8,0241.2%–
176Frio County, TXTX18,8231.2%–
177Burnet County, TXTX57,0151.1%–
178Crockett County, TXTX2,7691.0%–
179Parker County, TXTX184,7671.0%–
180Randall County, TXTX152,3510.9%–
181Schleicher County, TXTX2,2450.9%–
182Wilson County, TXTX56,1390.9%–
183Yoakum County, TXTX7,4380.9%–
184Comal County, TXTX209,1660.8%–
185Jack County, TXTX9,5630.8%–
186Concho County, TXTX3,6070.7%–
187Kendall County, TXTX53,2890.6%–
188Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8040.6%–
189Kent County, TXTX6740.6%–
190Blanco County, TXTX13,5810.6%–
191Moore County, TXTX21,8910.5%–
192Shackelford County, TXTX3,1970.5%–
193Erath County, TXTX43,9110.5%–
194Pecos County, TXTX14,5600.5%–
195Willacy County, TXTX19,9710.5%–
196Brewster County, TXTX9,4580.4%–
197Mason County, TXTX3,9900.4%–
198Clay County, TXTX10,7640.3%–
199Bandera County, TXTX22,8760.3%–
200Atascosa County, TXTX53,5900.3%–
201Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7110.3%–
202Cameron County, TXTX433,9460.2%–
203Carson County, TXTX5,8050.2%–
204Archer County, TXTX9,1290.2%–
205San Saba County, TXTX5,7870.2%–
206Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5490.2%–
207Menard County, TXTX1,9560.2%–
208Medina County, TXTX56,8810.2%–
209Uvalde County, TXTX24,9630.1%–
210Mills County, TXTX4,5800.1%–
211Hamilton County, TXTX8,6800.1%–
212Sherman County, TXTX2,7810.1%–
213La Salle County, TXTX6,5170.1%–
214Maverick County, TXTX58,8230.1%–
215Hood County, TXTX70,5010.0%–
216Webb County, TXTX281,2240.0%–
217Duval County, TXTX9,4020.0%–
218Armstrong County, TXTX1,8430.0%–
219Borden County, TXTX5670.0%–
220Brooks County, TXTX6,5790.0%–
221Callahan County, TXTX14,4910.0%–
222Comanche County, TXTX14,4320.0%–
223Culberson County, TXTX2,2670.0%–
224Edwards County, TXTX1,3700.0%–
225Gillespie County, TXTX28,5270.0%–
226Glasscock County, TXTX1,1280.0%–
227Hansford County, TXTX4,9440.0%–
228Hartley County, TXTX4,9040.0%–
229Hemphill County, TXTX3,0830.0%–
230Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4330.0%–
231Irion County, TXTX1,4630.0%–
232Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5550.0%–
233Kenedy County, TXTX3190.0%–
234Kimble County, TXTX4,4380.0%–
235King County, TXTX1920.0%–
236Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9550.0%–
237Live Oak County, TXTX11,9290.0%–
238Llano County, TXTX23,3530.0%–
239Loving County, TXTX520.0%–
240McMullen County, TXTX5440.0%–
241Montague County, TXTX21,9660.0%–
242Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2840.0%–
243Oldham County, TXTX1,7830.0%–
244Presidio County, TXTX5,4330.0%–
245Real County, TXTX2,7450.0%–
246Somervell County, TXTX10,2610.0%–
247Starr County, TXTX66,3190.0%–
248Sterling County, TXTX1,3490.0%–
249Sutton County, TXTX3,2030.0%–
250Terrell County, TXTX7020.0%–
251Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5540.0%–
252Zapata County, TXTX13,7530.0%–
253Coke County, TXTX3,4120.0%–
254Roberts County, TXTX8670.0%–
SHOWING 1–254 OF 254

UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS