Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (34.41%), followed by Waller County (26.6%), and Houston County (26.25%).

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 2011
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 34.41
2 Waller County 26.6
3 Houston County 26.25
4 Falls County 25.64
5 Bowie County 24.47
6 San Augustine County 23.2
7 Morris County 22.95
7 Walker County 22.95
8 Dallas County 22.89
9 Bell County 22.41
10 Marion County 22.1
11 Robertson County 21.99
12 Harrison County 21.85
13 Anderson County 21.7
14 Fort Bend County 21.64
15 Madison County 20.26
16 Gregg County 20.24
17 Newton County 20.15
18 Harris County 19.52
19 Nacogdoches County 18.37
20 Washington County 18.15
21 Smith County 18.12
22 Limestone County 18.04
23 Shelby County 17.6
24 Rusk County 17.56
25 Camp County 17.53
26 Red River County 17.3
27 Cass County 17.28
28 Jasper County 17.02
29 Coryell County 16.62
30 Grimes County 16.44
31 Freestone County 16.4
32 Panola County 16.39
33 Angelina County 15.46
33 Tarrant County 15.46
34 McLennan County 15.12
35 Cherokee County 14.85
36 Wharton County 14.54
37 Navarro County 14.02
38 Galveston County 13.94
39 Lamar County 13.55
40 Colorado County 13.39
41 Jones County 12.73
42 Brazoria County 12.66
43 Mitchell County 12.6
44 Burleson County 12.25
45 Matagorda County 11.75
46 Polk County 11.71
47 Tyler County 11.28
48 Brazos County 11.26
49 Lee County 11.25
50 Liberty County 11.02
51 Wichita County 10.78
52 Potter County 10.72
53 Kaufman County 10.45
54 San Jacinto County 10.37
55 Milam County 10.22
56 Titus County 10.01
57 Karnes County 9.98
58 Childress County 9.93
59 DeWitt County 9.76
60 Austin County 9.63
61 Cottle County 9.56
62 Trinity County 9.34
63 Ellis County 9.18
64 Collin County 8.99
65 Travis County 8.92
66 Denton County 8.81
66 Upshur County 8.81
67 Orange County 8.67
68 Chambers County 8.51
69 Bee County 8.42
70 Hunt County 8.39
71 Wilbarger County 8.17
72 Bexar County 8.02
73 Bastrop County 7.89
74 Swisher County 7.87
75 Lubbock County 7.79
76 Taylor County 7.78
77 Gonzales County 7.51
78 Jackson County 7.46
79 Delta County 7.39
80 Hall County 7.34
80 Leon County 7.34
81 Hopkins County 7.25
82 Guadalupe County 7.11
83 Sabine County 7.1
84 Hartley County 7.08
85 Caldwell County 7.05
86 Lavaca County 7.03
87 Garza County 6.99
88 Dawson County 6.9
88 Howard County 6.9
89 Fannin County 6.85
89 Midland County 6.85
90 Hill County 6.75
91 Fayette County 6.62
92 Refugio County 6.61
93 Victoria County 6.6
94 Williamson County 6.58
95 Henderson County 6.42
96 Grayson County 5.97
97 Hardeman County 5.94
98 Rockwall County 5.92
99 Knox County 5.86
100 Hale County 5.85
101 Hardin County 5.79
102 Collingsworth County 5.51
103 Reeves County 5.46
104 Goliad County 5.45
105 Terry County 5.22
106 Ward County 5.15
107 Gray County 5.09
108 Nolan County 5.07
109 Scurry County 5.04
110 Donley County 4.97
111 Lamb County 4.82
112 Live Oak County 4.68
113 Ector County 4.67
113 Wood County 4.67
114 Foard County 4.64
115 Cochran County 4.54
115 Dickens County 4.54
116 Tom Green County 4.52
117 Montgomery County 4.43
118 Nueces County 4.32
119 Kleberg County 4.25
120 Haskell County 4.11
121 Franklin County 4.05
122 Fisher County 4.03
123 Crosby County 4.02
124 Pecos County 3.88
125 Hays County 3.84
126 Hockley County 3.82
126 Jack County 3.82
127 Floyd County 3.75
128 Frio County 3.69
129 Brown County 3.62
130 El Paso County 3.6
131 Lampasas County 3.48
132 Crane County 3.44
133 Stonewall County 3.42
134 Oldham County 3.38
135 San Saba County 3.36
136 Calhoun County 3.05
137 Winkler County 2.99
138 Cooke County 2.95
139 Briscoe County 2.84
140 Johnson County 2.81
141 Van Zandt County 2.78
142 Reagan County 2.77
143 Hutchinson County 2.76
144 Motley County 2.75
145 Randall County 2.63
146 Rains County 2.57
147 Coleman County 2.55
148 Willacy County 2.46
149 McCulloch County 2.45
150 Baylor County 2.44
151 Medina County 2.43
152 Lynn County 2.38
153 Palo Pinto County 2.31
154 Moore County 2.29
155 Kenedy County 2.28
155 Wheeler County 2.28
156 Castro County 2.26
157 Runnels County 2.25
158 Upton County 2.22
159 Stephens County 2.16
160 Concho County 2.13
160 Martin County 2.13
161 Gaines County 2.07
162 Kinney County 2.02
163 Eastland County 1.97
164 Kerr County 1.94
165 Burnet County 1.93
166 Comal County 1.82
166 San Patricio County 1.82
167 Bosque County 1.81
168 Parker County 1.78
169 Wilson County 1.71
170 Val Verde County 1.69
171 Andrews County 1.68
172 Glasscock County 1.62
173 Hudspeth County 1.58
174 Deaf Smith County 1.57
175 Dallam County 1.55
176 Aransas County 1.51
177 Jeff Davis County 1.49
177 Young County 1.49
178 Brewster County 1.46
179 Bailey County 1.45
180 Erath County 1.44
180 McMullen County 1.44
181 Lipscomb County 1.38
182 Dimmit County 1.37
183 Parmer County 1.34
184 Yoakum County 1.31
185 Sterling County 1.28
186 Shackelford County 1.26