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Highest Black population share, Texas counties · 2020

Texas counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Black or African American (2020 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, TXTX92,69624.9%+1.6 pts
03Houston County, TXTX22,31623.4%−4.4 pts
04San Augustine County, TXTX7,72222.3%−5.4 pts
05Falls County, TXTX17,86921.9%−5.4 pts
06Bell County, TXTX402,24821.8%+1.9 pts
07Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39721.6%+1.5 pts
08Walker County, TXTX83,84221.4%−2.3 pts
09Waller County, TXTX69,85821.3%−7.8 pts
10Morris County, TXTX12,13320.4%−3.6 pts
11Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19120.4%+0.8 pts
12Gregg County, TXTX126,09520.1%+0.4 pts
13Anderson County, TXTX59,80519.7%−3.7 pts
14Harrison County, TXTX71,95619.5%−4.4 pts
15Madison County, TXTX14,22619.2%−3.3 pts
16Marion County, TXTX9,89619.0%−4.8 pts
17Harris County, TXTX5,045,02618.7%+0.5 pts
18Robertson County, TXTX17,83918.5%−5.5 pts
19Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46617.0%+4.4 pts
20Newton County, TXTX11,95417.0%−3.6 pts
21Jasper County, TXTX33,07516.9%−0.8 pts
22Limestone County, TXTX22,84916.4%−2.6 pts
23Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03516.3%−0.2 pts
24Smith County, TXTX252,54916.3%−2.7 pts
25Cass County, TXTX28,65115.9%−3.6 pts
26Shelby County, TXTX24,28615.8%−3.5 pts
27Rusk County, TXTX54,85415.8%−3.3 pts
28Washington County, TXTX38,28815.5%−2.9 pts
29Camp County, TXTX13,38015.1%−4.0 pts
30Red River County, TXTX11,81615.0%−2.7 pts
31Angelina County, TXTX88,15414.9%+0.4 pts
32Kaufman County, TXTX209,23514.8%+4.3 pts
33Brazoria County, TXTX419,08014.4%+6.1 pts
34Panola County, TXTX23,01814.4%−3.2 pts
35Coryell County, TXTX85,59214.2%−7.2 pts
36Freestone County, TXTX20,81114.1%−4.7 pts
37McLennan County, TXTX272,02013.9%−1.2 pts
38Wharton County, TXTX42,06013.2%−1.6 pts
39Grimes County, TXTX34,25213.1%−6.8 pts
40Lamar County, TXTX51,50312.7%−0.7 pts
41Cherokee County, TXTX53,33712.6%−3.3 pts
42Ellis County, TXTX240,86712.3%+3.8 pts
43Galveston County, TXTX372,20712.3%−3.0 pts
44Navarro County, TXTX57,18111.9%−4.7 pts
45Colorado County, TXTX21,43910.8%−3.7 pts
46Denton County, TXTX1,069,34610.5%+4.8 pts
47Burleson County, TXTX20,54910.5%−4.3 pts
48Wichita County, TXTX129,55510.3%+0.3 pts
49Tyler County, TXTX20,44310.3%−1.6 pts
50Matagorda County, TXTX36,46310.3%−2.3 pts
51Mitchell County, TXTX8,94710.3%−2.4 pts
52Collin County, TXTX1,297,17910.2%+5.4 pts
53Potter County, TXTX114,45310.1%+0.4 pts
54Brazos County, TXTX249,08810.1%−0.5 pts
55Jones County, TXTX20,86110.1%−1.3 pts
56Polk County, TXTX53,4349.7%−3.3 pts
57Orange County, TXTX86,2669.4%+1.1 pts
58Lee County, TXTX18,7299.3%−2.6 pts
59Titus County, TXTX31,5639.2%−1.3 pts
60Childress County, TXTX6,6438.6%−5.4 pts
