Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, 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 Waller County (26.16%), and Houston County (25.46%).
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 Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 34.32 |
| 2 | Waller County | 26.16 |
| 3 | Houston County | 25.46 |
| 4 | Falls County | 24.99 |
| 5 | Bowie County | 24.82 |
| 6 | Walker County | 23.39 |
| 7 | Dallas County | 23.37 |
| 8 | Bell County | 23.12 |
| 9 | San Augustine County | 22.72 |
| 10 | Morris County | 22.57 |
| 11 | Marion County | 21.93 |
| 12 | Anderson County | 21.82 |
| 13 | Harrison County | 21.41 |
| 14 | Fort Bend County | 20.92 |
| 15 | Gregg County | 20.8 |
| 16 | Robertson County | 20.54 |
| 17 | Madison County | 20.22 |
| 18 | Newton County | 20.01 |
| 19 | Harris County | 19.71 |
| 20 | Nacogdoches County | 18.26 |
| 21 | Limestone County | 18.19 |
| 22 | Smith County | 17.95 |
| 22 | Washington County | 17.95 |
| 23 | Shelby County | 17.7 |
| 24 | Camp County | 17.49 |
| 25 | Rusk County | 17.31 |
| 26 | Coryell County | 17.29 |
| 26 | Red River County | 17.29 |
| 27 | Cass County | 17.23 |
| 28 | Tarrant County | 16.57 |
| 29 | Jasper County | 16.49 |
| 30 | Grimes County | 16.24 |
| 31 | Freestone County | 16.19 |
| 32 | Panola County | 16.03 |
| 33 | Angelina County | 15.52 |
| 34 | McLennan County | 15.17 |
| 35 | Cherokee County | 14.56 |
| 36 | Wharton County | 14.08 |
| 37 | Navarro County | 13.83 |
| 38 | Brazoria County | 13.65 |
| 39 | Galveston County | 13.55 |
| 40 | Jones County | 13.35 |
| 41 | Lamar County | 13.22 |
| 42 | Colorado County | 13.19 |
| 43 | Burleson County | 12.69 |
| 44 | Mitchell County | 11.54 |
| 45 | Matagorda County | 11.51 |
| 46 | Lee County | 11.28 |
| 47 | Tyler County | 11.23 |
| 48 | Brazos County | 11.1 |
| 49 | Polk County | 11.08 |
| 50 | Potter County | 10.91 |
| 51 | Kaufman County | 10.75 |
| 52 | Childress County | 10.74 |
| 52 | Wichita County | 10.74 |
| 53 | Liberty County | 10.6 |
| 54 | Titus County | 10.33 |
| 55 | San Jacinto County | 10.05 |
| 56 | Ellis County | 9.86 |
| 57 | Cottle County | 9.81 |
| 58 | Milam County | 9.79 |
| 59 | Denton County | 9.71 |
| 60 | Collin County | 9.7 |
| 61 | Austin County | 9.53 |
| 62 | DeWitt County | 9.49 |
| 63 | Trinity County | 9.35 |
| 64 | Karnes County | 9.09 |
| 65 | Travis County | 8.92 |
| 66 | Orange County | 8.73 |
| 67 | Bee County | 8.51 |
| 68 | Hall County | 8.5 |
| 69 | Swisher County | 8.45 |
| 70 | Chambers County | 8.42 |
| 71 | Upshur County | 8.41 |
| 72 | Bexar County | 8.39 |
| 73 | Hunt County | 8.33 |
| 74 | Wilbarger County | 8.21 |
| 75 | Lubbock County | 7.94 |
| 75 | Taylor County | 7.94 |
| 76 | Guadalupe County | 7.89 |
| 77 | Bastrop County | 7.85 |
| 78 | Garza County | 7.79 |
| 79 | Hopkins County | 7.42 |
| 80 | Gonzales County | 7.34 |
| 81 | Leon County | 7.29 |
| 82 | Sabine County | 7.18 |
| 83 | Howard County | 7.15 |
| 84 | Delta County | 7.02 |
| 85 | Refugio County | 6.98 |
| 86 | Jackson County | 6.94 |
| 87 | Caldwell County | 6.89 |
| 88 | Midland County | 6.87 |
| 89 | Hill County | 6.8 |
| 90 | Fannin County | 6.77 |
| 90 | Williamson County | 6.77 |
| 91 | Lavaca County | 6.73 |
| 92 | Victoria County | 6.57 |
