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Bowie County, Texas
23,251 Black residents · 25.0% of the county · ranked 22 of 254 in Texas by Black population
Bowie County is a Texas county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Bowie County held 92,893 residents in all, of whom 23,251 — 25.0% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 92,893 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 23,251 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 25.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 22 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 two-census record for Bowie County: 22,387 Black residents in 2010 and 23,251 in 2020. The population grew by 3.9%, and the Black share in Bowie County moved from 24.2% to 25.0%.
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
Bowie County is one of 254 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Texas. Together they hold the state's 3.6 million Black residents, and Bowie County's 23,251 of them give it rank 22 of 254 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Bowie County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Bowie County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Bowie County page is their frame: 92,893 residents, 23,251 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.