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Ellis County, Texas
24,305 Black residents · 12.6% of the county · ranked 21 of 254 in Texas by Black population
In Ellis County, Texas, the 2020 Census counted 192,455 people, 24,305 of them Black alone. At 12.6%, Ellis 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 | 192,455 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 24,305 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 12.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 21 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 Ellis County counted 13,482 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 24,305. The population grew by 80.3% across the decade, and the Black share in Ellis County moved from 9.0% to 12.6%.
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, Ellis County among them; it stands 21 by Black population, with 24,305 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 Ellis County, Texas, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Ellis County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Ellis County page holds the frame around them — 192,455 people in all, 24,305 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.