| 93 | Fayette County | 6.56 |
| 94 | Henderson County | 6.55 |
| 95 | Rockwall County | 6.17 |
| 96 | Hartley County | 6.14 |
| 97 | Grayson County | 6.1 |
| 98 | Dawson County | 5.99 |
| 99 | Hardeman County | 5.94 |
| 99 | Knox County | 5.94 |
| 100 | Reeves County | 5.9 |
| 101 | Hale County | 5.81 |
| 102 | Collingsworth County | 5.69 |
| 103 | Dickens County | 5.63 |
| 104 | Gray County | 5.43 |
| 105 | Hardin County | 5.39 |
| 106 | Donley County | 5.34 |
| 107 | Wood County | 5.33 |
| 108 | Foard County | 5.32 |
| 109 | Ward County | 5.24 |
| 110 | Nolan County | 5.16 |
| 111 | Ector County | 5.14 |
| 112 | Goliad County | 5.06 |
| 113 | Terry County | 5.01 |
| 114 | Scurry County | 4.99 |
| 115 | Live Oak County | 4.95 |
| 116 | Montgomery County | 4.82 |
| 117 | Lamb County | 4.81 |
| 118 | Tom Green County | 4.55 |
| 119 | Hockley County | 4.44 |
| 120 | Crosby County | 4.38 |
| 121 | Haskell County | 4.35 |
| 121 | Nueces County | 4.35 |
| 122 | Pecos County | 4.3 |
| 123 | Kleberg County | 4.27 |
| 124 | Cochran County | 4.23 |
| 125 | Hays County | 4.14 |
| 126 | Jack County | 4.12 |
| 127 | Floyd County | 4.02 |
| 127 | Frio County | 4.02 |
| 128 | Brown County | 4.01 |
| 129 | El Paso County | 3.95 |
| 130 | Franklin County | 3.87 |
| 130 | Lampasas County | 3.87 |
| 131 | Kenedy County | 3.86 |
| 132 | Fisher County | 3.84 |
| 133 | San Saba County | 3.71 |
| 134 | Stonewall County | 3.5 |
| 135 | Crane County | 3.47 |
| 136 | Cooke County | 3.33 |
| 137 | Moore County | 3.22 |
| 138 | Calhoun County | 3.2 |
| 138 | Oldham County | 3.2 |
| 138 | Randall County | 3.2 |
| 139 | Briscoe County | 3.17 |
| 140 | Johnson County | 3.13 |
| 141 | Coleman County | 3.07 |
| 142 | Reagan County | 3.02 |
| 143 | Wheeler County | 2.95 |
| 144 | Winkler County | 2.93 |
| 145 | Lynn County | 2.91 |
| 146 | Hutchinson County | 2.89 |
| 146 | Van Zandt County | 2.89 |
| 147 | Martin County | 2.87 |
| 148 | Upton County | 2.82 |
| 149 | Baylor County | 2.8 |
| 150 | Concho County | 2.76 |
| 151 | Stephens County | 2.74 |
| 152 | Medina County | 2.62 |
| 153 | McCulloch County | 2.59 |
| 154 | Willacy County | 2.54 |
| 155 | Palo Pinto County | 2.52 |
| 156 | Rains County | 2.48 |
| 157 | Castro County | 2.42 |
| 158 | Motley County | 2.36 |
| 159 | Runnels County | 2.34 |
| 160 | Hudspeth County | 2.29 |
| 161 | Comal County | 2.2 |
| 162 | Eastland County | 2.18 |
| 163 | Dallam County | 2.16 |
| 163 | Gaines County | 2.16 |
| 164 | San Patricio County | 2.1 |
| 165 | Bosque County | 2.07 |
| 166 | Burnet County | 2.01 |
| 167 | Kinney County | 2 |
| 168 | Andrews County | 1.9 |
| 169 | Kerr County | 1.89 |
| 170 | Val Verde County | 1.88 |
| 171 | Aransas County | 1.85 |
| 172 | Deaf Smith County | 1.84 |
| 173 | Lipscomb County | 1.83 |
| 173 | Sherman County | 1.83 |
| 174 | Bailey County | 1.76 |
| 175 | Parmer County | 1.74 |
| 175 | Terrell County | 1.74 |
| 176 | Erath County | 1.73 |
| 177 | Wilson County | 1.66 |
| 178 | Dimmit County | 1.65 |
| 179 | Shackelford County | 1.62 |
| 180 | Glasscock County | 1.6 |
| 180 | Schleicher County | 1.6 |
| 181 | Menard County | 1.59 |
| 182 | Crockett County | 1.58 |
| 183 | Callahan County | 1.57 |
| 184 | McMullen County | 1.56 |