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RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Highest Black population share, Texas counties · 2000

Texas counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Black or African American (2000 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 1990
01Jefferson County, TXTX254,32133.5%+2.4 pts
02Waller County, TXTX69,85829.1%−8.5 pts
03Houston County, TXTX22,31627.8%−1.9 pts
04San Augustine County, TXTX7,72227.8%−0.3 pts
05Falls County, TXTX17,86927.3%+0.1 pts
06Morris County, TXTX12,13324.0%−0.4 pts
07Robertson County, TXTX17,83923.9%−3.8 pts
08Harrison County, TXTX71,95623.9%−4.0 pts
09Walker County, TXTX83,84223.8%−0.5 pts
10Marion County, TXTX9,89623.8%−7.2 pts
11Anderson County, TXTX59,80523.4%+0.2 pts
12Bowie County, TXTX92,69623.3%+1.4 pts
13Madison County, TXTX14,22622.5%−1.0 pts
14Coryell County, TXTX85,59221.3%+0.2 pts
15Newton County, TXTX11,95420.6%−1.8 pts
16Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39720.1%+0.1 pts
17Bell County, TXTX402,24819.9%+1.0 pts
18Grimes County, TXTX34,25219.8%−4.8 pts
19Gregg County, TXTX126,09519.7%+0.9 pts
20Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19119.6%−1.0 pts
21Cass County, TXTX28,65119.4%−0.8 pts
22Shelby County, TXTX24,28619.4%−2.2 pts
23Rusk County, TXTX54,85419.1%−1.4 pts
24Camp County, TXTX13,38019.1%−4.8 pts
25Limestone County, TXTX22,84919.0%−0.8 pts
26Smith County, TXTX252,54919.0%−1.9 pts
27Freestone County, TXTX20,81118.8%−0.2 pts
28Washington County, TXTX38,28818.5%−2.5 pts
29Harris County, TXTX5,045,02618.2%−1.0 pts
30Red River County, TXTX11,81617.7%−2.3 pts
31Jasper County, TXTX33,07517.7%−1.2 pts
32Panola County, TXTX23,01817.6%−0.7 pts
33Navarro County, TXTX57,18116.7%−2.3 pts
34Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03516.6%+0.1 pts
35Cherokee County, TXTX53,33715.9%−1.0 pts
36Galveston County, TXTX372,20715.3%−2.3 pts
37McLennan County, TXTX272,02015.0%−0.6 pts
38Burleson County, TXTX20,54914.8%−3.0 pts
39Wharton County, TXTX42,06014.7%−1.1 pts
40Angelina County, TXTX88,15414.5%−0.8 pts
41Colorado County, TXTX21,43914.5%−2.5 pts
42Childress County, TXTX6,64314.0%+8.6 pts
43Lamar County, TXTX51,50313.4%−1.4 pts
44Polk County, TXTX53,43413.0%+0.4 pts
45Liberty County, TXTX121,36412.8%−0.2 pts
46Mitchell County, TXTX8,94712.7%+7.9 pts
47Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46612.6%+0.6 pts
48Matagorda County, TXTX36,46312.6%−1.3 pts
49San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48812.6%−3.0 pts
50Lee County, TXTX18,72912.0%−1.9 pts
51Tyler County, TXTX20,44311.9%−0.0 pts
52Trinity County, TXTX14,38411.9%−2.5 pts
53Jones County, TXTX20,86111.4%+7.7 pts
54Milam County, TXTX26,25810.8%−2.0 pts
55DeWitt County, TXTX20,30910.8%−0.5 pts
56Brazos County, TXTX249,08810.6%−0.6 pts
57Titus County, TXTX31,56310.6%−2.9 pts
