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Bexar County, Texas
161,307 Black residents · 8.0% of the county · ranked 5 of 254 in Texas by Black population
In Bexar County, Texas, the 2020 Census counted 2 million people, 161,307 of them Black alone. At 8.0%, Bexar County's Black share stands against the state's 12.2% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 2,009,324 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 161,307 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 8.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 5 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
In 2010 Bexar County counted 128,892 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 161,307. The population grew by 25.1% across the decade, and the Black share in Bexar County moved from 7.5% to 8.0%.
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
The state's Black population of 3.6 million is spread across 254 counties and county equivalents; Bexar County holds 161,307 of it, rank 5 in the state's order. The county page for Bexar County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Bexar County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Bexar County page holds the frame around them — 2 million people in all, 161,307 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.