Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (34.32%), followed by Houston County (26.41%), and Waller County (26.29%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.

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Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2010
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2010
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 34.32
2 Houston County 26.41
3 Waller County 26.29
4 Falls County 25.9
5 Bowie County 24.44
6 Morris County 23.05
7 San Augustine County 22.96
8 Dallas County 22.82
9 Walker County 22.75
10 Bell County 22.4
11 Marion County 22.17
12 Harrison County 22.14
13 Robertson County 21.93
14 Fort Bend County 21.91
15 Anderson County 21.59
16 Gregg County 20.36
17 Madison County 20.33
18 Newton County 20.03
19 Harris County 19.49
20 Nacogdoches County 18.44
21 Smith County 18.23
22 Limestone County 17.99
23 Washington County 17.92
24 Shelby County 17.91
25 Rusk County 17.84
26 Camp County 17.67
27 Red River County 17.59
28 Cass County 17.52
29 Jasper County 16.8
30 Grimes County 16.66
31 Coryell County 16.46
31 Freestone County 16.46
32 Panola County 16.35
33 Angelina County 15.46
34 Tarrant County 15.31
35 McLennan County 15.21
36 Cherokee County 15.08
37 Wharton County 14.58
38 Navarro County 14.21
39 Galveston County 14.04
40 Lamar County 13.54
41 Colorado County 13.53
42 Jones County 12.41
43 Burleson County 12.4
44 Brazoria County 12.39
45 Mitchell County 12.33
46 Matagorda County 11.82
47 Polk County 11.73
48 Tyler County 11.48
49 Brazos County 11.23
50 Liberty County 11.09
51 Lee County 11.08
52 Wichita County 10.78
53 Potter County 10.72
54 Kaufman County 10.59
55 San Jacinto County 10.45
56 Milam County 10.27
57 Childress County 10.03
58 Titus County 9.96
59 DeWitt County 9.89
60 Karnes County 9.8
61 Austin County 9.72
62 Trinity County 9.52
63 Ellis County 9.24
64 Travis County 8.95
65 Cottle County 8.93
66 Collin County 8.76
67 Upshur County 8.74
68 Chambers County 8.65
69 Denton County 8.63
70 Orange County 8.57
71 Hunt County 8.43
72 Bee County 8.28
73 Wilbarger County 8.22
74 Bastrop County 8.1
75 Bexar County 7.96
76 Lubbock County 7.83
77 Gonzales County 7.82
78 Taylor County 7.8
79 Swisher County 7.6
80 Hall County 7.53
81 Leon County 7.38
82 Delta County 7.33
83 Sabine County 7.32
84 Jackson County 7.3
85 Hopkins County 7.2
86 Caldwell County 7.11
87 Lavaca County 7.08
88 Hartley County 7.01
89 Howard County 6.97
90 Dawson County 6.93
90 Midland County 6.93
91 Garza County 6.9
92 Fannin County 6.86
93 Guadalupe County 6.83
94 Fayette County 6.8
95 Victoria County 6.71
96 Refugio County 6.68
97 Hill County 6.54
98 Williamson County 6.49
99 Henderson County 6.34
100 Hardeman County 6.04
101 Grayson County 6.02
102 Knox County 5.94
103 Rockwall County 5.93
104 Hardin County 5.87
105 Hale County 5.85
106 Ward County 5.31
107 Goliad County 5.24
108 Collingsworth County 5.21
109 Terry County 5.2
110 Reeves County 5.17
111 Gray County 5.16
112 Scurry County 5.12
113 Nolan County 4.91
114 Donley County 4.82
115 Wood County 4.79
116 Lamb County 4.75
117 Ector County 4.71
118 Live Oak County 4.51
119 Montgomery County 4.41
120 Tom Green County 4.35
121 Cochran County 4.29
122 Dickens County 4.25
123 Nueces County 4.23
124 Kleberg County 4.2
125 Foard County 4.17
126 Franklin County 4.12
127 Haskell County 4.01
128 Pecos County 3.89
129 Hockley County 3.88
130 Hays County 3.8
131 Fisher County 3.79
131 Jack County 3.79
132 Floyd County 3.72
133 Brown County 3.71
134 Frio County 3.63
135 Crosby County 3.52
136 Lampasas County 3.45
137 El Paso County 3.39
138 Crane County 3.33
139 San Saba County 3.29
140 Oldham County 3.22
141 Stonewall County 3.08
142 Calhoun County 2.96
143 Cooke County 2.94
144 Hutchinson County 2.81
144 Winkler County 2.81
145 Johnson County 2.79
146 Van Zandt County 2.77
147 Briscoe County 2.76
148 Randall County 2.56
149 Reagan County 2.54
150 Rains County 2.49
151 Willacy County 2.42
152 Medina County 2.41
153 Coleman County 2.39
154 Wheeler County 2.38
155 Lynn County 2.32
156 Palo Pinto County 2.28
157 Baylor County 2.27
158 Stephens County 2.21
159 Castro County 2.17
160 Kenedy County 2.16
161 Concho County 2.15
162 Upton County 2.13
163 Martin County 2.12
164 Runnels County 2.1
165 McCulloch County 2.08
165 Motley County 2.08
166 Eastland County 1.95
167 Kerr County 1.92
167 Moore County 1.92
168 Kinney County 1.89
169 Gaines County 1.87
170 Burnet County 1.86
171 San Patricio County 1.79
172 Parker County 1.74
173 Bosque County 1.72
174 Comal County 1.71
175 Wilson County 1.7
176 Val Verde County 1.67
177 Andrews County 1.66
178 Hudspeth County 1.56
179 Deaf Smith County 1.52
180 Dallam County 1.48
181 Bailey County 1.45
182 Aransas County 1.44
183 Young County 1.39
184 Jeff Davis County 1.37
185 Parmer County 1.32
186 Glasscock County 1.3
187 Brewster County 1.25
187 Lipscomb County 1.25
187 Yoakum County 1.25
188 Erath County 1.24
189 Sterling County 1.23
190 Schleicher County 1.17
191 Crockett County 1.14
191 Wise County 1.14