Table 10: Texas Counties Ranked by Numerical Change in Black Population, 1990-2000 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Change in Proportion of Population Population Total Population _____________________ __________________ _________________ Rank County 1990 2000 Number Percent 1990 2000 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Harris 527,964 630,184 102,220 19.36 18.73 18.53 2 Dallas 362,130 454,103 91,973 25.40 19.54 20.47 3 Tarrant 138,302 188,144 49,842 36.04 11.82 13.01 4 Fort Bend 45,678 70,810 25,132 55.02 20.26 19.98 5 Bexar 81,356 100,260 18,904 23.24 6.86 7.20 6 Travis 60,998 76,192 15,194 24.91 10.58 9.38 7 Bell 34,977 49,800 14,823 42.38 18.30 20.93 8 Collin 10,727 24,509 13,782 128.48 4.06 4.98 9 Denton 13,314 26,290 12,976 97.46 4.87 6.07 10 Jefferson 73,779 85,267 11,488 15.57 30.82 33.83 11 Williamson 6,537 13,185 6,648 101.70 4.68 5.27 12 Brazoria 15,425 20,747 5,322 34.50 8.05 8.58 13 McLennan 29,036 32,735 3,699 12.74 15.35 15.33 14 Coryell 13,293 16,723 3,430 25.80 20.70 22.30 15 Bowie 17,697 21,055 3,358 18.97 21.67 23.58 16 Potter 8,460 11,524 3,064 36.22 8.64 10.15 17 Brazos 13,409 16,468 3,059 22.81 11.00 10.80 18 Wichita 10,986 13,911 2,925 26.62 8.98 10.57 19 Montgomery 7,659 10,481 2,822 36.85 4.20 3.57 20 Walker 12,050 14,844 2,794 23.19 23.67 24.04 21 Gregg 19,835 22,358 2,523 12.72 18.90 20.07 22 Bee 690 3,169 2,479 359.28 2.75 9.79 23 Smith 31,289 33,607 2,318 7.41 20.68 19.24 24 Liberty 6,821 9,115 2,294 33.63 12.94 12.99 25 Lubbock 16,646 18,718 2,072 12.45 7.48 7.71 26 Anderson 11,091 13,006 1,915 17.27 23.09 23.60 27 Jones 651 2,396 1,745 268.05 3.95 11.53 28 Polk 3,848 5,422 1,574 40.90 12.54 13.18 29 Hays 2,091 3,653 1,562 74.70 3.19 3.74 30 Hidalgo 518 2,052 1,534 296.14 0.14 0.36 31 Taylor 7,336 8,800 1,464 19.96 6.13 6.95 32 Galveston 37,414 38,868 1,454 3.89 17.21 15.54 33 Nueces 11,946 13,294 1,348 11.28 4.10 4.24 34 Ellis 8,407 9,725 1,318 15.68 9.87 8.73 35 Angelina 10,551 11,845 1,294 12.26 15.10 14.78 36 Karnes 343 1,626 1,283 374.05 2.75 10.53 37 Guadalupe 3,451 4,541 1,090 31.59 5.32 5.10 38 Parker 570 1,657 1,087 190.70 0.88 1.87 39 San Patricio 863 1,906 1,043 120.86 1.47 2.84 40 Nacogdoches 8,948 9,947 999 11.16 16.34 16.80 41 Fannin 1,623 2,538 915 56.38 6.54 8.12 42 Mitchell 362 1,240 878 242.54 4.52 12.79 43 Waller 8,738 9,603 865 9.90 37.36 29.40 44 Johnson 2,449 3,274 825 33.69 2.52 2.58 45 Childress 318 1,099 781 245.60 5.34 14.30 46 Medina 71 838 767 1080.28 0.26 2.13 47 Bastrop 4,351 5,110 759 17.44 11.37 8.85 48 Dawson 608 1,302 694 114.14 4.24 8.69 49 Cherokee 6,858 7,545 687 10.02 16.71 16.17 50 Victoria 4,638 5,319 681 14.68 6.24 6.33 51 Hunt 6,736 7,410 674 10.01 10.47 