Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (34.35%), followed by Bowie County (25.55%), and Houston County (25.26%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.

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Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 34.35
2 Bowie County 25.55
3 Houston County 25.26
4 Bell County 24.56
5 Falls County 24.38
6 Waller County 24.33
7 Dallas County 23.75
8 Walker County 23.46
9 Morris County 22.26
10 Anderson County 21.92
11 Fort Bend County 21.4
12 Marion County 21.13
13 San Augustine County 21.02
14 Gregg County 21.01
15 Harrison County 20.98
16 Robertson County 20.37
17 Harris County 20.14
18 Madison County 20.01
19 Newton County 19.71
20 Nacogdoches County 18.29
21 Tarrant County 17.98
22 Shelby County 17.97
23 Smith County 17.91
24 Coryell County 17.77
25 Limestone County 17.74
26 Washington County 17.64
27 Rusk County 17.58
28 Cass County 17.01
29 Camp County 16.68
30 Red River County 16.59
31 Jasper County 16.21
32 Freestone County 15.86
33 Panola County 15.75
34 Angelina County 15.73
35 Grimes County 15.46
36 Brazoria County 15.19
37 McLennan County 15.01
38 Cherokee County 14.62
39 Kaufman County 13.98
40 Wharton County 13.72
41 Lamar County 13.48
42 Galveston County 13.3
43 Navarro County 13.27
44 Jones County 13.07
45 Burleson County 12.75
46 Colorado County 12.71
47 Ellis County 12.24
48 Matagorda County 11.33
49 Brazos County 11.26
50 Potter County 11.25
51 Wichita County 11.08
52 Denton County 11.07
53 Tyler County 10.93
54 Mitchell County 10.92
55 Cottle County 10.9
56 Childress County 10.88
57 Collin County 10.87
58 Lee County 10.8
59 Polk County 10.06
60 Titus County 9.98
61 Liberty County 9.73
62 Milam County 9.62
63 San Jacinto County 9.49
64 Austin County 9.31
65 DeWitt County 9.24
66 Travis County 9
67 Trinity County 8.94
68 Hall County 8.92
69 Guadalupe County 8.89
70 Orange County 8.88
71 Bee County 8.85
72 Swisher County 8.83
73 Bexar County 8.7
74 Karnes County 8.51
75 Taylor County 8.46
76 Chambers County 8.32
77 Hunt County 8.31
78 Wilbarger County 8.28
79 Lubbock County 8
80 Upshur County 7.96
81 Garza County 7.6
82 Rockwall County 7.53
83 Gonzales County 7.52
84 Hopkins County 7.45
85 Leon County 7.41
85 Williamson County 7.41
86 Bastrop County 7.33
87 Howard County 7.2
88 Hartley County 7.06
89 Sabine County 7.04
90 Midland County 7.03
91 Jackson County 6.82
92 Delta County 6.72
93 Hill County 6.71
94 Dawson County 6.64
95 Refugio County 6.62
95 Victoria County 6.62
96 Lavaca County 6.55
97 Caldwell County 6.52
98 Fannin County 6.46
98 Henderson County 6.46
99 Fayette County 6.38
100 Collingsworth County 6.33
101 Grayson County 6.19
102 Donley County 5.98
103 Montgomery County 5.9
104 Hardeman County 5.86
105 Hale County 5.81
106 Knox County 5.79
107 Dickens County 5.72
108 Gray County 5.65
109 Hardin County 5.6
110 Reeves County 5.59
111 Ector County 5.48
112 Scurry County 5.47
112 Wood County 5.47
113 Ward County 5.42
114 Nolan County 5.41
115 Goliad County 5.1
116 Foard County 4.93
117 Terry County 4.87
118 Live Oak County 4.86
119 Haskell County 4.82
120 Lamb County 4.75
121 Hays County 4.63
122 Pecos County 4.54
123 Cochran County 4.53
124 Kenedy County 4.42
124 Tom Green County 4.42
125 Moore County 4.39
126 Floyd County 4.33
126 Lampasas County 4.33
127 Nueces County 4.29
128 Johnson County 4.22
129 Hockley County 4.21
130 Fisher County 4.2
131 Frio County 4.19
132 Crosby County 4.16
133 Franklin County 4.13
134 Brown County 4.1
135 Jack County 4.09
136 El Paso County 4.05
137 Kleberg County 3.99
138 San Saba County 3.96
139 Crane County 3.7
140 Randall County 3.67
141 Cooke County 3.66
142 Loving County 3.64
143 Hudspeth County 3.63
144 Reagan County 3.62
144 Upton County 3.62
145 Oldham County 3.59
146 Winkler County 3.48
147 Stonewall County 3.44
148 Briscoe County 3.37
149 Coleman County 3.25
150 Wheeler County 3.22
151 Baylor County 3.18
152 Calhoun County 3.13
153 Medina County 3.09
153 Stephens County 3.09
154 Martin County 3.07
155 Motley County 3
156 Hutchinson County 2.95
157 Van Zandt County 2.93
158 McCulloch County 2.83
159 Castro County 2.81
160 Willacy County 2.74
161 Runnels County 2.72
162 Comal County 2.71
163 Rains County 2.69
164 Palo Pinto County 2.61
165 Lynn County 2.59
166 Dallam County 2.58
167 McMullen County 2.46
168 Gaines County 2.27
169 Kinney County 2.24
170 Concho County 2.22
171 Deaf Smith County 2.21
172 Val Verde County 2.19
173 Bosque County 2.18
174 Bailey County 2.16
174 Sterling County 2.16
175 Eastland County 2.13
176 San Patricio County 2.11
177 Burnet County 2.02
177 Erath County 2.02
177 Lipscomb County 2.02
178 Andrews County 2
178 Terrell County 2
179 Kerr County 1.96
180 Schleicher County 1.93
181 Shackelford County 1.9
182 Sherman County 1.89
183 Wilson County 1.87
184 Parmer County 1.85
185 Culberson County 1.82
186 Menard County 1.81
187 Aransas County 1.73
188 Dimmit County 1.72