Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, 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 (25.69%), and Houston County (25.6%).
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 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 34.32 |
| 2 | Waller County | 25.69 |
| 3 | Houston County | 25.6 |
| 4 | Bowie County | 24.89 |
| 5 | Falls County | 24.84 |
| 6 | Bell County | 23.73 |
| 7 | Walker County | 23.6 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 23.51 |
| 9 | Morris County | 22.72 |
| 10 | San Augustine County | 22.36 |
| 11 | Marion County | 21.85 |
| 12 | Anderson County | 21.59 |
| 13 | Harrison County | 21.3 |
| 14 | Fort Bend County | 20.93 |
| 15 | Gregg County | 20.92 |
| 16 | Robertson County | 20.53 |
| 17 | Madison County | 20.28 |
| 18 | Newton County | 19.96 |
| 19 | Harris County | 19.79 |
| 20 | Nacogdoches County | 18.53 |
| 21 | Limestone County | 17.98 |
| 22 | Smith County | 17.94 |
| 23 | Washington County | 17.71 |
| 24 | Shelby County | 17.52 |
| 25 | Rusk County | 17.31 |
| 26 | Coryell County | 17.17 |
| 27 | Red River County | 17.06 |
| 28 | Cass County | 17 |
| 29 | Camp County | 16.94 |
| 30 | Tarrant County | 16.89 |
| 31 | Jasper County | 16.39 |
| 32 | Freestone County | 16.19 |
| 33 | Grimes County | 16.17 |
| 34 | Panola County | 15.85 |
| 35 | Angelina County | 15.51 |
| 36 | McLennan County | 15.17 |
| 37 | Cherokee County | 14.62 |
| 38 | Wharton County | 14.08 |
| 39 | Brazoria County | 13.85 |
| 40 | Galveston County | 13.49 |
| 41 | Navarro County | 13.48 |
| 42 | Lamar County | 13.34 |
| 43 | Jones County | 13.25 |
| 44 | Colorado County | 13.14 |
| 45 | Burleson County | 12.98 |
| 46 | Tyler County | 11.36 |
| 47 | Matagorda County | 11.28 |
| 48 | Lee County | 11.25 |
| 49 | Brazos County | 11.11 |
| 49 | Kaufman County | 11.11 |
| 50 | Potter County | 11.02 |
| 51 | Mitchell County | 10.98 |
| 52 | Childress County | 10.97 |
| 53 | Wichita County | 10.89 |
| 54 | Polk County | 10.75 |
| 55 | Liberty County | 10.34 |
| 56 | Ellis County | 10.29 |
| 57 | Titus County | 10.18 |
| 58 | Denton County | 10.01 |
| 59 | Collin County | 9.92 |
| 59 | San Jacinto County | 9.92 |
| 60 | Milam County | 9.81 |
| 61 | Cottle County | 9.73 |
| 62 | DeWitt County | 9.55 |
| 63 | Austin County | 9.4 |
| 64 | Trinity County | 9.21 |
| 65 | Karnes County | 9.19 |
| 66 | Travis County | 8.92 |
| 67 | Orange County | 8.76 |
| 68 | Bee County | 8.71 |
| 69 | Hall County | 8.52 |
| 70 | Bexar County | 8.48 |
| 71 | Chambers County | 8.36 |
| 72 | Upshur County | 8.33 |
| 73 | Hunt County | 8.32 |
| 74 | Swisher County | 8.27 |
| 75 | Wilbarger County | 8.18 |
| 76 | Guadalupe County | 8.13 |
| 77 | Taylor County | 8.06 |
| 78 | Lubbock County | 7.94 |
| 79 | Bastrop County | 7.7 |
| 80 | Garza County | 7.54 |
| 81 | Gonzales County | 7.43 |
| 81 | Hopkins County | 7.43 |
| 82 | Leon County | 7.39 |
| 83 | Howard County | 7.11 |
| 84 | Sabine County | 7.02 |
| 85 | Refugio County | 6.98 |
| 86 | Williamson County | 6.94 |
| 87 | Midland County | 6.83 |
| 88 | Fannin County | 6.79 |
| 89 | Hill County | 6.78 |
| 90 | Lavaca County | 6.72 |
| 91 | Caldwell County | 6.69 |
| 92 | Jackson County | 6.66 |
| 93 | Hartley County | 6.65 |
| 94 | Victoria County | 6.57 |
| 95 | Fayette County | 6.56 |
| 96 | Henderson County | 6.53 |
| 97 | Delta County | 6.43 |
| 98 | Rockwall County | 6.35 |
| 99 | Collingsworth County | 6.15 |
| 100 | Grayson County | 6.1 |
| 101 | Dawson County | 5.98 |
| 102 | Knox County | 5.93 |
| 103 | Hale County | 5.84 |
| 104 | Dickens County | 5.66 |
| 105 | Hardeman County | 5.63 |
| 106 | Hardin County | 5.48 |
| 107 | Reeves County | 5.47 |
| 108 | Wood County | 5.41 |
| 109 | Donley County | 5.4 |
| 110 | Gray County | 5.37 |
| 111 | Ward County | 5.33 |
| 112 | Nolan County | 5.31 |
| 113 | Scurry County | 5.2 |
| 114 | Ector County | 5.19 |
| 115 | Foard County | 5.18 |
| 116 | Lamb County | 5.15 |
| 117 | Live Oak County | 5.09 |
| 118 | Montgomery County | 5.08 |
| 119 | Goliad County | 5 |
| 120 | Terry County | 4.96 |
| 121 | Cochran County | 4.63 |
| 122 | Tom Green County | 4.51 |
| 123 | Haskell County | 4.47 |
| 124 | Pecos County | 4.43 |
| 125 | Hockley County | 4.33 |
| 126 | Kleberg County | 4.31 |
| 126 | Nueces County | 4.31 |
| 127 | Hays County | 4.27 |
| 128 | Crosby County | 4.25 |
| 129 | Jack County | 4.2 |
| 130 | Frio County | 4.11 |
| 131 | Floyd County | 4.07 |
| 132 | Fisher County | 4.03 |
| 133 | El Paso County | 4.01 |
| 134 | Kenedy County | 3.98 |
| 135 | Brown County | 3.95 |
| 136 | Franklin County | 3.92 |
| 137 | Lampasas County | 3.85 |
| 138 | San Saba County | 3.7 |
| 139 | Crane County | 3.54 |
| 140 | Moore County | 3.53 |
| 141 | Cooke County | 3.47 |
| 142 | Oldham County | 3.43 |
| 143 | Stonewall County | 3.42 |
| 144 | Briscoe County | 3.38 |
| 145 | Johnson County | 3.37 |
| 146 | Randall County | 3.28 |
| 147 | Winkler County | 3.07 |
| 148 | Upton County | 3.06 |
| 149 | Calhoun County | 3 |
| 149 | Wheeler County | 3 |
| 150 | Coleman County | 2.98 |
| 151 | Martin County | 2.95 |
| 152 | Hudspeth County | 2.91 |
| 153 | Baylor County | 2.89 |
| 154 | Concho County | 2.85 |
| 155 | Hutchinson County | 2.81 |
| 156 | Van Zandt County | 2.8 |
| 157 | Medina County | 2.77 |
| 157 | Reagan County | 2.77 |
| 158 | Lynn County | 2.75 |
| 158 | Stephens County | 2.75 |
| 159 | Willacy County | 2.63 |
| 160 | Castro County | 2.6 |
| 161 | Loving County | 2.56 |
| 162 | Palo Pinto County | 2.54 |
| 162 | Rains County | 2.54 |
| 163 | McCulloch County | 2.52 |
| 164 | Runnels County | 2.37 |
| 165 | McMullen County | 2.35 |
| 166 | Motley County | 2.31 |
| 167 | Comal County | 2.28 |
| 168 | Dallam County | 2.27 |
| 169 | Bosque County | 2.24 |
| 170 | Eastland County | 2.14 |
| 171 | Gaines County | 2.13 |
| 172 | Kinney County | 2.12 |
| 173 | San Patricio County | 2.11 |
| 174 | Burnet County | 2.03 |
| 175 | Parmer County | 1.98 |
| 176 | Terrell County | 1.96 |
| 177 | Sterling County | 1.95 |
| 178 | Schleicher County | 1.93 |
| 179 | Lipscomb County | 1.91 |
| 179 | Menard County | 1.91 |
| 180 | Deaf Smith County | 1.9 |
| 180 | Val Verde County | 1.9 |
| 181 | Aransas County | 1.89 |
| 182 | Kerr County | 1.87 |
| 183 | Andrews County | 1.83 |
| 183 | Sherman County | 1.83 |
| 184 | Erath County | 1.82 |
| 185 | Bailey County | 1.81 |
| 186 | Wilson County | 1.73 |
| 187 | Dimmit County | 1.71 |
| 188 | Shackelford County | 1.62 |
| 189 | Glasscock County | 1.61 |
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