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Brazos County, Texas
24,341 Black residents · 10.4% of the county · ranked 20 of 254 in Texas by Black population
Brazos County is a Texas county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Brazos County held 233,849 residents in all, of whom 24,341 — 10.4% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 233,849 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 24,341 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 10.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 20 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 Brazos County: 21,414 Black residents in 2010 and 24,341 in 2020. The population grew by 13.7%, and the Black share in Brazos County moved from 11.0% to 10.4%.
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; Brazos County holds 24,341 of it, rank 20 in the state's order. The county page for Brazos County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Brazos 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 Brazos County page is their frame: 233,849 residents, 24,341 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.