Texas: the counties with the highest share of Black students

196 counties

Texas public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Jefferson County	TX	77	42,825	15,648	36.5%
2	Marion County	TX	4	1,125	341	30.3%
3	Bowie County	TX	44	17,523	5,214	29.8%
4	Kaufman County	TX	62	41,319	11,359	27.5%
5	Falls County	TX	8	2,358	641	27.2%
6	Morris County	TX	7	1,879	481	25.6%
7	Bell County	TX	115	71,041	17,159	24.2%
8	Houston County	TX	13	3,141	732	23.3%
9	Fort Bend County	TX	193	191,372	42,985	22.5%
10	Gregg County	TX	41	20,498	4,497	21.9%
11	Newton County	TX	6	1,750	381	21.8%
12	Tarrant County	TX	604	385,835	82,240	21.3%
13	Dallas County	TX	731	459,645	94,707	20.6%
14	Ellis County	TX	76	46,344	9,321	20.1%
15	Walker County	TX	18	13,655	2,659	19.5%
16	Jasper County	TX	13	5,411	1,039	19.2%
17	Harris County	TX	1,156	886,911	169,372	19.1%
18	Nacogdoches County	TX	26	10,396	1,953	18.8%
19	Washington County	TX	10	5,530	1,035	18.7%
20	Smith County	TX	64	37,385	6,963	18.6%
21	Waller County	TX	15	10,294	1,909	18.5%
22	Nolan County	TX	12	14,455	2,664	18.4%
23	Brazoria County	TX	106	75,767	13,593	17.9%
24	Robertson County	TX	11	3,408	600	17.6%
25	Shelby County	TX	10	5,174	906	17.5%
26	Harrison County	TX	27	32,062	5,511	17.2%
27	Cass County	TX	16	5,268	901	17.1%
28	Limestone County	TX	11	3,628	615	17.0%
29	Pecos County	TX	12	14,033	2,335	16.6%
30	McLennan County	TX	107	45,703	7,447	16.3%
31	Angelina County	TX	40	15,649	2,512	16.1%
32	Coryell County	TX	25	14,561	2,350	16.1%
33	Brazos County	TX	53	32,430	5,041	15.5%
34	Anderson County	TX	25	8,071	1,245	15.4%
35	Lamar County	TX	20	8,516	1,306	15.3%
36	Camp County	TX	5	2,245	326	14.5%
37	Rusk County	TX	27	10,350	1,443	13.9%
38	Rockwall County	TX	31	24,104	3,320	13.8%
39	Panola County	TX	10	3,884	523	13.5%
40	Collin County	TX	291	227,575	30,435	13.4%
41	Galveston County	TX	91	62,767	8,392	13.4%
42	Denton County	TX	240	175,222	23,120	13.2%
43	Red River County	TX	10	2,125	278	13.1%
44	Madison County	TX	5	2,710	334	12.3%
45	Orange County	TX	25	15,100	1,806	12.0%
46	Wharton County	TX	19	7,729	871	11.3%
47	Cherokee County	TX	24	10,948	1,227	11.2%
48	Potter County	TX	49	21,501	2,400	11.2%
49	Freestone County	TX	12	3,520	391	11.1%
50	Grimes County	TX	12	4,974	554	11.1%

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