58Austin County, TXTX33,62510.5%−2.7 pts
59Kaufman County, TXTX209,23510.5%−3.4 pts
60Karnes County, TXTX15,01810.4%+7.6 pts
61Leon County, TXTX16,89410.3%−2.4 pts
62Upshur County, TXTX44,41010.1%−2.3 pts
63Wichita County, TXTX129,55510.1%+1.0 pts
64Sabine County, TXTX10,0129.9%−1.7 pts
65Potter County, TXTX114,4539.7%+0.9 pts
66Bee County, TXTX32,5159.7%+6.5 pts
67Chambers County, TXTX57,5949.7%−2.5 pts
68Hunt County, TXTX123,3369.4%−1.1 pts
69Cottle County, TXTX1,2249.2%+0.4 pts
70Travis County, TXTX1,389,6709.0%−1.9 pts
71Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4818.7%−0.3 pts
72Dawson County, TXTX11,7768.6%+4.3 pts
73Bastrop County, TXTX118,9088.6%−3.2 pts
74Ellis County, TXTX240,8678.5%−1.5 pts
75Brazoria County, TXTX419,0808.3%+0.1 pts
76Orange County, TXTX86,2668.3%−0.1 pts
77Caldwell County, TXTX55,1508.3%−2.4 pts
78Delta County, TXTX5,5498.3%+1.0 pts
79Dickens County, TXTX1,6928.1%+4.1 pts
80Hartley County, TXTX4,9048.0%+8.0 pts
81Gonzales County, TXTX20,1598.0%−2.0 pts
82Fannin County, TXTX39,2657.9%+1.6 pts
83Hopkins County, TXTX39,0637.9%−0.8 pts
84Hall County, TXTX2,7377.9%+0.1 pts
85Jackson County, TXTX15,3937.5%−2.1 pts
86Lubbock County, TXTX328,9067.5%−0.1 pts
87Hill County, TXTX39,5037.3%−1.8 pts
88Fayette County, TXTX25,4596.9%−1.5 pts
89Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0886.9%−0.2 pts
90Hardin County, TXTX58,7236.9%−1.6 pts
91Knox County, TXTX3,1926.9%−0.1 pts
92Midland County, TXTX187,8556.8%−0.9 pts
93Lavaca County, TXTX20,6516.7%−0.6 pts
94Refugio County, TXTX6,6576.7%−0.9 pts
95Henderson County, TXTX88,5956.6%−1.5 pts
96Taylor County, TXTX150,0776.5%+0.3 pts
97Victoria County, TXTX92,6566.1%−0.5 pts
98Wood County, TXTX49,6886.1%−2.0 pts
99Scurry County, TXTX16,1626.0%+0.8 pts
100Swisher County, TXTX6,7035.8%+1.2 pts
101Grayson County, TXTX153,6135.8%−1.0 pts
102Denton County, TXTX1,069,3465.8%+0.8 pts
103Gray County, TXTX20,9195.8%+2.1 pts
104Hale County, TXTX31,8195.6%+0.1 pts
105Jack County, TXTX9,5635.5%+4.7 pts
106Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4875.3%−1.1 pts
107Williamson County, TXTX752,8275.0%+0.1 pts
108Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1114.8%−0.8 pts
109Terry County, TXTX11,7204.8%+1.7 pts
110Hardeman County, TXTX3,2924.8%−1.1 pts
111Frio County, TXTX18,8234.8%+3.4 pts
112Collin County, TXTX1,297,1794.7%+0.8 pts
113Goliad County, TXTX7,2084.6%−2.2 pts
114Garza County, TXTX4,5104.5%−1.8 pts
115Nolan County, TXTX14,1174.5%+0.3 pts
116Cochran County, TXTX2,5464.5%−0.8 pts
117Ector County, TXTX173,8014.4%−0.3 pts
118Ward County, TXTX11,1254.4%+0.8 pts
119Lamb County, TXTX12,5794.2%−0.6 pts
120Pecos County, TXTX14,5604.2%+3.6 pts
121Nueces County, TXTX352,9924.1%−0.3 pts
122Tom Green County, TXTX120,6024.0%−0.1 pts
123Donley County, TXTX3,2133.9%+0.8 pts
124Brown County, TXTX38,7113.9%−0.5 pts
125Franklin County, TXTX10,9943.8%−0.7 pts
