Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (34.34%), followed by Houston County (25.56%), and Bowie County (25.41%).

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 2018
Jefferson
Houston
Bowie
Waller
Falls
Bell
Dallas
Walker
Morris
Anderson
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 34.34
2 Houston County 25.56
3 Bowie County 25.41
4 Waller County 24.93
5 Falls County 24.38
6 Bell County 24.37
7 Dallas County 23.7
8 Walker County 23.63
9 Morris County 22.72
10 Anderson County 21.93
11 San Augustine County 21.61
12 Marion County 21.4
13 Fort Bend County 21.17
14 Harrison County 21.1
15 Gregg County 21
16 Robertson County 20.23
17 Newton County 20.17
18 Harris County 20.06
19 Madison County 19.89
20 Nacogdoches County 18.42
21 Smith County 17.93
22 Shelby County 17.87
23 Rusk County 17.68
24 Coryell County 17.66
25 Washington County 17.65
26 Tarrant County 17.64
27 Limestone County 17.57
28 Cass County 16.93
29 Camp County 16.8
30 Red River County 16.71
31 Jasper County 16.12
32 Panola County 15.9
33 Freestone County 15.84
34 Grimes County 15.58
35 Angelina County 15.57
36 McLennan County 15.12
37 Brazoria County 14.72
38 Cherokee County 14.7
39 Wharton County 13.87
40 Jones County 13.45
41 Lamar County 13.42
42 Navarro County 13.4
43 Galveston County 13.35
44 Burleson County 12.84
45 Colorado County 12.7
46 Kaufman County 12.6
47 Ellis County 11.46
48 Tyler County 11.41
49 Matagorda County 11.35
50 Potter County 11.23
51 Brazos County 11.13
52 Childress County 11.12
53 Wichita County 11.11
54 Lee County 11.03
55 Mitchell County 11.01
56 Cottle County 10.91
57 Denton County 10.68
58 Collin County 10.46
59 Polk County 10.21
60 Titus County 10.07
61 Liberty County 9.96
62 San Jacinto County 9.66
63 Milam County 9.64
64 DeWitt County 9.55
65 Austin County 9.3
66 Trinity County 9.28
67 Karnes County 9.26
68 Hall County 9.15
69 Travis County 8.95
70 Bee County 8.85
71 Orange County 8.83
72 Guadalupe County 8.65
73 Bexar County 8.64
74 Swisher County 8.62
75 Hunt County 8.4
76 Taylor County 8.35
77 Chambers County 8.3
77 Wilbarger County 8.3
78 Upshur County 7.99
79 Lubbock County 7.97
80 Garza County 7.76
81 Hopkins County 7.41
82 Bastrop County 7.4
82 Gonzales County 7.4
83 Williamson County 7.24
84 Leon County 7.23
85 Howard County 7.13
86 Hartley County 7.09
87 Sabine County 6.98
88 Rockwall County 6.95
89 Midland County 6.91
90 Hill County 6.8
91 Delta County 6.7
92 Fayette County 6.66
93 Refugio County 6.65
94 Jackson County 6.59
95 Victoria County 6.58
96 Lavaca County 6.56
97 Fannin County 6.49
98 Caldwell County 6.47
99 Henderson County 6.46
100 Grayson County 6.25
101 Knox County 6.11
102 Collingsworth County 6.08
103 Dawson County 6.06
104 Hardeman County 6
105 Dickens County 5.91
106 Hale County 5.79
107 Donley County 5.68
108 Montgomery County 5.66
109 Hardin County 5.57
110 Wood County 5.49
111 Gray County 5.39
112 Scurry County 5.36
113 Reeves County 5.31
114 Goliad County 5.29
115 Ector County 5.27
115 Nolan County 5.27
116 Ward County 5.12
117 Terry County 5.02
118 Haskell County 4.92
119 Live Oak County 4.85
120 Foard County 4.82
121 Lamb County 4.65
122 Pecos County 4.63
123 Hays County 4.51
124 Cochran County 4.47
125 Tom Green County 4.44
126 Fisher County 4.4
127 Nueces County 4.3
128 Lampasas County 4.2
129 Hockley County 4.19
130 Floyd County 4.17
131 Brown County 4.12
131 Frio County 4.12
131 Kleberg County 4.12
132 Moore County 4.11
133 Jack County 4.06
133 Kenedy County 4.06
134 El Paso County 4.03
135 Franklin County 3.98
136 Crosby County 3.97
137 San Saba County 3.95
138 Johnson County 3.86
139 Crane County 3.71
140 Briscoe County 3.64
141 Randall County 3.58
142 Upton County 3.52
143 Hudspeth County 3.49
144 Stonewall County 3.42
145 Cooke County 3.41
146 Loving County 3.36
147 Reagan County 3.35
148 Winkler County 3.29
149 Oldham County 3.25
150 Calhoun County 3.19
150 Wheeler County 3.19
151 Coleman County 3.18
152 Martin County 3.11
153 Medina County 3.04
154 Motley County 3
155 Hutchinson County 2.93
156 Baylor County 2.92
157 Stephens County 2.91
158 Van Zandt County 2.84
159 Castro County 2.79
160 Lynn County 2.75
161 Willacy County 2.72
162 McCulloch County 2.69
163 Palo Pinto County 2.64
164 Rains County 2.56
165 Comal County 2.55
166 Runnels County 2.53
167 McMullen County 2.48
168 Dallam County 2.45
169 Concho County 2.28
169 Eastland County 2.28
170 Gaines County 2.23
171 Kinney County 2.22
171 Sterling County 2.22
172 Bailey County 2.2
173 Val Verde County 2.14
174 Bosque County 2.13
175 Burnet County 2.06
175 Deaf Smith County 2.06
176 San Patricio County 2.03
177 Erath County 1.96
178 Kerr County 1.95
179 Andrews County 1.9
179 Lipscomb County 1.9
180 Parmer County 1.82
181 Shackelford County 1.81
181 Sherman County 1.81
182 Schleicher County 1.8
183 Wilson County 1.76
184 Crockett County 1.71
184 Menard County 1.71
185 Aransas County 1.7
185 Brewster County 1.7
186 Glasscock County 1.65