9.67 52 Pecos 51 707 656 1286.27 0.35 4.21 53 Frio 141 779 638 452.48 1.05 4.79 54 Randall 1,082 1,670 588 54.34 1.21 1.60 55 Rockwall 851 1,431 580 68.16 3.32 3.32 56 Tyler 1,986 2,538 552 27.79 11.93 12.16 57 Jasper 5,852 6,386 534 9.13 18.82 17.94 58 Orange 6,734 7,226 492 7.31 8.36 8.50 59 Gray 882 1,372 490 55.56 3.68 6.03 60 Kaufman 7,233 7,674 441 6.10 13.85 10.76 61 Hartley 9 449 440 4888.89 0.25 8.11 62 Jack 51 482 431 845.10 0.73 5.50 63 Tom Green 3,955 4,385 430 10.87 4.02 4.22 64 Cameron 567 995 428 75.49 0.22 0.30 65 Madison 2,547 2,945 398 15.63 23.30 22.76 66 Freestone 2,999 3,392 393 13.10 18.96 18.98 67 Comal 421 791 370 87.89 0.81 1.01 68 Falls 4,732 5,094 362 7.65 26.72 27.42 69 Hale 1,766 2,112 346 19.59 5.09 5.77 70 Willacy 73 406 333 456.16 0.41 2.02 71 Lampasas 241 554 313 129.88 1.78 3.12 73 Burnet 255 551 296 116.08 1.12 1.61 73 San Jacinto 2,534 2,830 296 11.68 15.48 12.72 74 Lamar 6,369 6,653 284 4.46 14.49 13.72 75 Live Oak 3 283 280 9333.33 0.03 2.30 76 Grayson 6,511 6,790 279 4.29 6.85 6.14 77 San Augustine 2,236 2,499 263 11.76 27.95 27.93 78 Wise 387 648 261 67.44 1.12 1.33 79 Webb 68 325 257 377.94 0.05 0.17 80 Washington 5,427 5,670 243 4.48 20.75 18.67 81 De Witt 1,956 2,190 234 11.96 10.38 10.94 82 Rusk 8,924 9,148 224 2.51 20.40 19.31 83 Shelby 4,710 4,927 217 4.61 21.38 19.53 84 Houston 6,272 6,486 214 3.41 29.34 27.97 85 Terry 438 641 203 46.35 3.31 5.02 86 Henderson 4,727 4,927 200 4.23 8.07 6.72 87 Ector 5,391 5,577 186 3.45 4.53 4.60 88 Howard 1,174 1,357 183 15.59 3.63 4.04 89 Kleberg 955 1,134 179 18.74 3.15 3.59 90 Midland 8,016 8,182 166 2.07 7.52 7.05 91 Grimes 4,552 4,716 164 3.60 24.18 20.02 92 Swisher 332 495 163 49.10 4.08 5.91 93 Wilson 235 393 158 67.23 1.04 1.21 95 Lee 1,752 1,902 150 8.56 13.63 12.15 95 San Saba 13 163 150 1153.85 0.24 2.63 96 La Salle 52 193 141 271.15 0.99 3.29 97 Scurry 866 1,005 139 16.05 4.65 6.14 98 Limestone 4,127 4,263 136 3.30 19.70 19.33 99 Navarro 7,523 7,651 128 1.70 18.84 16.96 100 Dickens 111 223 112 100.90 4.32 8.07 101 Hopkins 2,469 2,579 110 4.46 8.56 8.07 103 Atascosa 108 207 99 91.67 0.35 0.54 103 Erath 192 291 99 51.56 0.69 0.88 104 Hood 52 150 98 188.46 0.18 0.36 105 Newton 3,027 3,124 97 3.20 22.31 20.73 106 Burleson 2,392 2,481 89 3.72 17.56 15.06 107 Caldwell 2,675 2,761 86 3.21 10.14 8.58 108 Coke 4 77 73 1825.00 0.12 1.99 109 Stephens 234 294 60 25.64 2.60 3.04 112 Comanche 10 69 59 590.00 0.07 0.49 112 Delta 400 459 59 14.75 8.24 8.62 112 Ward 432 491 59 13.66 3.29 4.50 113 Mills 10 67 57 570.00 0.22 1.30 114 Uvalde 35 89 54 154.29 0.15 0.34 115 Duval 8 58 50 625.00 0.06 0.44 116 Hemphill 7 52 45 642.86 0.19 1.55 118 Aransas 301 344 43 14.29 1.68 1.53 118 Maverick 13 56 43 330.77 0.04 0.12 119 Carson 11 53 42 381.82 0.17 0.81 121 Donley 127 167 40 31.50 3.44 4.36 121 Oldham 9 49 40 444.44 0.40 2.24 123 Bandera 23 62 39 169.57 0.22 0.35 123 Callahan 2 41 39 1950.00 0.02 0.32 125 Bosque 312 348 36 11.54 2.06 2.02 125 Llano 22 58 36 163.64 0.19 0.34 126 Nolan 732 766 34 4.64 4.41 4.85 127 Chambers 2,540 2,573 33 1.30 12.64 9.88 129 Kendall 49 77 28 57.14 0.34 0.32 129 Montague 4 32 28 700.00 0.02 0.17 131 Dimmit 50 76 26 52.00 0.48 0.74 131 Franklin 349 375 26 7.45 4.47 3.96 134 Concho 14 39 25 178.57 0.46 0.98 134 Eastland 395 420 25 6.33 2.14 2.30 134 Kerr 752 777 25 3.32 2.07 1.78 135 Brewster 77 99 22 28.57 0.89 1.12 136 Zapata 1 22 21 2100.00 0.01 0.18 139 Brown 1,530 1,549 19 1.24 4.45 4.11 139 Jim Hogg 3 22 19 633.33 0.06 0.42 139 Panola 4,042 4,061 19 0.47 18.34 17.85 140 Moore 79 97 18 22.78 0.44 0.48 142 Culberson 2 19 17 850.00 0.06 0.64 142 Trinity 1,642 1,659 17 1.04 14.35 12.04 144 Blanco 56 71 15 26.79 0.94 0.84 144 Van Zandt 1,451 1,466 15 1.03 3.82 3.05 147 Lipscomb 1 14 13 1300.00 0.03 0.46 147 Presidio 2 15 13 650.00 0.03 0.21 147 Schleicher 24 37 13 54.17 0.80 1.26 151 Clay 33 45 12 36.36 0.33 0.41 151 Jeff Davis 6 18 12 200.00 0.31 0.82 151 Sherman 4 16 12 300.00 0.14 0.50 151 Somervell 10 22 12 120.00 0.19 0.32 153 Hamilton 2 13 11 550.00 0.03 0.16 153 Sutton 1 12 11 1100.00 0.02 0.29 154 McMullen 0 10 10 . 0.00 1.18 156 Calhoun 542 551 9 1.66 2.84 2.67 156 Hansford 0 9 9 . 0.00 0.17 158 Cooke 1,151 1,159 8 0.70 3.74 3.19 158 Ochiltree 2 10 8 400.00 0.02 0.11 162 Gillespie 29 36 7 24.14 0.17 0.17 162 Glasscock 0 7 7 . 0.00 0.50 162 Real 0 7 7 . 0.00 0.23 162 Yoakum 85 92 7 8.24 0.97 1.26 163 Hall 301 307 6 1.99 7.71 8.12 164 Armstrong 0 5 5 . 0.00 0.23 169 Brooks 2 5 3 150.00 0.02 0.06 169 Dallam 102 105 3 2.94 1.87 1.69 169 Edwards 0 3 3 . 0.00 0.14 169 Menard 7 10 3 42.86 0.31 0.42 169 Roberts 0 3 3 . 0.00 0.34 172 Archer 11 13 2 18.18 0.14 0.15 172 Irion 2 4 2 100.00 0.12 0.23 172 Kimble 2 4 2 100.00 0.05 0.09 175 Borden 0 1 1 . 0.00 0.14 175 Sterling 0 1 1 . 0.00 0.07 175 Throckmorton 0 1 1 . 0.00 0.05 179 Kenedy 0 0 0 . 0.00 0.00 179 King 0 0 0 . 0.00 0.00 179 Loving 0 0 0 . 0.00 0.00 179 Mason 6 6 0 0.00 0.18 0.16 185 Jim Wells 191 190 -1 -0.52 0.51 0.48 185 Kinney 48 47 -1 -2.08 1.54 1.39 185 Lavaca 1,316 1,315 -1 -0.08 7.04 6.85 185 Runnels 181 180 -1 -0.55 1.60 1.57 185 Shackelford 12 11 -1 -8.33 0.36 0.33 185 Terrell 1 0 -1 -100.00 0.07 0.00 187 Hudspeth 9 7 -2 -22.22 0.31 0.21 187 Starr 9 7 -2 -22.22 0.02 0.01 188 Kent 6 2 -4 -66.67 0.59 0.23 191 Austin 2,556 2,551 -5 -0.20 12.89 10.81 191 Leon 1,601 1,596 -5 -0.31 12.64 10.41 191 Martin 87 82 -5 -5.75 1.76 1.73 192 Wheeler 145 139 -6 -4.14 