61Milam County, TXTX26,2588.5%−2.4 pts
62Lubbock County, TXTX328,9068.3%+0.8 pts
63Trinity County, TXTX14,3848.0%−3.9 pts
64Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4817.9%−0.8 pts
65DeWitt County, TXTX20,3097.9%−2.9 pts
66Hunt County, TXTX123,3367.8%−1.6 pts
67Austin County, TXTX33,6257.8%−2.7 pts
68Taylor County, TXTX150,0777.7%+1.2 pts
69Liberty County, TXTX121,3647.7%−5.1 pts
70San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4887.6%−5.0 pts
71Karnes County, TXTX15,0187.6%−2.8 pts
72Rockwall County, TXTX140,7387.6%+4.4 pts
73Travis County, TXTX1,389,6707.5%−1.6 pts
74Bee County, TXTX32,5157.5%−2.3 pts
75Sabine County, TXTX10,0127.4%−2.5 pts
76Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0887.4%+0.5 pts
77Upshur County, TXTX44,4107.1%−3.0 pts
78Cottle County, TXTX1,2247.0%−2.3 pts
79Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1116.9%+2.1 pts
80Dawson County, TXTX11,7766.8%−1.8 pts
81Chambers County, TXTX57,5946.8%−2.9 pts
82Hall County, TXTX2,7376.7%−1.1 pts
83Hopkins County, TXTX39,0636.5%−1.4 pts
84Williamson County, TXTX752,8276.3%+1.4 pts
85Jackson County, TXTX15,3936.3%−1.3 pts
86Fannin County, TXTX39,2656.2%−1.8 pts
87Midland County, TXTX187,8556.2%−0.7 pts
88Delta County, TXTX5,5496.0%−2.3 pts
89Refugio County, TXTX6,6575.9%−0.7 pts
90Leon County, TXTX16,8945.9%−4.5 pts
91Swisher County, TXTX6,7035.8%+0.0 pts
92Lavaca County, TXTX20,6515.8%−0.9 pts
93Hill County, TXTX39,5035.7%−1.6 pts
94Henderson County, TXTX88,5955.7%−0.8 pts
95Victoria County, TXTX92,6565.7%−0.4 pts
96Fayette County, TXTX25,4595.7%−1.3 pts
97Bastrop County, TXTX118,9085.6%−2.9 pts
98Montgomery County, TXTX781,1945.5%+2.1 pts
99Grayson County, TXTX153,6135.5%−0.3 pts
100Gonzales County, TXTX20,1595.5%−2.5 pts
101Hardin County, TXTX58,7235.4%−1.5 pts
102Donley County, TXTX3,2135.1%+1.2 pts
103Caldwell County, TXTX55,1504.8%−3.5 pts
104Ector County, TXTX173,8014.5%+0.1 pts
105Howard County, TXTX30,5044.4%+0.5 pts
106Knox County, TXTX3,1924.4%−2.5 pts
107Hale County, TXTX31,8194.2%−1.3 pts
108Nolan County, TXTX14,1174.2%−0.3 pts
109Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4874.1%−1.2 pts
110Garza County, TXTX4,5104.0%−0.6 pts
111Gray County, TXTX20,9193.9%−1.8 pts
112Frio County, TXTX18,8233.8%−0.9 pts
113Franklin County, TXTX10,9943.8%−0.0 pts
114Hays County, TXTX304,3903.7%+0.2 pts
115Wood County, TXTX49,6883.7%−2.4 pts
116Hardeman County, TXTX3,2923.7%−1.1 pts
117Johnson County, TXTX218,0483.6%+1.2 pts
118Nueces County, TXTX352,9923.6%−0.5 pts
119Ward County, TXTX11,1253.6%−0.8 pts
120Brown County, TXTX38,7113.6%−0.4 pts
121Hartley County, TXTX4,9043.5%−4.5 pts
122Scurry County, TXTX16,1623.5%−2.5 pts
123Jack County, TXTX9,5633.5%−2.0 pts
124Goliad County, TXTX7,2083.4%−1.2 pts
125Haskell County, TXTX5,4993.3%+0.7 pts
126Tom Green County, TXTX120,6023.3%−0.6 pts
