Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.31%), followed by Bowie County (24.94%), and Houston County (24.86%).

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 2018
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Bowie
Houston
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Walker
Dallas
Morris
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San Augustine
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 33.31
2 Bowie County 24.94
3 Houston County 24.86
4 Waller County 24.04
5 Falls County 23.17
6 Walker County 23.09
7 Dallas County 22.77
8 Morris County 22.12
9 Bell County 22.05
10 San Augustine County 21.42
11 Anderson County 21.11
12 Marion County 21.02
13 Harrison County 20.62
14 Gregg County 20.29
15 Fort Bend County 20.27
16 Newton County 20.01
17 Robertson County 19.11
18 Madison County 19.07
19 Harris County 18.9
20 Nacogdoches County 17.76
21 Smith County 17.35
22 Shelby County 17.24
23 Rusk County 17.21
24 Washington County 17
25 Tarrant County 16.79
26 Limestone County 16.75
27 Cass County 16.71
28 Coryell County 16.3
29 Red River County 16.26
30 Camp County 15.96
31 Jasper County 15.81
32 Panola County 15.59
33 Freestone County 15.2
34 Grimes County 14.9
35 Angelina County 14.86
36 McLennan County 14.16
37 Cherokee County 14.02
38 Brazoria County 13.95
39 Lamar County 13.09
40 Wharton County 12.74
41 Navarro County 12.71
42 Galveston County 12.67
43 Burleson County 12.41
44 Jones County 12.14
45 Kaufman County 12.04
46 Colorado County 11.6
47 Ellis County 10.86
48 Tyler County 10.78
49 Childress County 10.57
50 Brazos County 10.56
51 Lee County 10.44
52 Wichita County 10.42
53 Matagorda County 10.4
54 Cottle County 10.18
55 Denton County 10.17
56 Potter County 10.15
57 Collin County 10.01
58 Polk County 9.78
59 Mitchell County 9.39
60 Liberty County 9.35
61 San Jacinto County 9.21
62 Trinity County 9.1
63 Titus County 9.04
64 Milam County 8.62
65 Austin County 8.6
66 Orange County 8.54
67 DeWitt County 8.4
67 Karnes County 8.4
68 Hall County 8.3
69 Bee County 8.27
70 Travis County 8.06
71 Hunt County 7.97
72 Chambers County 7.75
73 Upshur County 7.74
74 Swisher County 7.69
75 Guadalupe County 7.65
76 Taylor County 7.39
77 Bexar County 7.36
77 Wilbarger County 7.36
78 Lubbock County 7.12
79 Hopkins County 7.04
80 Leon County 6.84
81 Sabine County 6.76
82 Bastrop County 6.68
83 Hartley County 6.61
84 Rockwall County 6.59
85 Williamson County 6.52
86 Garza County 6.46
87 Delta County 6.25
87 Hill County 6.25
88 Fannin County 6.24
89 Midland County 6.19
90 Henderson County 6.18
91 Fayette County 6.13
92 Grayson County 5.91
93 Jackson County 5.9
94 Gonzales County 5.88
95 Howard County 5.84
96 Lavaca County 5.8
97 Victoria County 5.76
98 Caldwell County 5.62
99 Refugio County 5.52
100 Donley County 5.47
101 Hardin County 5.42
102 Knox County 5.18
103 Hardeman County 5.16
104 Montgomery County 5.15
105 Dawson County 5.13
106 Wood County 5.12
107 Hale County 4.89
108 Gray County 4.83
109 Collingsworth County 4.78
110 Foard County 4.73
111 Scurry County 4.67
112 Dickens County 4.64
113 Reeves County 4.57
114 Nolan County 4.39
115 Ector County 4.35
116 Goliad County 4.15
117 Live Oak County 4.13
117 Terry County 4.13
118 Haskell County 3.94
119 Jack County 3.92
119 Pecos County 3.92
119 Ward County 3.92
120 Hays County 3.77
121 Fisher County 3.71
122 Brown County 3.65
122 Franklin County 3.65
123 Tom Green County 3.62
124 San Saba County 3.58
125 Lampasas County 3.52
125 Moore County 3.52
126 Hockley County 3.49
126 Nueces County 3.49
127 Briscoe County 3.44
127 Lamb County 3.44
128 Johnson County 3.43
129 Cochran County 3.41
130 Loving County 3.36
131 Kleberg County 3.31
132 Floyd County 3.24
133 Randall County 3.14
134 El Paso County 3.09
135 Stonewall County 3.05
136 Cooke County 3.04
137 Frio County 3.01
138 Crosby County 2.98
139 Oldham County 2.88
140 Coleman County 2.81
141 Hudspeth County 2.7
142 Van Zandt County 2.65
143 Stephens County 2.61
143 Wheeler County 2.61
144 Crane County 2.57
145 Calhoun County 2.53
146 Reagan County 2.5
147 Hutchinson County 2.49
147 Medina County 2.49
148 Motley County 2.43
149 Baylor County 2.41
150 Palo Pinto County 2.33
150 Rains County 2.33
151 Lynn County 2.21
152 McMullen County 2.2
153 Comal County 2.18
154 Kenedy County 2.15
154 Upton County 2.15
155 Castro County 2.1
156 Winkler County 2
157 Willacy County 1.97
158 Runnels County 1.95
159 Eastland County 1.92
160 Martin County 1.91
161 Sterling County 1.84
162 Dallam County 1.83
163 McCulloch County 1.78
164 Burnet County 1.74
165 Erath County 1.73
166 Bosque County 1.65
167 Gaines County 1.62
168 Glasscock County 1.5
169 San Patricio County 1.47
170 Kerr County 1.44
171 Wilson County 1.43
172 Parker County 1.4
173 Callahan County 1.39
174 Concho County 1.38
175 Andrews County 1.35
176 Menard County 1.33
177 Val Verde County 1.32
178 Wise County 1.31
179 Schleicher County 1.28
180 Brewster County 1.25
180 Young County 1.25
181 Kent County 1.24
182 Aransas County 1.23
183 Bailey County 1.22
184 Sherman County 1.2
185 Kendall County 1.14