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Galveston County, Texas
44,229 Black residents · 12.6% of the county · ranked 12 of 254 in Texas by Black population
Galveston County is a Texas county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Galveston County held 350,682 residents in all, of whom 44,229 — 12.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 350,682 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 44,229 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 12.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 12 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 Galveston County: 40,112 Black residents in 2010 and 44,229 in 2020. The population grew by 10.3%, and the Black share in Galveston County moved from 13.8% 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
The state's Black population of 3.6 million is spread across 254 counties and county equivalents; Galveston County holds 44,229 of it, rank 12 in the state's order. The county page for Galveston County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Galveston County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Galveston County page holds the frame around them — 350,682 people in all, 44,229 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.