126Howard County, TXTX30,5043.8%−0.1 pts
127Crosby County, TXTX4,8523.7%−0.8 pts
128Hockley County, TXTX21,6003.6%−0.8 pts
129Hays County, TXTX304,3903.5%+0.1 pts
130Motley County, TXTX1,0433.5%−0.3 pts
131Kleberg County, TXTX30,3153.5%+0.1 pts
132Montgomery County, TXTX781,1943.4%−0.9 pts
133Baylor County, TXTX3,4723.3%−0.8 pts
134La Salle County, TXTX6,5173.3%+3.2 pts
135Floyd County, TXTX4,8813.2%−0.4 pts
136Foard County, TXTX1,0443.2%−2.5 pts
137Rockwall County, TXTX140,7383.2%−0.0 pts
138Cooke County, TXTX44,4613.0%−0.8 pts
139Crane County, TXTX4,5542.9%+0.2 pts
140Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1302.9%−0.7 pts
141Rains County, TXTX13,5422.9%−1.1 pts
142Lampasas County, TXTX23,6572.9%+0.9 pts
143Stephens County, TXTX9,3802.9%−0.3 pts
144Stonewall County, TXTX1,1862.8%−0.6 pts
145Reagan County, TXTX3,1662.8%+1.4 pts
146El Paso County, TXTX877,8582.7%−1.0 pts
147San Patricio County, TXTX72,0532.6%+1.3 pts
148Haskell County, TXTX5,4992.6%−0.8 pts
149Wheeler County, TXTX4,7732.6%−0.1 pts
150San Saba County, TXTX5,7872.6%+2.4 pts
151Lynn County, TXTX6,0172.5%−0.8 pts
152Fisher County, TXTX3,6922.5%−2.5 pts
153Calhoun County, TXTX19,5992.5%−0.5 pts
154Johnson County, TXTX218,0482.4%−0.3 pts
155Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6332.4%−0.4 pts
156Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7912.3%−0.9 pts
157Live Oak County, TXTX11,9292.3%+2.3 pts
158Briscoe County, TXTX1,4742.2%−0.9 pts
159Castro County, TXTX7,2952.2%−0.4 pts
160Eastland County, TXTX18,1432.2%+0.0 pts
161Coleman County, TXTX7,9152.2%−0.3 pts
162Gaines County, TXTX23,9562.1%+0.4 pts
163Medina County, TXTX56,8812.0%+1.8 pts
164Willacy County, TXTX19,9712.0%+1.5 pts
165Coke County, TXTX3,4121.9%+1.9 pts
166Oldham County, TXTX1,7831.9%+1.9 pts
167Bosque County, TXTX18,9181.9%−0.1 pts
168Reeves County, TXTX12,1381.8%−0.8 pts
169Winkler County, TXTX7,5401.8%−0.8 pts
170Parker County, TXTX184,7671.8%+0.8 pts
171Kerr County, TXTX54,0371.7%−0.7 pts
172Dallam County, TXTX7,5081.6%+0.3 pts
173Martin County, TXTX5,2841.6%−0.5 pts
174Hemphill County, TXTX3,0831.6%+1.6 pts
175Upton County, TXTX3,1311.5%−1.4 pts
176Andrews County, TXTX18,9141.5%−0.2 pts
177McCulloch County, TXTX7,4721.5%−0.3 pts
178Burnet County, TXTX57,0151.5%+0.3 pts
179Randall County, TXTX152,3511.5%+0.5 pts
180Val Verde County, TXTX47,8351.4%−0.7 pts
181Aransas County, TXTX26,1461.3%−0.2 pts
182Runnels County, TXTX9,6931.3%−0.7 pts
183Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6261.3%−0.1 pts
184Kinney County, TXTX3,1281.3%−0.7 pts
185Yoakum County, TXTX7,4381.3%+0.4 pts
186Young County, TXTX18,1541.2%−0.7 pts
187Wise County, TXTX83,7781.2%−0.2 pts
188Mills County, TXTX4,5801.2%+1.1 pts
189McMullen County, TXTX5441.2%+1.2 pts
190Bailey County, TXTX6,9631.2%−1.0 pts
191Wilson County, TXTX56,1391.1%+0.2 pts
