Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (34.43%), followed by Waller County (25.95%), 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 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 34.43 |
| 2 | Waller County | 25.95 |
| 3 | Houston County | 25.6 |
| 4 | Bowie County | 25.14 |
| 5 | Falls County | 24.51 |
| 6 | Bell County | 24.15 |
| 7 | Walker County | 23.71 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 23.6 |
| 9 | Morris County | 22.75 |
| 10 | Anderson County | 21.93 |
| 11 | San Augustine County | 21.66 |
| 12 | Marion County | 21.24 |
| 13 | Harrison County | 21.18 |
| 14 | Fort Bend County | 21.02 |
| 15 | Gregg County | 20.96 |
| 16 | Robertson County | 20.62 |
| 17 | Madison County | 20.3 |
| 18 | Newton County | 20.15 |
| 19 | Harris County | 19.9 |
| 20 | Nacogdoches County | 18.61 |
| 21 | Smith County | 17.9 |
| 22 | Shelby County | 17.83 |
| 23 | Limestone County | 17.76 |
| 24 | Rusk County | 17.66 |
| 25 | Washington County | 17.58 |
| 26 | Coryell County | 17.44 |
| 27 | Tarrant County | 17.28 |
| 28 | Cass County | 16.95 |
| 29 | Red River County | 16.72 |
| 30 | Camp County | 16.67 |
| 31 | Jasper County | 16.33 |
| 32 | Freestone County | 16.14 |
| 33 | Grimes County | 15.88 |
| 34 | Panola County | 15.73 |
| 35 | Angelina County | 15.49 |
| 36 | McLennan County | 15.2 |
| 37 | Cherokee County | 14.62 |
| 38 | Brazoria County | 14.29 |
| 39 | Wharton County | 14.09 |
| 40 | Navarro County | 13.42 |
| 41 | Galveston County | 13.4 |
| 42 | Lamar County | 13.24 |
| 43 | Jones County | 13.12 |
| 44 | Colorado County | 12.87 |
| 45 | Burleson County | 12.79 |
| 46 | Kaufman County | 11.7 |
| 47 | Tyler County | 11.3 |
| 48 | Matagorda County | 11.26 |
| 49 | Potter County | 11.23 |
| 50 | Lee County | 11.2 |
| 51 | Brazos County | 11.06 |
| 52 | Wichita County | 10.98 |
| 53 | Childress County | 10.95 |
| 54 | Ellis County | 10.86 |
| 55 | Mitchell County | 10.65 |
| 56 | Polk County | 10.44 |
| 57 | Denton County | 10.3 |
| 58 | Liberty County | 10.2 |
| 58 | Titus County | 10.2 |
| 59 | Collin County | 10.12 |
| 60 | Cottle County | 9.9 |
| 61 | San Jacinto County | 9.8 |
| 62 | Milam County | 9.74 |
| 63 | DeWitt County | 9.7 |
| 64 | Austin County | 9.52 |
| 65 | Trinity County | 9.44 |
| 66 | Karnes County | 9.22 |
| 67 | Hall County | 9.2 |
| 68 | Bee County | 8.97 |
| 69 | Travis County | 8.93 |
| 70 | Orange County | 8.87 |
| 71 | Bexar County | 8.55 |
| 72 | Swisher County | 8.47 |
| 73 | Guadalupe County | 8.43 |
| 74 | Hunt County | 8.36 |
| 75 | Upshur County | 8.33 |
| 75 | Wilbarger County | 8.33 |
| 76 | Chambers County | 8.28 |
| 77 | Taylor County | 8.24 |
| 78 | Lubbock County | 7.94 |
| 79 | Garza County | 7.64 |
| 80 | Bastrop County | 7.6 |
| 81 | Gonzales County | 7.45 |
| 82 | Hopkins County | 7.34 |
| 83 | Leon County | 7.29 |
| 84 | Howard County | 7.28 |
| 85 | Sabine County | 7.06 |
| 86 | Williamson County | 7.05 |
| 87 | Hill County | 7.02 |
| 88 | Hartley County | 6.95 |
| 89 | Midland County | 6.86 |
| 90 | Refugio County | 6.77 |
| 91 | Fannin County | 6.75 |
| 92 | Lavaca County | 6.7 |
| 93 | Victoria County | 6.68 |
| 94 | Jackson County | 6.66 |
| 95 | Rockwall County | 6.64 |
| 96 | Fayette County | 6.56 |
