Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (34.52%), followed by Waller County (26.57%), and Houston County (25.83%).

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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Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2014
Jefferson
Waller
Houston
Falls
Bowie
Walker
Dallas
Bell
Morris
San Augustine
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2014
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 34.52
2 Waller County 26.57
3 Houston County 25.83
4 Falls County 25.06
5 Bowie County 24.79
6 Walker County 23.29
7 Dallas County 23.23
8 Bell County 22.94
9 Morris County 22.91
10 San Augustine County 22.62
11 Marion County 21.9
12 Anderson County 21.82
13 Harrison County 21.74
14 Fort Bend County 21.1
15 Robertson County 20.67
16 Gregg County 20.61
17 Madison County 20.11
18 Newton County 19.98
19 Harris County 19.64
20 Nacogdoches County 18.32
21 Limestone County 18.11
21 Smith County 18.11
22 Washington County 17.9
23 Shelby County 17.78
24 Red River County 17.44
25 Rusk County 17.39
26 Camp County 17.32
27 Cass County 17.25
28 Coryell County 17.17
29 Grimes County 16.63
30 Jasper County 16.49
31 Freestone County 16.39
32 Tarrant County 16.26
33 Panola County 16.04
34 Angelina County 15.61
35 McLennan County 15.12
36 Cherokee County 14.74
37 Wharton County 14.16
38 Navarro County 13.78
39 Galveston County 13.58
40 Brazoria County 13.47
41 Lamar County 13.34
42 Jones County 13.32
43 Colorado County 13.27
44 Burleson County 12.79
45 Mitchell County 11.98
46 Matagorda County 11.5
47 Polk County 11.35
48 Brazos County 11.21
49 Tyler County 11.2
50 Lee County 11.19
51 Potter County 10.87
52 Wichita County 10.83
53 Liberty County 10.73
54 Kaufman County 10.66
55 Childress County 10.43
56 San Jacinto County 10.27
57 Titus County 10.18
58 Milam County 10.02
59 Cottle County 9.6
60 Austin County 9.58
61 Ellis County 9.56
62 Collin County 9.5
63 Denton County 9.48
64 Trinity County 9.38
65 DeWitt County 9.34
66 Travis County 8.95
67 Orange County 8.68
68 Bee County 8.55
69 Karnes County 8.54
70 Chambers County 8.52
71 Upshur County 8.39
72 Hunt County 8.36
73 Swisher County 8.3
74 Bexar County 8.28
75 Wilbarger County 8.21
76 Hall County 8.2
77 Bastrop County 7.92
77 Lubbock County 7.92
78 Taylor County 7.85
79 Hartley County 7.77
80 Guadalupe County 7.7
81 Delta County 7.63
82 Garza County 7.55
83 Gonzales County 7.48
84 Hopkins County 7.26
84 Leon County 7.26
85 Sabine County 7.15
86 Jackson County 7.04
87 Caldwell County 6.96
88 Howard County 6.92
89 Fannin County 6.88
90 Hill County 6.87
91 Lavaca County 6.8
92 Refugio County 6.73
93 Midland County 6.72
93 Williamson County 6.72
94 Dawson County 6.67
94 Fayette County 6.67
95 Victoria County 6.66
96 Henderson County 6.42
97 Grayson County 6.17
98 Rockwall County 5.9
99 Hardeman County 5.89
99 Reeves County 5.89
100 Dickens County 5.78
101 Knox County 5.77
102 Collingsworth County 5.74
102 Hale County 5.74
103 Gray County 5.53
104 Hardin County 5.52
105 Goliad County 5.14
106 Scurry County 5.13
107 Foard County 5.11
108 Terry County 5.09
109 Nolan County 5.07
110 Wood County 5.02
111 Donley County 4.97
111 Ector County 4.97
112 Ward County 4.92
113 Lamb County 4.86
114 Live Oak County 4.85
115 Cochran County 4.72
116 Montgomery County 4.67
117 Tom Green County 4.55
118 Haskell County 4.51
119 Crosby County 4.5
120 Pecos County 4.34
121 Hockley County 4.33
121 Nueces County 4.33
122 Kleberg County 4.29
123 Jack County 4.16
124 Lampasas County 4.01
125 Franklin County 3.99
126 Hays County 3.98
127 El Paso County 3.91
128 Fisher County 3.9
129 Brown County 3.86
129 Frio County 3.86
130 Floyd County 3.82
131 San Saba County 3.62
132 Stonewall County 3.31
133 Reagan County 3.3
134 Oldham County 3.29
135 Cooke County 3.21
136 Kenedy County 3.2
136 Moore County 3.2
137 Calhoun County 3.07
138 Randall County 3.06
139 Crane County 3.05
140 Briscoe County 3.03
141 Johnson County 2.99
142 Winkler County 2.96
143 Coleman County 2.91
143 Wheeler County 2.91
144 Van Zandt County 2.85
145 Upton County 2.81
146 Hutchinson County 2.73
147 McCulloch County 2.71
148 Medina County 2.62
149 Baylor County 2.61
150 Concho County 2.6
151 Stephens County 2.59
152 Lynn County 2.57
153 Rains County 2.55
154 Castro County 2.54
154 Palo Pinto County 2.54
155 Willacy County 2.52
156 Martin County 2.44
157 Runnels County 2.4
158 Dallam County 2.25
159 Gaines County 2.22
160 Eastland County 2.19
161 Motley County 2.18
162 Comal County 2.13
163 Burnet County 2.05
164 San Patricio County 2.02
165 Andrews County 1.97
166 Kerr County 1.92
167 Kinney County 1.91
168 Deaf Smith County 1.86
169 Bosque County 1.85
170 Val Verde County 1.83
171 Aransas County 1.82
172 Lipscomb County 1.77
173 Hudspeth County 1.76
174 Bailey County 1.72
175 Jeff Davis County 1.67
176 Terrell County 1.66
177 Crockett County 1.64
178 Erath County 1.63
179 Wilson County 1.61
180 Parmer County 1.55
181 Schleicher County 1.52
182 Dimmit County 1.49
183 Yoakum County 1.48
183 Young County 1.48
184 Sherman County 1.47
185 Presidio County 1.45
185 Shackelford County 1.45