2.47 2.63 195 Crockett 31 24 -7 -22.58 0.76 0.59 195 Gaines 324 317 -7 -2.16 2.29 2.19 195 Reagan 108 101 -7 -6.48 2.39 3.04 196 Crane 128 119 -9 -7.03 2.75 2.98 197 Motley 68 57 -11 -16.18 4.44 4.00 199 Parmer 113 101 -12 -10.62 1.15 1.01 199 Rains 284 272 -12 -4.23 4.23 2.98 200 Foard 73 55 -18 -24.66 4.07 3.39 201 Cottle 196 177 -19 -9.69 8.72 9.30 202 Wilbarger 1,336 1,316 -20 -1.50 8.84 8.97 204 Cass 6,020 5,999 -21 -0.35 20.08 19.71 204 Winkler 155 134 -21 -13.55 1.80 1.87 206 Val Verde 680 656 -24 -3.53 1.76 1.46 206 Young 260 236 -24 -9.23 1.43 1.32 207 Briscoe 68 43 -25 -36.76 3.45 2.40 209 Crosby 297 271 -26 -8.75 4.07 3.83 209 McCulloch 151 125 -26 -17.22 1.72 1.52 212 Coleman 244 217 -27 -11.07 2.51 2.35 212 Deaf Smith 287 260 -27 -9.41 1.50 1.40 212 Knox 335 308 -27 -8.06 6.93 7.24 213 Stonewall 88 57 -31 -35.23 4.37 3.37 214 Bailey 117 85 -32 -27.35 1.66 1.29 215 Upton 88 55 -33 -37.50 1.98 1.62 216 Baylor 180 139 -41 -22.78 4.10 3.40 217 Cochran 230 183 -47 -20.43 5.25 4.91 218 Andrews 259 211 -48 -18.53 1.81 1.62 219 Lynn 222 172 -50 -22.52 3.28 2.63 220 Sabine 1,109 1,058 -51 -4.60 11.57 10.11 221 Floyd 313 260 -53 -16.93 3.68 3.35 223 Morris 3,220 3,166 -54 -1.68 24.39 24.26 223 Wharton 6,166 6,112 -54 -0.88 15.43 14.84 224 Collingsworth 227 171 -56 -24.67 6.35 5.33 225 Colorado 3,060 3,001 -59 -1.93 16.65 14.72 227 Goliad 387 325 -62 -16.02 6.47 4.69 227 Gonzales 1,581 1,519 -62 -3.92 9.19 8.15 228 Castro 259 196 -63 -24.32 2.86 2.37 229 Hill 2,492 2,428 -64 -2.57 9.18 7.51 230 Haskell 239 174 -65 -27.20 3.50 2.86 232 Fisher 186 118 -68 -36.56 3.84 2.72 232 Wood 2,374 2,306 -68 -2.86 8.08 6.27 233 Garza 306 237 -69 -22.55 5.95 4.86 234 Hutchinson 661 590 -71 -10.74 2.57 2.47 235 Refugio 608 532 -76 -12.50 7.62 6.80 236 Hardeman 318 235 -83 -26.10 6.02 4.97 237 Reeves 340 253 -87 -25.59 2.14 1.93 238 Jackson 1,195 1,102 -93 -7.78 9.16 7.66 239 Palo Pinto 783 678 -105 -13.41 3.13 2.51 240 Hardin 3,459 3,342 -117 -3.38 8.37 6.95 241 Camp 2,349 2,222 -127 -5.41 23.72 19.24 242 Hockley 997 860 -137 -13.74 4.12 3.79 243 Fayette 1,662 1,522 -140 -8.42 8.27 6.98 244 Matagorda 5,030 4,872 -158 -3.14 13.62 12.84 245 Lamb 794 635 -159 -20.03 5.27 4.32 246 Titus 3,188 3,014 -174 -5.46 13.28 10.72 247 Milam 2,884 2,669 -215 -7.45 12.57 11.01 248 Upshur 3,858 3,638 -220 -5.70 12.30 10.31 249 Zavala 284 46 -238 -83.80 2.34 0.40 250 Red River 2,857 2,566 -291 -10.19 19.96 17.93 251 Robertson 4,197 3,858 -339 -8.08 27.06 24.11 252 Marion 3,093 2,644 -449 -14.52 30.98 24.17 253 El Paso 20,525 19,904 -621 -3.03 3.47 2.93 254 Harrison 15,960 14,990 -970 -6.08 27.76 24.13 ___________________________________________________________________________________________