Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2013

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2013, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.74%), followed by Waller County (26.16%), 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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2013
Jefferson
Waller
Houston
Bowie
Falls
San Augustine
Walker
Morris
Dallas
Marion
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2013
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 33.74
2 Waller County 26.16
3 Houston County 25.26
4 Bowie County 24.22
5 Falls County 23.93
6 San Augustine County 22.61
7 Walker County 22.51
8 Morris County 22.34
9 Dallas County 22.29
10 Marion County 21.79
11 Harrison County 21.4
12 Anderson County 20.88
13 Bell County 20.55
14 Fort Bend County 20.47
15 Robertson County 20.4
16 Newton County 20.2
17 Gregg County 19.85
18 Madison County 19.51
19 Harris County 18.55
20 Nacogdoches County 17.85
21 Smith County 17.53
22 Washington County 17.35
23 Cass County 17.23
24 Limestone County 17.18
25 Shelby County 17.17
26 Red River County 17.08
27 Rusk County 17.02
28 Camp County 16.62
29 Jasper County 16.35
30 Freestone County 16.13
31 Grimes County 16.04
32 Coryell County 15.81
32 Panola County 15.81
33 Tarrant County 15.23
34 Angelina County 14.93
35 McLennan County 14.28
36 Cherokee County 14.19
37 Wharton County 13.42
38 Navarro County 13.39
39 Lamar County 13.16
40 Galveston County 13.06
41 Brazoria County 12.61
42 Colorado County 12.26
43 Burleson County 11.92
43 Jones County 11.92
44 Polk County 10.9
45 Lee County 10.77
46 Tyler County 10.66
47 Brazos County 10.63
48 Matagorda County 10.62
49 Liberty County 10.32
50 Mitchell County 10.29
51 Wichita County 10.17
52 Kaufman County 10.15
53 San Jacinto County 10.01
54 Potter County 9.92
55 Childress County 9.7
56 Titus County 9.45
57 Trinity County 9.38
58 Milam County 9.3
59 Cottle County 9.09
60 Austin County 8.97
61 Collin County 8.93
62 Ellis County 8.84
63 Denton County 8.83
64 DeWitt County 8.58
65 Upshur County 8.49
66 Orange County 8.38
67 Travis County 8.08
68 Hunt County 8.05
69 Karnes County 7.97
70 Chambers County 7.94
71 Bee County 7.88
72 Wilbarger County 7.38
73 Bastrop County 7.28
74 Hartley County 7.25
75 Lubbock County 7.19
76 Hall County 7.18
77 Delta County 7.13
78 Bexar County 7.11
79 Sabine County 7.06
80 Swisher County 7.04
81 Leon County 7
81 Taylor County 7
82 Hopkins County 6.92
83 Guadalupe County 6.72
84 Jackson County 6.68
85 Fannin County 6.59
86 Garza County 6.44
87 Hill County 6.38
88 Caldwell County 6.3
88 Lavaca County 6.3
89 Gonzales County 6.28
90 Henderson County 6.26
91 Fayette County 6.19
92 Midland County 6.02
93 Williamson County 5.99
94 Victoria County 5.9
95 Grayson County 5.84
96 Howard County 5.82
97 Refugio County 5.77
98 Rockwall County 5.68
99 Dawson County 5.62
100 Hardin County 5.56
101 Hardeman County 5.43
102 Knox County 5.35
103 Reeves County 5.02
104 Hale County 4.87
105 Donley County 4.77
106 Dickens County 4.74
107 Wood County 4.73
108 Foard County 4.51
108 Gray County 4.51
109 Nolan County 4.44
110 Collingsworth County 4.39
110 Scurry County 4.39
111 Goliad County 4.37
112 Montgomery County 4.22
113 Live Oak County 4.16
114 Ector County 4.1
115 Terry County 4.03
116 Ward County 3.99
117 Lamb County 3.96
118 Crosby County 3.88
119 Cochran County 3.85
120 Jack County 3.82
121 Tom Green County 3.8
122 Haskell County 3.76
123 Franklin County 3.68
124 Pecos County 3.62
125 Nueces County 3.56
126 Kleberg County 3.53
127 Hockley County 3.48
128 Stonewall County 3.39
129 Lampasas County 3.38
130 San Saba County 3.34
131 Fisher County 3.29
131 Hays County 3.29
132 Brown County 3.25
133 Oldham County 3.12
134 Frio County 3.04
135 El Paso County 2.98
136 Floyd County 2.91
137 Cooke County 2.9
138 Crane County 2.74
139 Van Zandt County 2.68
140 Johnson County 2.63
141 Briscoe County 2.62
141 Randall County 2.62
142 Coleman County 2.56
143 Calhoun County 2.55
144 Moore County 2.44
145 Rains County 2.42
146 Stephens County 2.37
147 Wheeler County 2.33
148 Hutchinson County 2.21
149 Reagan County 2.2
150 Palo Pinto County 2.17
151 Baylor County 2.15
151 Medina County 2.15
152 Lynn County 2.08
153 Motley County 2.01
154 McCulloch County 1.97
155 Castro County 1.89
156 Winkler County 1.87
157 Kenedy County 1.83
158 Burnet County 1.82
158 Willacy County 1.82
159 Runnels County 1.81
160 Eastland County 1.79
161 Dallam County 1.74
162 Comal County 1.71
163 Gaines County 1.68
163 Upton County 1.68
164 Bosque County 1.6
165 Concho County 1.58
166 Martin County 1.52
167 San Patricio County 1.51
168 Kerr County 1.5
169 Wilson County 1.45
170 Andrews County 1.44
171 Glasscock County 1.42
172 Erath County 1.39
173 Parker County 1.34
174 Irion County 1.3
175 Callahan County 1.27
176 Young County 1.25
177 Aransas County 1.22
177 Schleicher County 1.22
178 Val Verde County 1.2
179 McMullen County 1.18
180 Wise County 1.16
181 Kent County 1.15
182 Sterling County 1.14
183 Kinney County 1.07
184 Deaf Smith County 1.06
185 Dimmit County 1.04
186 Parmer County 1.03
187 Brewster County 1
188 Armstrong County 0.98