Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (898.17K), followed by Dallas County (597.64K), and Tarrant County (329.10K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2015
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| Rank | County | Black or African American Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris County | 898170 |
| 2 | Dallas County | 597644 |
| 3 | Tarrant County | 329102 |
| 4 | Bexar County | 158885 |
| 5 | Fort Bend County | 149661 |
| 6 | Travis County | 105285 |
| 7 | Collin County | 88768 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 87552 |
| 9 | Bell County | 77793 |
| 10 | Denton County | 75580 |
| 11 | Brazoria County | 47118 |
| 12 | Galveston County | 43512 |
| 13 | Smith County | 39939 |
| 14 | McLennan County | 37226 |
| 15 | Williamson County | 34361 |
| 16 | El Paso County | 32824 |
| 17 | Montgomery County | 25848 |
| 18 | Gregg County | 25767 |
| 19 | Brazos County | 24022 |
| 20 | Lubbock County | 23687 |
| 21 | Bowie County | 23118 |
| 22 | Walker County | 16564 |
| 23 | Ellis County | 16105 |
| 24 | Nueces County | 15670 |
| 25 | Harrison County | 14285 |
| 26 | Wichita County | 14074 |
| 27 | Angelina County | 13635 |
| 28 | Potter County | 13218 |
| 29 | Coryell County | 13184 |
| 30 | Waller County | 12728 |
| 31 | Anderson County | 12580 |
| 32 | Kaufman County | 12260 |
| 33 | Nacogdoches County | 11954 |
| 34 | Guadalupe County | 11887 |
| 35 | Midland County | 11162 |
| 36 | Taylor County | 10820 |
| 37 | Rusk County | 9154 |
| 38 | Liberty County | 8428 |
| 39 | Ector County | 8213 |
| 40 | Hays County | 8056 |
| 41 | Grayson County | 7670 |
| 42 | Cherokee County | 7509 |
| 43 | Hunt County | 7471 |
| 44 | Orange County | 7336 |
| 45 | Hidalgo County | 6772 |
| 46 | Navarro County | 6659 |
| 47 | Lamar County | 6528 |
| 48 | Bastrop County | 6287 |
| 49 | Washington County | 6252 |
| 50 | Victoria County | 6057 |
| 51 | Wharton County | 5826 |
| 52 | Jasper County | 5817 |
| 53 | Houston County | 5790 |
| 54 | Rockwall County | 5567 |
| 55 | Tom Green County | 5353 |
| 56 | Henderson County | 5207 |
| 57 | Cass County | 5191 |
| 58 | Polk County | 5163 |
| 59 | Johnson County | 4989 |
| 60 | Shelby County | 4489 |
| 61 | Grimes County | 4434 |
| 62 | Falls County | 4302 |
| 63 | Limestone County | 4263 |
| 64 | Matagorda County | 4230 |
| 65 | Randall County | 4177 |
| 66 | Panola County | 3792 |
| 67 | Robertson County | 3428 |
| 68 | Upshur County | 3395 |
| 69 | Titus County | 3369 |
| 70 | Chambers County | 3286 |
| 71 | Freestone County | 3197 |
| 72 | Cameron County | 3165 |
| 73 | Hardin County | 3003 |
| 74 | Comal County | 2837 |
| 75 | Newton County | 2834 |
| 76 | Madison County | 2822 |
| 77 | Austin County | 2809 |
| 78 | Morris County | 2789 |
| 79 | Caldwell County | 2781 |
| 80 | Bee County | 2776 |
| 81 | Colorado County | 2763 |
| 82 | San Jacinto County | 2750 |
| 83 | Hopkins County | 2668 |
| 84 | Jones County | 2665 |
| 85 | Howard County | 2654 |
| 86 | Tyler County | 2399 |
| 87 | Milam County | 2386 |
| 88 | Hill County | 2370 |
| 89 | Wood County | 2301 |
| 90 | Fannin County | 2269 |
| 91 | Burleson County | 2235 |
| 92 | Marion County | 2226 |
| 93 | Camp County | 2219 |
| 94 | Red River County | 2134 |
| 95 | Hale County | 1977 |
| 96 | DeWitt County | 1958 |
| 97 | Lee County | 1902 |
| 98 | San Augustine County | 1896 |
| 99 | Parker County | 1720 |
| 100 | Webb County | 1643 |
| 101 | Fayette County | 1635 |
| 102 | Van Zandt County | 1543 |
| 103 | Brown County | 1512 |
| 104 | Gonzales County | 1505 |
| 105 | San Patricio County | 1408 |
| 106 | Karnes County | 1401 |
| 107 | Trinity County | 1360 |
| 108 | Kleberg County | 1341 |
| 109 | Lavaca County | 1340 |
| 110 | Cooke County | 1306 |
| 111 | Medina County | 1267 |
| 112 | Gray County | 1264 |
| 113 | Leon County | 1242 |
| 114 | Wilbarger County | 1072 |
| 115 | Hockley County | 1035 |
| 116 | Jackson County | 1027 |
| 117 | Mitchell County | 1023 |
| 118 | Wise County | 980 |
| 119 | Kerr County | 962 |
| 120 | Val Verde County | 918 |