127Pecos County, TXTX14,5603.3%−0.8 pts
128La Salle County, TXTX6,5173.3%+0.0 pts
129Terry County, TXTX11,7203.3%−1.5 pts
130Randall County, TXTX152,3513.2%+1.8 pts
131Lampasas County, TXTX23,6573.2%+0.4 pts
132Kleberg County, TXTX30,3153.2%−0.3 pts
133Moore County, TXTX21,8913.1%+2.6 pts
134Lamb County, TXTX12,5793.0%−1.2 pts
135Cooke County, TXTX44,4612.8%−0.2 pts
136El Paso County, TXTX877,8582.8%+0.1 pts
137Erath County, TXTX43,9112.8%+2.0 pts
138Hockley County, TXTX21,6002.6%−1.0 pts
139Stephens County, TXTX9,3802.6%−0.3 pts
140Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1302.5%−0.3 pts
141Fisher County, TXTX3,6922.5%−0.0 pts
142Medina County, TXTX56,8812.5%+0.4 pts
143Cochran County, TXTX2,5462.4%−2.1 pts
144Floyd County, TXTX4,8812.3%−0.9 pts
145Crosby County, TXTX4,8522.3%−1.4 pts
146Comal County, TXTX209,1662.2%+1.3 pts
147Willacy County, TXTX19,9712.2%+0.2 pts
148Rains County, TXTX13,5422.2%−0.7 pts
149Concho County, TXTX3,6072.1%+1.1 pts
150Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6332.0%−0.3 pts
151Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7911.9%−0.3 pts
152Eastland County, TXTX18,1431.9%−0.3 pts
153Oldham County, TXTX1,7831.9%+0.0 pts
154Lynn County, TXTX6,0171.9%−0.7 pts
155San Saba County, TXTX5,7871.8%−0.7 pts
156Coleman County, TXTX7,9151.8%−0.3 pts
157Live Oak County, TXTX11,9291.8%−0.5 pts
158Calhoun County, TXTX19,5991.8%−0.7 pts
159Winkler County, TXTX7,5401.8%+0.0 pts
160Upton County, TXTX3,1311.8%+0.3 pts
161Foard County, TXTX1,0441.7%−1.5 pts
162Brewster County, TXTX9,4581.7%+0.7 pts
163Wheeler County, TXTX4,7731.6%−1.0 pts
164Martin County, TXTX5,2841.5%−0.0 pts
165Reeves County, TXTX12,1381.5%−0.3 pts
166Baylor County, TXTX3,4721.5%−1.8 pts
167Crane County, TXTX4,5541.5%−1.4 pts
168Duval County, TXTX9,4021.5%+1.0 pts
169Stonewall County, TXTX1,1861.4%−1.4 pts
170San Patricio County, TXTX72,0531.4%−1.2 pts
171Wilson County, TXTX56,1391.4%+0.3 pts
172Bosque County, TXTX18,9181.3%−0.5 pts
173Runnels County, TXTX9,6931.3%−0.0 pts
174Kerr County, TXTX54,0371.3%−0.4 pts
175Castro County, TXTX7,2951.3%−0.9 pts
176McCulloch County, TXTX7,4721.2%−0.3 pts
177Briscoe County, TXTX1,4741.2%−1.0 pts
178Burnet County, TXTX57,0151.2%−0.3 pts
179Kinney County, TXTX3,1281.2%−0.2 pts
180Val Verde County, TXTX47,8351.1%−0.2 pts
181Gaines County, TXTX23,9561.1%−1.0 pts
182Parker County, TXTX184,7671.1%−0.7 pts
183Terrell County, TXTX7021.1%+1.1 pts
184Dallam County, TXTX7,5081.0%−0.6 pts
185Andrews County, TXTX18,9141.0%−0.5 pts
186Dickens County, TXTX1,6921.0%−7.1 pts
187Aransas County, TXTX26,1461.0%−0.3 pts
188Reagan County, TXTX3,1661.0%−1.9 pts
189Young County, TXTX18,1541.0%−0.2 pts
190Wise County, TXTX83,7781.0%−0.2 pts
191Culberson County, TXTX2,2670.9%+0.3 pts
192Callahan County, TXTX14,4910.9%+0.7 pts
193Dimmit County, TXTX8,0240.8%+0.2 pts
