Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.45%), followed by Waller County (25.05%), and Houston County (24.97%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
Jefferson
Waller
Houston
Bowie
Falls
Walker
Dallas
Morris
Bell
San Augustine
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 33.45
2 Waller County 25.05
3 Houston County 24.97
4 Bowie County 24.67
5 Falls County 23.33
6 Walker County 23.16
7 Dallas County 22.68
8 Morris County 22.22
9 Bell County 21.91
10 San Augustine County 21.48
11 Anderson County 21.11
12 Marion County 20.89
13 Harrison County 20.72
14 Gregg County 20.28
15 Fort Bend County 20.14
16 Newton County 19.98
17 Robertson County 19.51
18 Madison County 19.49
19 Harris County 18.77
20 Nacogdoches County 17.95
21 Smith County 17.33
22 Rusk County 17.23
22 Shelby County 17.23
23 Washington County 16.95
24 Limestone County 16.92
25 Cass County 16.74
26 Tarrant County 16.45
27 Red River County 16.25
28 Coryell County 16.07
29 Jasper County 16.04
30 Camp County 15.85
31 Freestone County 15.51
31 Panola County 15.51
32 Grimes County 15.28
33 Angelina County 14.8
34 McLennan County 14.24
35 Cherokee County 13.98
36 Brazoria County 13.55
37 Wharton County 12.94
38 Lamar County 12.92
39 Galveston County 12.75
40 Navarro County 12.74
41 Burleson County 12.31
42 Jones County 11.89
43 Colorado County 11.78
44 Kaufman County 11.19
45 Tyler County 10.69
46 Lee County 10.63
47 Brazos County 10.5
48 Childress County 10.46
49 Matagorda County 10.41
50 Wichita County 10.32
51 Ellis County 10.28
52 Potter County 10.16
53 Polk County 9.98
54 Denton County 9.81
55 Collin County 9.68
56 Liberty County 9.65
57 San Jacinto County 9.33
58 Cottle County 9.32
59 Trinity County 9.22
60 Titus County 9.19
61 Mitchell County 9.11
62 Austin County 8.84
63 Milam County 8.79
64 DeWitt County 8.59
64 Orange County 8.59
65 Bee County 8.37
65 Karnes County 8.37
66 Upshur County 8.08
67 Travis County 8.05
68 Hall County 7.99
69 Hunt County 7.95
70 Chambers County 7.79
71 Swisher County 7.53
72 Guadalupe County 7.47
73 Wilbarger County 7.39
74 Taylor County 7.34
75 Bexar County 7.31
76 Lubbock County 7.11
77 Hopkins County 7.01
78 Leon County 6.89
79 Bastrop County 6.86
80 Sabine County 6.84
81 Hill County 6.5
82 Fannin County 6.49
82 Hartley County 6.49
83 Garza County 6.45
84 Williamson County 6.33
85 Rockwall County 6.31
86 Henderson County 6.17
87 Midland County 6.16
88 Delta County 6.09
89 Howard County 6.03
90 Fayette County 6.02
91 Gonzales County 6.01
92 Lavaca County 5.92
93 Jackson County 5.9
94 Victoria County 5.89
95 Grayson County 5.88
96 Refugio County 5.73
97 Caldwell County 5.72
98 Hardin County 5.4
99 Dawson County 5.29
100 Hardeman County 5.18
100 Wood County 5.18
101 Knox County 4.96
102 Donley County 4.95
103 Hale County 4.91
104 Collingsworth County 4.9
105 Montgomery County 4.88
106 Dickens County 4.75
107 Reeves County 4.74
108 Scurry County 4.64
109 Foard County 4.6
110 Gray County 4.51
111 Nolan County 4.43
112 Ector County 4.29
113 Live Oak County 4.18
114 Ward County 4.06
115 Jack County 4.02
116 Terry County 4.01
117 Goliad County 4
118 Haskell County 3.78
119 Hays County 3.77
120 Loving County 3.76
121 Pecos County 3.75
122 Franklin County 3.66
123 Hockley County 3.65
124 Tom Green County 3.64
125 Lamb County 3.63
126 Brown County 3.55
126 Cochran County 3.55
127 Nueces County 3.5
128 Kleberg County 3.48
129 San Saba County 3.47
130 Fisher County 3.46
131 Lampasas County 3.28
131 Oldham County 3.28
131 Stonewall County 3.28
132 Floyd County 3.26
133 Johnson County 3.25
134 Moore County 3.18
135 Briscoe County 3.17
136 El Paso County 3.12
137 Cooke County 3.1
138 Frio County 3.08
139 Crosby County 3.04
140 Randall County 2.98
141 Coleman County 2.88
142 Crane County 2.7
143 Van Zandt County 2.67
144 Wheeler County 2.62
145 McMullen County 2.61
146 Hudspeth County 2.56
147 Stephens County 2.53
148 Baylor County 2.5
148 Hutchinson County 2.5
149 Medina County 2.45
150 Motley County 2.37
151 Calhoun County 2.33
152 Palo Pinto County 2.31
153 Rains County 2.29
154 Kenedy County 2.21
155 Reagan County 2.13
156 Castro County 2.1
157 Comal County 2.04
158 Runnels County 2
159 Winkler County 1.99
160 Willacy County 1.89
161 Sterling County 1.87
162 Lynn County 1.85
163 McCulloch County 1.82
164 Martin County 1.81
165 Eastland County 1.78
165 Upton County 1.78
166 Burnet County 1.69
167 Dallam County 1.68
168 Bosque County 1.64
168 Erath County 1.64
169 Gaines County 1.63
170 Glasscock County 1.54
171 Borden County 1.5
172 San Patricio County 1.49
173 Callahan County 1.46
174 Andrews County 1.43
175 Kerr County 1.41
176 Wilson County 1.38
177 Aransas County 1.36
178 Parker County 1.33
178 Wise County 1.33
179 Kent County 1.32
179 Menard County 1.32
180 Val Verde County 1.29
181 Schleicher County 1.27
182 Irion County 1.18
182 Young County 1.18
183 Parmer County 1.17
184 Bailey County 1.15
185 Brewster County 1.13