| 121 | Reeves County | 917 |
| 122 | Burnet County | 901 |
| 123 | Scurry County | 877 |
| 124 | Lampasas County | 787 |
| 125 | Wilson County | 785 |
| 126 | Nolan County | 781 |
| 127 | Dawson County | 778 |
| 127 | Frio County | 778 |
| 128 | Childress County | 771 |
| 129 | Sabine County | 750 |
| 130 | Erath County | 714 |
| 131 | Palo Pinto County | 705 |
| 132 | Calhoun County | 699 |
| 133 | Moore County | 698 |
| 134 | Pecos County | 689 |
| 135 | Terry County | 640 |
| 136 | Lamb County | 638 |
| 137 | Swisher County | 632 |
| 138 | Hutchinson County | 630 |
| 139 | Ward County | 609 |
| 140 | Live Oak County | 603 |
| 141 | Atascosa County | 560 |
| 142 | Willacy County | 554 |
| 143 | Refugio County | 512 |
| 144 | Garza County | 497 |
| 145 | Aransas County | 459 |
| 146 | Hood County | 445 |
| 147 | Gaines County | 437 |
| 148 | Franklin County | 410 |
| 149 | Kendall County | 408 |
| 150 | Eastland County | 396 |
| 151 | Goliad County | 380 |
| 152 | Jim Wells County | 379 |
| 153 | Bosque County | 369 |
| 154 | Jack County | 366 |
| 155 | Delta County | 362 |
| 156 | Hartley County | 350 |
| 157 | Deaf Smith County | 346 |
| 158 | Andrews County | 343 |
| 159 | Uvalde County | 306 |
| 160 | Maverick County | 301 |
| 161 | Young County | 280 |
| 162 | Rains County | 276 |
| 163 | Hall County | 263 |
| 164 | Crosby County | 259 |
| 165 | Stephens County | 257 |
| 166 | Coleman County | 255 |
| 167 | Haskell County | 253 |
| 168 | Runnels County | 243 |
| 169 | Floyd County | 235 |
| 169 | Winkler County | 235 |
| 170 | Hardeman County | 233 |
| 171 | Llano County | 232 |
| 172 | Knox County | 225 |
| 173 | San Saba County | 220 |
| 174 | Callahan County | 214 |
| 174 | McCulloch County | 214 |
| 175 | Starr County | 207 |
| 176 | Castro County | 188 |
| 177 | Donley County | 181 |
| 178 | Dimmit County | 180 |
| 179 | Bandera County | 176 |
| 180 | Crane County | 173 |
| 181 | Collingsworth County | 171 |
| 182 | Parmer County | 170 |
| 183 | Lynn County | 167 |
| 183 | Wheeler County | 167 |
| 184 | Martin County | 162 |
| 185 | Dallam County | 158 |
| 186 | Duval County | 157 |
| 187 | Fisher County | 149 |
| 188 | Gillespie County | 147 |
| 189 | Zavala County | 144 |
| 190 | Cottle County | 141 |
| 191 | Comanche County | 136 |
| 192 | Montague County | 135 |
| 193 | Bailey County | 127 |
| 194 | Cochran County | 126 |
| 194 | Yoakum County | 126 |
| 195 | Blanco County | 124 |
| 195 | Dickens County | 124 |
| 196 | Brewster County | 122 |
| 197 | Ochiltree County | 121 |
| 198 | Reagan County | 115 |
| 199 | Concho County | 112 |
| 200 | Presidio County | 106 |
| 201 | Upton County | 103 |
| 202 | Baylor County | 101 |
| 203 | Somervell County | 96 |
| 204 | Archer County | 92 |
| 205 | La Salle County | 89 |
| 206 | Hudspeth County | 81 |
| 207 | Clay County | 77 |
| 208 | Brooks County | 76 |
| 209 | Kinney County | 72 |
| 210 | Hamilton County | 70 |
| 211 | Oldham County | 66 |
| 212 | Foard County | 65 |
| 212 | Lipscomb County | 65 |
| 213 | Crockett County | 59 |
| 214 | Hansford County | 56 |
| 214 | Sherman County | 56 |
| 215 | Shackelford County | 54 |
| 216 | Schleicher County | 51 |
| 217 | Mills County | 50 |
| 218 | Stonewall County | 49 |
| 218 | Zapata County | 49 |
| 219 | Briscoe County | 48 |
| 219 | Sutton County | 48 |
| 220 | Jim Hogg County | 45 |
| 221 | Carson County | 44 |
| 222 | Mason County | 34 |
| 222 | Menard County | 34 |
| 223 | Jeff Davis County | 32 |
| 223 | Real County | 32 |
| 224 | Coke County | 28 |
| 224 | Hemphill County | 28 |
| 225 | Motley County | 27 |
| 226 | Culberson County | 26 |
| 227 | Kimble County | 25 |
| 228 | Glasscock County | 22 |
| 228 | Irion County | 22 |
| 229 | Armstrong County | 21 |
| 230 | Throckmorton County | 19 |
| 231 | Edwards County | 18 |
| 231 | Sterling County | 18 |
| 232 | Kenedy County | 17 |
| 233 | Terrell County | 15 |
| 234 | McMullen County | 13 |
| 235 | Kent County | 10 |
| 236 | Borden County | 4 |
| 237 | Roberts County | 1 |
| 238 | King County | 0 |
| 238 | Loving County | 0 |