194Hood County, TXTX70,5010.8%+0.5 pts
195Real County, TXTX2,7450.8%+0.6 pts
196Glasscock County, TXTX1,1280.7%+0.3 pts
197Yoakum County, TXTX7,4380.7%−0.5 pts
198Kendall County, TXTX53,2890.7%+0.4 pts
199Bailey County, TXTX6,9630.7%−0.4 pts
200Atascosa County, TXTX53,5900.7%+0.2 pts
201Zavala County, TXTX9,0370.7%+0.3 pts
202Motley County, TXTX1,0430.7%−2.8 pts
203Shackelford County, TXTX3,1970.6%+0.4 pts
204Schleicher County, TXTX2,2450.6%−0.5 pts
205Menard County, TXTX1,9560.6%+0.2 pts
206Blanco County, TXTX13,5810.6%−0.1 pts
207Crockett County, TXTX2,7690.6%+0.1 pts
208Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6260.6%−0.8 pts
209Mills County, TXTX4,5800.6%−0.6 pts
210Parmer County, TXTX9,6780.5%−0.4 pts
211Bandera County, TXTX22,8760.5%+0.2 pts
212Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8040.5%+0.0 pts
213Llano County, TXTX23,3530.5%+0.2 pts
214Uvalde County, TXTX24,9630.4%+0.2 pts
215Somervell County, TXTX10,2610.4%+0.2 pts
216Presidio County, TXTX5,4330.4%+0.3 pts
217Irion County, TXTX1,4630.4%+0.2 pts
218Hamilton County, TXTX8,6800.4%+0.3 pts
219Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5490.4%+0.0 pts
220Montague County, TXTX21,9660.4%+0.2 pts
221Sherman County, TXTX2,7810.4%−0.1 pts
222Archer County, TXTX9,1290.4%+0.3 pts
223Clay County, TXTX10,7640.3%−0.0 pts
224Cameron County, TXTX433,9460.3%+0.1 pts
225Carson County, TXTX5,8050.3%−0.3 pts
226Armstrong County, TXTX1,8430.3%+0.1 pts
227Gillespie County, TXTX28,5270.3%+0.2 pts
228Webb County, TXTX281,2240.3%+0.1 pts
229Comanche County, TXTX14,4320.3%−0.2 pts
230Kent County, TXTX6740.3%+0.0 pts
231Roberts County, TXTX8670.2%−0.1 pts
232Hansford County, TXTX4,9440.2%+0.2 pts
233Maverick County, TXTX58,8230.2%+0.1 pts
234Sterling County, TXTX1,3490.2%+0.1 pts
235Coke County, TXTX3,4120.2%−1.7 pts
236Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4330.2%−0.0 pts
237Kimble County, TXTX4,4380.2%+0.1 pts
238Sutton County, TXTX3,2030.2%+0.0 pts
239McMullen County, TXTX5440.2%−1.0 pts
240Borden County, TXTX5670.2%+0.0 pts
241Edwards County, TXTX1,3700.1%+0.0 pts
242Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2840.1%+0.1 pts
243Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9550.1%−0.3 pts
244Hemphill County, TXTX3,0830.1%−1.4 pts
245Brooks County, TXTX6,5790.1%+0.1 pts
246Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5550.1%−0.3 pts
247Mason County, TXTX3,9900.1%−0.0 pts
248Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5540.1%+0.0 pts
249Zapata County, TXTX13,7530.1%−0.1 pts
250Starr County, TXTX66,3190.0%+0.0 pts
251Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7110.0%−0.7 pts
252Kenedy County, TXTX3190.0%+0.0 pts
253King County, TXTX1920.0%+0.0 pts
254Loving County, TXTX520.0%+0.0 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS