Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.64%), followed by Houston County (25.7%), and Waller County (25.68%).

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 2011
Jefferson
Houston
Waller
Falls
Bowie
San Augustine
Morris
Walker
Dallas
Marion
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 33.64
2 Houston County 25.7
3 Waller County 25.68
4 Falls County 24.65
5 Bowie County 24.07
6 San Augustine County 23.12
7 Morris County 22.59
8 Walker County 22.44
9 Dallas County 22.07
10 Marion County 21.95
11 Harrison County 21.5
12 Robertson County 21.15
13 Anderson County 21.02
14 Fort Bend County 20.86
15 Bell County 20.46
16 Newton County 20.07
17 Gregg County 19.66
18 Madison County 19.47
19 Harris County 18.52
20 Nacogdoches County 17.9
21 Smith County 17.63
22 Washington County 17.59
23 Limestone County 17.37
24 Rusk County 17.22
25 Cass County 17.16
26 Camp County 17.07
27 Shelby County 17.05
28 Red River County 16.96
29 Jasper County 16.81
30 Panola County 16.21
31 Grimes County 16.01
32 Freestone County 15.85
33 Coryell County 15.39
34 Angelina County 14.84
35 Tarrant County 14.76
36 Cherokee County 14.34
37 McLennan County 14.32
38 Wharton County 13.67
39 Navarro County 13.4
40 Galveston County 13.35
41 Lamar County 13.28
42 Colorado County 12.57
43 Brazoria County 12.11
44 Burleson County 11.99
45 Jones County 11.61
46 Mitchell County 11.38
47 Polk County 11.31
48 Matagorda County 11
49 Lee County 10.84
50 Tyler County 10.77
51 Brazos County 10.7
52 Liberty County 10.65
53 Wichita County 10.16
54 Kaufman County 10.1
55 San Jacinto County 9.96
56 Potter County 9.83
57 Childress County 9.56
58 Milam County 9.52
59 Trinity County 9.31
60 Karnes County 9.25
61 Titus County 9.24
62 Cottle County 9.09
63 Austin County 9.08
64 DeWitt County 8.87
65 Ellis County 8.75
66 Upshur County 8.68
67 Collin County 8.59
68 Orange County 8.53
69 Denton County 8.4
70 Travis County 8.07
71 Hunt County 8.05
72 Bee County 8.01
73 Chambers County 7.97
74 Wilbarger County 7.59
75 Swisher County 7.28
76 Bastrop County 7.25
76 Delta County 7.25
77 Lubbock County 7.08
78 Bexar County 6.99
79 Hopkins County 6.98
79 Leon County 6.98
80 Hartley County 6.96
80 Sabine County 6.96
81 Taylor County 6.95
82 Jackson County 6.86
83 Fannin County 6.67
83 Hall County 6.67
84 Lavaca County 6.42
85 Caldwell County 6.41
86 Gonzales County 6.38
86 Guadalupe County 6.38
87 Hill County 6.37
88 Fayette County 6.25
89 Midland County 6.24
90 Dawson County 6.2
91 Henderson County 6.19
92 Garza County 6.12
93 Williamson County 5.96
94 Victoria County 5.88
95 Howard County 5.86
96 Refugio County 5.75
97 Grayson County 5.73
98 Hardin County 5.71
99 Rockwall County 5.64
100 Hardeman County 5.19
101 Knox County 5.11
102 Reeves County 5.09
103 Hale County 4.96
104 Donley County 4.88
105 Foard County 4.64
106 Gray County 4.63
107 Goliad County 4.51
107 Wood County 4.51
108 Scurry County 4.44
109 Nolan County 4.43
109 Terry County 4.43
110 Collingsworth County 4.38
111 Ward County 4.27
112 Live Oak County 4.1
112 Montgomery County 4.1
113 Ector County 4.01
114 Dickens County 4
115 Lamb County 3.99
116 Franklin County 3.81
117 Tom Green County 3.77
118 Jack County 3.69
119 Cochran County 3.63
120 Nueces County 3.61
121 Crosby County 3.58
122 Haskell County 3.54
123 Kleberg County 3.5
124 Fisher County 3.47
125 Pecos County 3.37
126 Hockley County 3.35
127 Brown County 3.31
128 Floyd County 3.27
129 Hays County 3.22
130 Stonewall County 3.21
131 San Saba County 3.18
132 Lampasas County 3.07
133 Frio County 3.05
134 Oldham County 3.04
135 Crane County 2.89
136 El Paso County 2.77
137 Van Zandt County 2.67
138 Briscoe County 2.65
138 Cooke County 2.65
139 Johnson County 2.55
140 Calhoun County 2.52
141 Hutchinson County 2.37
142 Rains County 2.36
143 Randall County 2.33
144 Coleman County 2.32
145 Motley County 2.17
146 Palo Pinto County 2.15
147 Baylor County 2.08
148 Reagan County 2.06
149 Medina County 2.03
150 Wheeler County 2
151 Stephens County 1.97
152 Lynn County 1.96
152 Winkler County 1.96
153 McCulloch County 1.89
154 Castro County 1.88
155 Moore County 1.85
156 Eastland County 1.75
156 Willacy County 1.75
157 Runnels County 1.71
158 Burnet County 1.68
159 Gaines County 1.64
160 Parker County 1.62
161 Bosque County 1.59
162 Comal County 1.58
163 Wilson County 1.55
164 Kerr County 1.52
164 Upton County 1.52
165 Martin County 1.49
166 Glasscock County 1.45
167 McMullen County 1.44
168 Concho County 1.41
169 Andrews County 1.4
170 San Patricio County 1.36
171 Dallam County 1.32
172 Erath County 1.3
173 Sterling County 1.2
173 Young County 1.2
174 Aransas County 1.18
174 Val Verde County 1.18
175 Kinney County 1.16
176 Brewster County 1.08
177 Callahan County 1.06
178 Dimmit County 1.04
179 Wise County 1.02
180 Bailey County 0.96
181 Hudspeth County 0.94
181 Schleicher County 0.94
182 Parmer County 0.89
183 Duval County 0.88
184 Kent County 0.86
185 Deaf Smith County 0.85