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Brazoria County, Texas
55,176 Black residents · 14.8% of the county · ranked 11 of 254 in Texas by Black population
The gazetteer enters Brazoria County, Texas, on its published figures: a total population of 372,031 in 2020, with 55,176 Black residents counted alone — 14.8% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 372,031 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 55,176 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 14.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 11 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 Brazoria County: 37,761 Black residents in 2010, 55,176 in 2020 — grew by 46.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 12.1% to 14.8%.
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, Brazoria County among them; it stands 11 by Black population, with 55,176 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 Brazoria County, Texas, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Brazoria County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Brazoria County page holds the frame around them — 372,031 people in all, 55,176 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.