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Harrison County, Texas
13,582 Black residents · 19.7% of the county · ranked 27 of 254 in Texas by Black population
In Harrison County, Texas, the 2020 Census counted 68,839 people, 13,582 of them Black alone. At 19.7%, Harrison 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 | 68,839 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 13,582 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 19.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 27 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 Harrison County counted 14,398 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 13,582. The population declined by 5.7% across the decade, and the Black share in Harrison County moved from 21.9% to 19.7%.
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
Harrison 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 Harrison County's 13,582 of them give it rank 27 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 Harrison County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Harrison 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 Harrison County page is their frame: 68,839 residents, 13,582 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.