Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.43%), followed by Waller County (25.28%), and Houston County (24.83%).

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 2015
Jefferson
Waller
Houston
Bowie
Falls
Walker
San Augustine
Dallas
Morris
Marion
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 33.43
2 Waller County 25.28
3 Houston County 24.83
4 Bowie County 24.38
5 Falls County 23.84
6 Walker County 22.86
7 San Augustine County 22.62
8 Dallas County 22.48
9 Morris County 22.1
10 Marion County 21.59
11 Anderson County 21.04
12 Bell County 21.01
12 Harrison County 21.01
13 Gregg County 20.11
14 Fort Bend County 20.09
15 Newton County 19.88
16 Robertson County 19.58
17 Madison County 19.31
18 Harris County 18.63
19 Nacogdoches County 17.67
20 Smith County 17.41
21 Limestone County 17.4
22 Washington County 17.3
23 Shelby County 17.11
24 Cass County 17.05
25 Rusk County 16.92
26 Red River County 16.8
27 Camp County 16.79
28 Jasper County 16.25
29 Coryell County 15.97
30 Panola County 15.81
31 Tarrant County 15.8
32 Grimes County 15.71
33 Freestone County 15.54
34 Angelina County 14.88
35 McLennan County 14.26
36 Cherokee County 13.91
37 Navarro County 13.16
38 Wharton County 13.03
39 Brazoria County 12.99
40 Lamar County 12.92
41 Galveston County 12.91
42 Colorado County 12.25
43 Burleson County 12.19
44 Jones County 12.1
45 Lee County 10.74
46 Matagorda County 10.66
46 Tyler County 10.66
47 Polk County 10.62
48 Brazos County 10.52
49 Childress County 10.35
50 Kaufman County 10.33
51 Mitchell County 10.17
52 Wichita County 10.13
53 Liberty County 10.11
54 Potter County 9.89
55 San Jacinto County 9.58
56 Titus County 9.43
57 Ellis County 9.36
58 Collin County 9.29
59 Cottle County 9.26
60 Denton County 9.24
61 Trinity County 9.22
62 Milam County 8.96
63 Austin County 8.87
64 Orange County 8.51
65 DeWitt County 8.48
66 Karnes County 8.3
67 Upshur County 8.21
68 Travis County 8.05
69 Chambers County 8
70 Hunt County 7.98
71 Bee County 7.97
72 Swisher County 7.7
73 Hall County 7.66
74 Wilbarger County 7.36
75 Bexar County 7.22
76 Lubbock County 7.15
77 Bastrop County 7.13
78 Hopkins County 7.09
79 Guadalupe County 7.07
79 Taylor County 7.07
80 Sabine County 6.95
81 Leon County 6.94
82 Delta County 6.73
83 Garza County 6.61
84 Fannin County 6.54
85 Hill County 6.33
86 Henderson County 6.31
87 Jackson County 6.25
88 Midland County 6.18
89 Caldwell County 6.1
89 Fayette County 6.1
89 Williamson County 6.1
90 Lavaca County 6.06
91 Howard County 6.03
92 Gonzales County 6.02
93 Refugio County 5.92
94 Rockwall County 5.87
95 Victoria County 5.84
96 Grayson County 5.81
97 Hartley County 5.8
98 Hardeman County 5.3
99 Hardin County 5.28
100 Reeves County 5.25
101 Dawson County 5.23
101 Foard County 5.23
102 Donley County 5.22
103 Knox County 5.15
104 Wood County 5.04
105 Hale County 4.89
106 Gray County 4.8
107 Dickens County 4.68
108 Montgomery County 4.42
108 Nolan County 4.42
109 Scurry County 4.37
110 Collingsworth County 4.36
111 Ector County 4.29
112 Terry County 4.21
113 Live Oak County 4.16
114 Ward County 4.14
115 Goliad County 4.04
116 Jack County 3.96
117 Hockley County 3.82
118 Tom Green County 3.75
119 Lamb County 3.69
120 Franklin County 3.63
121 Crosby County 3.62
122 Haskell County 3.61
123 Pecos County 3.57
124 Nueces County 3.56
125 Brown County 3.53
126 Hays County 3.5
127 San Saba County 3.46
128 Kleberg County 3.44
129 Cochran County 3.36
130 Lampasas County 3.24
131 Floyd County 3.22
132 Frio County 3.19
133 Stonewall County 3.14
134 Fisher County 3.1
135 El Paso County 3.06
136 Cooke County 3.01
137 Briscoe County 2.97
138 Oldham County 2.91
139 Randall County 2.81
140 Johnson County 2.8
141 Moore County 2.74
141 Van Zandt County 2.74
142 Coleman County 2.73
143 Crane County 2.63
144 Calhoun County 2.62
145 Hutchinson County 2.48
146 Wheeler County 2.47
147 Stephens County 2.43
148 Baylor County 2.33
149 Motley County 2.27
150 Rains County 2.26
151 Palo Pinto County 2.24
152 Reagan County 2.18
153 Lynn County 2.17
154 Medina County 2.16
155 Kenedy County 2.04
156 Martin County 1.99
157 Winkler County 1.92
158 Eastland County 1.9
159 Castro County 1.87
159 Comal County 1.87
160 Willacy County 1.84
161 McCulloch County 1.83
162 Runnels County 1.82
163 Bosque County 1.75
163 Concho County 1.75
164 Burnet County 1.73
165 Upton County 1.72
166 Dallam County 1.63
167 Gaines County 1.61
168 Hudspeth County 1.59
169 Erath County 1.52
169 Glasscock County 1.52
170 San Patricio County 1.49
171 Aransas County 1.42
171 Kerr County 1.42
172 Callahan County 1.39
172 Terrell County 1.39
172 Wilson County 1.39
173 Andrews County 1.37
174 Menard County 1.36
175 McMullen County 1.32
176 Wise County 1.3
177 Sherman County 1.28
178 Young County 1.27
179 Schleicher County 1.25
180 Parmer County 1.23
181 Parker County 1.22
182 Sterling County 1.2
183 Val Verde County 1.18
184 Irion County 1.16
185 Dimmit County 1.11
186 Kent County 1.07