192Schleicher County, TXTX2,2451.1%+0.1 pts
193Brewster County, TXTX9,4581.0%+0.4 pts
194Concho County, TXTX3,6071.0%+0.3 pts
195Parmer County, TXTX9,6780.9%−1.8 pts
196Comal County, TXTX209,1660.9%+0.0 pts
197Erath County, TXTX43,9110.8%+0.3 pts
198Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7110.7%+0.4 pts
199Blanco County, TXTX13,5810.7%+0.1 pts
200Dimmit County, TXTX8,0240.7%−0.6 pts
201Culberson County, TXTX2,2670.6%+0.6 pts
202Carson County, TXTX5,8050.6%+0.4 pts
203Sherman County, TXTX2,7810.5%+0.4 pts
204Atascosa County, TXTX53,5900.5%+0.1 pts
205Moore County, TXTX21,8910.4%−0.1 pts
206Comanche County, TXTX14,4320.4%+0.4 pts
207Crockett County, TXTX2,7690.4%−0.9 pts
208Duval County, TXTX9,4020.4%+0.4 pts
209Glasscock County, TXTX1,1280.4%+0.4 pts
210Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9550.4%+0.4 pts
211Menard County, TXTX1,9560.4%+0.2 pts
212Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8040.4%−0.2 pts
213Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5550.4%+0.4 pts
214Clay County, TXTX10,7640.4%+0.0 pts
215Zavala County, TXTX9,0370.4%−2.1 pts
216Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5490.3%+0.1 pts
217Roberts County, TXTX8670.3%+0.3 pts
218Llano County, TXTX23,3530.3%+0.3 pts
219Bandera County, TXTX22,8760.3%−0.0 pts
220Shackelford County, TXTX3,1970.3%−0.3 pts
221Hood County, TXTX70,5010.3%+0.2 pts
222Cameron County, TXTX433,9460.3%−0.1 pts
223Kendall County, TXTX53,2890.3%−0.5 pts
224Uvalde County, TXTX24,9630.3%+0.1 pts
225Kent County, TXTX6740.2%−0.4 pts
226Irion County, TXTX1,4630.2%+0.2 pts
227Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4330.2%+0.0 pts
228Callahan County, TXTX14,4910.2%+0.2 pts
229Somervell County, TXTX10,2610.2%+0.2 pts
230Armstrong County, TXTX1,8430.2%+0.2 pts
231Zapata County, TXTX13,7530.2%+0.2 pts
232Sutton County, TXTX3,2030.2%+0.2 pts
233Real County, TXTX2,7450.2%+0.2 pts
234Webb County, TXTX281,2240.2%+0.1 pts
235Montague County, TXTX21,9660.1%+0.1 pts
236Gillespie County, TXTX28,5270.1%+0.1 pts
237Edwards County, TXTX1,3700.1%+0.1 pts
238Borden County, TXTX5670.1%−0.4 pts
239Presidio County, TXTX5,4330.1%−0.0 pts
240Mason County, TXTX3,9900.1%−0.2 pts
241Hamilton County, TXTX8,6800.1%+0.0 pts
242Maverick County, TXTX58,8230.1%−0.1 pts
243Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2840.1%+0.1 pts
244Archer County, TXTX9,1290.1%−0.1 pts
245Sterling County, TXTX1,3490.1%+0.1 pts
246Kimble County, TXTX4,4380.1%+0.1 pts
247Brooks County, TXTX6,5790.1%−0.1 pts
248Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5540.1%+0.1 pts
249Hansford County, TXTX4,9440.0%+0.0 pts
250Starr County, TXTX66,3190.0%−0.0 pts
251Kenedy County, TXTX3190.0%+0.0 pts
252King County, TXTX1920.0%+0.0 pts
253Loving County, TXTX520.0%+0.0 pts
254Terrell County, TXTX7020.0%+0.0 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS