Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.68%), followed by Waller County (25.68%), and Houston County (25.22%).

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 2014
Jefferson
Waller
Houston
Bowie
Falls
Walker
San Augustine
Morris
Dallas
Marion
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2014
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 33.68
2 Waller County 25.68
3 Houston County 25.22
4 Bowie County 24.33
5 Falls County 23.91
6 Walker County 22.77
7 San Augustine County 22.5
8 Morris County 22.41
9 Dallas County 22.37
10 Marion County 21.62
11 Harrison County 21.34
12 Anderson County 21.07
13 Bell County 20.88
14 Fort Bend County 20.28
15 Gregg County 19.95
16 Newton County 19.85
17 Robertson County 19.76
18 Madison County 19.23
19 Harris County 18.58
20 Nacogdoches County 17.77
21 Smith County 17.58
22 Limestone County 17.35
23 Washington County 17.26
24 Shelby County 17.24
25 Cass County 17.05
26 Red River County 17
26 Rusk County 17
27 Camp County 16.67
28 Jasper County 16.27
29 Grimes County 16.15
30 Coryell County 15.92
31 Panola County 15.83
32 Freestone County 15.8
33 Tarrant County 15.51
34 Angelina County 14.97
35 McLennan County 14.25
36 Cherokee County 14.15
37 Wharton County 13.16
38 Navarro County 13.1
39 Lamar County 13.04
40 Galveston County 12.96
41 Brazoria County 12.84
42 Colorado County 12.33
43 Burleson County 12.32
44 Jones County 12.04
45 Polk County 10.9
46 Lee County 10.71
47 Matagorda County 10.68
48 Tyler County 10.63
49 Brazos County 10.61
50 Mitchell County 10.52
51 Liberty County 10.27
52 Kaufman County 10.25
53 Wichita County 10.23
54 Childress County 9.99
55 Potter County 9.87
56 San Jacinto County 9.83
57 Titus County 9.32
58 Trinity County 9.29
59 Milam County 9.21
60 Cottle County 9.11
61 Ellis County 9.09
62 Collin County 9.08
63 Denton County 9.01
64 Austin County 8.95
65 Orange County 8.47
66 DeWitt County 8.38
67 Upshur County 8.2
68 Travis County 8.08
69 Chambers County 8.07
70 Bee County 8.03
71 Hunt County 7.99
72 Karnes County 7.84
73 Swisher County 7.59
74 Hartley County 7.51
75 Wilbarger County 7.49
76 Delta County 7.42
76 Hall County 7.42
77 Bastrop County 7.24
78 Lubbock County 7.15
79 Bexar County 7.14
80 Taylor County 7.01
81 Sabine County 6.99
82 Leon County 6.96
83 Hopkins County 6.95
84 Guadalupe County 6.91
85 Fannin County 6.65
86 Garza County 6.44
87 Hill County 6.43
88 Jackson County 6.39
89 Fayette County 6.25
90 Caldwell County 6.21
91 Henderson County 6.18
92 Gonzales County 6.16
93 Lavaca County 6.11
94 Williamson County 6.06
95 Midland County 6.05
96 Victoria County 5.93
97 Dawson County 5.92
98 Grayson County 5.88
98 Howard County 5.88
99 Refugio County 5.77
100 Rockwall County 5.61
101 Hardin County 5.4
102 Hardeman County 5.31
103 Reeves County 5.28
104 Knox County 5.16
105 Foard County 5.03
106 Gray County 4.91
107 Donley County 4.88
108 Hale County 4.85
109 Wood County 4.78
110 Dickens County 4.74
111 Collingsworth County 4.51
112 Scurry County 4.5
113 Nolan County 4.33
114 Montgomery County 4.3
115 Goliad County 4.21
115 Terry County 4.21
116 Ector County 4.17
117 Live Oak County 4.16
118 Jack County 3.99
119 Ward County 3.95
120 Lamb County 3.85
121 Crosby County 3.83
122 Cochran County 3.77
122 Tom Green County 3.77
123 Franklin County 3.75
123 Haskell County 3.75
124 Pecos County 3.68
125 Hockley County 3.67
126 Nueces County 3.54
127 Lampasas County 3.47
128 Kleberg County 3.45
129 Brown County 3.43
130 Hays County 3.38
130 San Saba County 3.38
131 Fisher County 3.25
132 Frio County 3.15
133 Floyd County 3.03
134 El Paso County 3.02
135 Oldham County 3
136 Stonewall County 2.95
137 Cooke County 2.91
138 Briscoe County 2.83
139 Van Zandt County 2.72
140 Randall County 2.71
141 Johnson County 2.69
142 Moore County 2.68
143 Coleman County 2.62
144 Calhoun County 2.52
145 Crane County 2.39
145 Wheeler County 2.39
146 Rains County 2.34
147 Hutchinson County 2.3
147 Reagan County 2.3
148 Stephens County 2.29
149 Palo Pinto County 2.26
150 Medina County 2.17
151 Baylor County 2.16
152 Motley County 2.09
153 Lynn County 2.05
154 McCulloch County 1.98
155 Castro County 1.96
156 Eastland County 1.94
157 Dallam County 1.87
158 Winkler County 1.86
159 Martin County 1.85
160 Kenedy County 1.83
160 Runnels County 1.83
161 Comal County 1.82
162 Willacy County 1.81
163 Burnet County 1.77
164 Gaines County 1.7
165 Concho County 1.69
165 Upton County 1.69
166 Bosque County 1.58
167 Andrews County 1.49
168 Kerr County 1.48
169 San Patricio County 1.47
170 Erath County 1.45
171 Aransas County 1.39
172 McMullen County 1.37
172 Wilson County 1.37
173 Glasscock County 1.36
174 Callahan County 1.28
175 Schleicher County 1.23
175 Wise County 1.23
176 Parker County 1.21
176 Terrell County 1.21
177 Val Verde County 1.2
177 Young County 1.2
178 Irion County 1.14
179 Menard County 1.13
180 Sterling County 1.12
181 Parmer County 1.09
182 Deaf Smith County 1.07
183 Hudspeth County 1.03
184 Brewster County 1.01
184 Sherman County 1.01