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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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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 |