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Bell County, Texas
85,241 Black residents · 23.0% of the county · ranked 9 of 254 in Texas by Black population
The gazetteer enters Bell County, Texas, on its published figures: a total population of 370,647 in 2020, with 85,241 Black residents counted alone — 23.0% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 370,647 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 85,241 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 23.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 9 of 254 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The published record across two censuses for Bell County: 66,700 Black residents in 2010, 85,241 in 2020 — grew by 27.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 21.5% to 23.0%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Within Texas, the Census Bureau counts 254 counties and county equivalents, Bell County among them; it stands 9 by Black population, with 85,241 Black residents of the state's 3.6 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Bell County, Texas, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Bell County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Bell County page holds the frame around them — 370,647 people in all, 85,241 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.