Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.26%), followed by Bowie County (25.09%), and Houston County (24.55%).

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 2019
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Bowie
Houston
Waller
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Walker
Dallas
Bell
Morris
Anderson
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 33.26
2 Bowie County 25.09
3 Houston County 24.55
4 Waller County 23.4
5 Falls County 23.06
6 Walker County 22.91
7 Dallas County 22.8
8 Bell County 22.19
9 Morris County 21.61
10 Anderson County 21.06
11 San Augustine County 20.83
12 Marion County 20.74
13 Fort Bend County 20.49
14 Harrison County 20.47
15 Gregg County 20.31
16 Newton County 19.52
17 Robertson County 19.21
18 Madison County 19.14
19 Harris County 18.95
20 Nacogdoches County 17.62
21 Shelby County 17.35
22 Smith County 17.32
23 Rusk County 17.1
23 Tarrant County 17.1
24 Limestone County 16.91
24 Washington County 16.91
25 Cass County 16.79
26 Coryell County 16.44
27 Red River County 16.11
28 Jasper County 15.88
29 Camp County 15.72
30 Panola County 15.45
31 Freestone County 15.2
32 Angelina County 15
33 Grimes County 14.81
34 Brazoria County 14.39
35 McLennan County 14.02
36 Cherokee County 13.93
37 Kaufman County 13.38
38 Lamar County 13.12
39 Galveston County 12.6
40 Wharton County 12.57
41 Navarro County 12.53
42 Burleson County 12.26
43 Jones County 11.78
44 Ellis County 11.62
45 Colorado County 11.55
46 Brazos County 10.68
47 Denton County 10.53
48 Matagorda County 10.42
49 Collin County 10.4
50 Wichita County 10.39
51 Tyler County 10.34
52 Childress County 10.33
53 Lee County 10.22
54 Cottle County 10.18
55 Potter County 10.15
56 Polk County 9.6
57 Mitchell County 9.31
58 Liberty County 9.08
59 San Jacinto County 9.02
60 Titus County 8.95
61 Trinity County 8.74
62 Orange County 8.57
63 Austin County 8.55
63 Milam County 8.55
64 Bee County 8.27
65 DeWitt County 8.1
66 Travis County 8.09
67 Hall County 8.06
68 Guadalupe County 7.87
69 Hunt County 7.86
70 Swisher County 7.81
71 Chambers County 7.74
72 Karnes County 7.72
73 Upshur County 7.69
74 Taylor County 7.48
75 Bexar County 7.41
76 Wilbarger County 7.33
77 Rockwall County 7.17
78 Lubbock County 7.14
79 Hopkins County 7.06
80 Leon County 6.93
81 Sabine County 6.83
82 Hartley County 6.76
83 Williamson County 6.67
84 Bastrop County 6.58
85 Garza County 6.44
86 Delta County 6.29
87 Midland County 6.28
88 Fannin County 6.22
89 Henderson County 6.16
90 Hill County 6.1
91 Jackson County 6.04
92 Gonzales County 5.88
93 Howard County 5.87
94 Fayette County 5.85
94 Grayson County 5.85
95 Lavaca County 5.82
96 Victoria County 5.78
97 Donley County 5.73
98 Dawson County 5.66
99 Caldwell County 5.59
100 Refugio County 5.53
101 Hardin County 5.45
102 Montgomery County 5.39
103 Knox County 5.13
104 Wood County 5.08
105 Gray County 5.05
106 Collingsworth County 5.03
107 Hardeman County 4.99
108 Hale County 4.86
109 Foard County 4.84
110 Reeves County 4.78
111 Dickens County 4.71
112 Scurry County 4.66
113 Ector County 4.5
114 Nolan County 4.42
115 Live Oak County 4.14
116 Terry County 4.12
117 Ward County 4.05
118 Goliad County 4
119 Jack County 3.91
120 Hays County 3.86
121 Pecos County 3.85
122 Johnson County 3.79
122 Moore County 3.79
123 Franklin County 3.78
124 Haskell County 3.71
125 Loving County 3.64
126 Lampasas County 3.61
127 Brown County 3.6
127 Tom Green County 3.6
128 San Saba County 3.58
129 Fisher County 3.52
130 Lamb County 3.51
131 Cochran County 3.5
132 Hockley County 3.49
133 Nueces County 3.46
134 Floyd County 3.39
135 Briscoe County 3.31
136 Cooke County 3.26
137 Kleberg County 3.2
137 Randall County 3.2
138 Oldham County 3.12
139 El Paso County 3.1
140 Frio County 3.09
141 Stonewall County 3.07
142 Crosby County 3
143 Coleman County 2.81
144 Hudspeth County 2.79
145 Wheeler County 2.73
146 Stephens County 2.72
146 Van Zandt County 2.72
147 Crane County 2.56
148 Medina County 2.55
149 Baylor County 2.53
150 Reagan County 2.5
151 Hutchinson County 2.47
152 Calhoun County 2.44
153 Motley County 2.42
154 Rains County 2.4
155 Kenedy County 2.34
156 Comal County 2.31
156 Upton County 2.31
157 Palo Pinto County 2.28
158 McMullen County 2.18
159 Winkler County 2.17
160 Castro County 2.06
161 Runnels County 2.05
162 Dallam County 1.96
163 Lynn County 1.95
163 Willacy County 1.95
164 Martin County 1.88
165 McCulloch County 1.87
166 Sterling County 1.85
167 Erath County 1.77
168 Eastland County 1.76
169 Bosque County 1.7
169 Burnet County 1.7
170 Gaines County 1.65
171 Culberson County 1.58
172 San Patricio County 1.51
173 Andrews County 1.47
173 Glasscock County 1.47
173 Wilson County 1.47
174 Callahan County 1.44
174 Parker County 1.44
175 Kerr County 1.43
175 Menard County 1.43
176 Young County 1.36
177 Val Verde County 1.35
178 Wise County 1.33
179 Schleicher County 1.32
180 Concho County 1.31
181 Sherman County 1.29
182 Brewster County 1.28
183 Aransas County 1.25
184 Kendall County 1.17
185 Bailey County 1.15