Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.56%), followed by Houston County (25.87%), and Waller County (25.4%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2010
Jefferson
Houston
Waller
Falls
Bowie
San Augustine
Morris
Walker
Marion
Dallas
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2010
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 33.56
2 Houston County 25.87
3 Waller County 25.4
4 Falls County 24.96
5 Bowie County 24.07
6 San Augustine County 22.87
7 Morris County 22.77
8 Walker County 22.27
9 Marion County 22.06
10 Dallas County 22
11 Harrison County 21.81
12 Fort Bend County 21.13
13 Robertson County 20.98
14 Anderson County 20.93
15 Bell County 20.5
16 Newton County 19.96
17 Gregg County 19.78
18 Madison County 19.58
19 Harris County 18.51
20 Nacogdoches County 17.97
21 Smith County 17.76
22 Rusk County 17.52
23 Shelby County 17.42
24 Cass County 17.39
25 Washington County 17.38
26 Limestone County 17.35
27 Red River County 17.26
28 Camp County 17.25
29 Jasper County 16.62
30 Grimes County 16.29
31 Panola County 16.2
32 Freestone County 15.97
33 Coryell County 15.22
34 Angelina County 14.86
35 Tarrant County 14.62
36 Cherokee County 14.58
37 McLennan County 14.44
38 Wharton County 13.76
39 Navarro County 13.6
40 Galveston County 13.45
41 Lamar County 13.29
42 Colorado County 12.68
43 Burleson County 12.11
44 Brazoria County 11.86
45 Polk County 11.36
46 Jones County 11.33
47 Mitchell County 11.13
48 Matagorda County 11.08
49 Tyler County 10.98
50 Lee County 10.73
51 Liberty County 10.72
52 Brazos County 10.71
53 Kaufman County 10.24
54 Wichita County 10.15
55 San Jacinto County 10.04
56 Potter County 9.82
57 Childress County 9.73
58 Milam County 9.61
59 Trinity County 9.51
60 Titus County 9.23
61 Austin County 9.22
62 Karnes County 9.16
63 DeWitt County 9.03
64 Ellis County 8.84
65 Upshur County 8.64
66 Cottle County 8.6
67 Orange County 8.46
68 Collin County 8.36
69 Denton County 8.22
70 Chambers County 8.14
71 Travis County 8.12
72 Hunt County 8.08
73 Bee County 7.89
74 Wilbarger County 7.71
75 Bastrop County 7.48
76 Delta County 7.21
77 Sabine County 7.19
78 Hall County 7.15
79 Lubbock County 7.14
80 Swisher County 7.07
81 Leon County 7.03
82 Bexar County 6.97
82 Taylor County 6.97
83 Hopkins County 6.93
84 Hartley County 6.89
85 Jackson County 6.74
86 Gonzales County 6.73
87 Fannin County 6.68
88 Fayette County 6.51
89 Lavaca County 6.5
90 Caldwell County 6.47
91 Midland County 6.35
92 Dawson County 6.25
93 Guadalupe County 6.16
93 Hill County 6.16
94 Henderson County 6.12
95 Garza County 6.08
96 Victoria County 6.02
97 Refugio County 5.99
98 Howard County 5.95
99 Williamson County 5.89
100 Hardin County 5.81
101 Grayson County 5.77
102 Rockwall County 5.67
103 Knox County 5.53
104 Hardeman County 5.22
105 Hale County 4.98
106 Reeves County 4.86
107 Donley County 4.74
108 Gray County 4.7
109 Wood County 4.65
110 Scurry County 4.53
111 Ward County 4.5
112 Terry County 4.49
113 Goliad County 4.39
114 Nolan County 4.36
115 Collingsworth County 4.19
116 Foard County 4.17
117 Ector County 4.08
117 Montgomery County 4.08
118 Lamb County 3.98
118 Live Oak County 3.98
119 Franklin County 3.89
120 Jack County 3.77
121 Dickens County 3.72
122 Tom Green County 3.65
123 Nueces County 3.58
124 Cochran County 3.53
125 Kleberg County 3.49
126 Hockley County 3.47
127 Pecos County 3.43
128 Brown County 3.42
129 Haskell County 3.39
130 Floyd County 3.26
131 Crosby County 3.2
132 Hays County 3.18
133 Fisher County 3.16
134 San Saba County 3.15
135 Frio County 3.04
136 Lampasas County 3.03
137 Oldham County 2.93
138 Stonewall County 2.87
139 Crane County 2.83
140 Van Zandt County 2.67
141 Cooke County 2.65
142 El Paso County 2.61
143 Briscoe County 2.57
144 Johnson County 2.55
145 Calhoun County 2.48
146 Hutchinson County 2.43
147 Randall County 2.3
148 Rains County 2.29
149 Coleman County 2.19
150 Palo Pinto County 2.13
151 Motley County 2.08
151 Wheeler County 2.08
152 Reagan County 2.03
153 Stephens County 2.02
154 Medina County 2
155 Baylor County 1.94
156 Lynn County 1.93
157 Castro County 1.87
158 Winkler County 1.85
159 Willacy County 1.76
160 Eastland County 1.74
161 Burnet County 1.65
162 Runnels County 1.63
163 Parker County 1.58
164 McCulloch County 1.57
165 Martin County 1.54
166 Wilson County 1.52
167 Bosque County 1.51
168 Comal County 1.5
168 Gaines County 1.5
168 Kerr County 1.5
169 Moore County 1.48
170 Upton County 1.44
171 Concho County 1.41
172 Andrews County 1.37
173 San Patricio County 1.36
174 Glasscock County 1.3
175 Dallam County 1.26
176 Aransas County 1.18
177 Val Verde County 1.16
177 Young County 1.16
178 Erath County 1.15
179 Sterling County 1.14
180 McMullen County 1.13
181 Kinney County 1.11
182 Callahan County 1
183 Wise County 0.97
184 Bailey County 0.95
184 Hudspeth County 0.95
185 Schleicher County 0.91
186 Brewster County 0.9
187 Parmer County 0.88
188 Dimmit County 0.86
188 Kent County 0.86
189 Deaf Smith County 0.85
190 Duval County 0.76