| 97 | Caldwell County | 6.5 |
| 98 | Delta County | 6.44 |
| 99 | Henderson County | 6.42 |
| 100 | Collingsworth County | 6.19 |
| 100 | Grayson County | 6.19 |
| 101 | Dawson County | 6.15 |
| 102 | Knox County | 5.91 |
| 103 | Hardeman County | 5.81 |
| 104 | Hale County | 5.8 |
| 105 | Dickens County | 5.66 |
| 106 | Hardin County | 5.52 |
| 106 | Wood County | 5.52 |
| 107 | Reeves County | 5.43 |
| 108 | Montgomery County | 5.35 |
| 109 | Scurry County | 5.34 |
| 110 | Nolan County | 5.28 |
| 111 | Loving County | 5.26 |
| 112 | Ward County | 5.2 |
| 113 | Ector County | 5.19 |
| 114 | Donley County | 5.13 |
| 114 | Goliad County | 5.13 |
| 115 | Gray County | 5.11 |
| 116 | Terry County | 4.92 |
| 117 | Live Oak County | 4.85 |
| 118 | Lamb County | 4.82 |
| 119 | Foard County | 4.68 |
| 120 | Cochran County | 4.6 |
| 121 | Haskell County | 4.55 |
| 122 | Pecos County | 4.49 |
| 123 | Hays County | 4.47 |
| 124 | Tom Green County | 4.46 |
| 125 | Kleberg County | 4.32 |
| 126 | Hockley County | 4.31 |
| 127 | Nueces County | 4.29 |
| 128 | Fisher County | 4.19 |
| 129 | Kenedy County | 4.17 |
| 130 | Jack County | 4.16 |
| 131 | Floyd County | 4.13 |
| 131 | Frio County | 4.13 |
| 132 | Brown County | 4.08 |
| 133 | El Paso County | 4.05 |
| 134 | Crosby County | 3.95 |
| 134 | Lampasas County | 3.95 |
| 135 | Franklin County | 3.94 |
| 136 | Crane County | 3.85 |
| 137 | San Saba County | 3.84 |
| 138 | Moore County | 3.71 |
| 139 | Johnson County | 3.64 |
| 139 | Stonewall County | 3.64 |
| 140 | Oldham County | 3.61 |
| 141 | Cooke County | 3.47 |
| 142 | Randall County | 3.4 |
| 143 | Briscoe County | 3.37 |
| 144 | Coleman County | 3.25 |
| 144 | Hudspeth County | 3.25 |
| 145 | Winkler County | 3.23 |
| 146 | Upton County | 3.2 |
| 147 | Wheeler County | 3.15 |
| 148 | Martin County | 3.08 |
| 149 | Medina County | 3 |
| 150 | Baylor County | 2.98 |
| 151 | Motley County | 2.94 |
| 152 | Hutchinson County | 2.93 |
| 153 | Calhoun County | 2.92 |
| 154 | Reagan County | 2.91 |
| 155 | McMullen County | 2.87 |
| 156 | Van Zandt County | 2.86 |
| 157 | Stephens County | 2.82 |
| 158 | Castro County | 2.73 |
| 159 | McCulloch County | 2.66 |
| 160 | Runnels County | 2.62 |
| 161 | Rains County | 2.57 |
| 161 | Willacy County | 2.57 |
| 162 | Palo Pinto County | 2.56 |
| 163 | Comal County | 2.42 |
| 164 | Lynn County | 2.4 |
| 165 | Dallam County | 2.3 |
| 166 | Gaines County | 2.24 |
| 167 | Eastland County | 2.12 |
| 168 | Kinney County | 2.1 |
| 168 | Sterling County | 2.1 |
| 169 | Bosque County | 2.09 |
| 170 | Val Verde County | 2.06 |
| 171 | San Patricio County | 2.05 |
| 172 | Burnet County | 2.04 |
| 173 | Bailey County | 2.03 |
| 174 | Concho County | 2 |
| 175 | Andrews County | 1.98 |
| 176 | Kerr County | 1.89 |
| 177 | Deaf Smith County | 1.86 |
| 178 | Erath County | 1.85 |
| 178 | Parmer County | 1.85 |
| 179 | Lipscomb County | 1.82 |
| 180 | Aransas County | 1.81 |
| 180 | Crockett County | 1.81 |
| 181 | Shackelford County | 1.76 |
| 182 | Terrell County | 1.73 |
| 183 | Schleicher County | 1.71 |
| 183 | Sherman County | 1.71 |
| 184 | Menard County | 1.7 |
| 185 | Wilson County | 1.69 |
| 186 | Glasscock County | 1.68 |
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