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Hays County, Texas
9,881 Black residents · 4.1% of the county · ranked 37 of 254 in Texas by Black population
The gazetteer enters Hays County, Texas, on its published figures: a total population of 241,067 in 2020, with 9,881 Black residents counted alone — 4.1% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 241,067 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,881 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 4.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 37 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 Hays County: 5,536 Black residents in 2010, 9,881 in 2020 — grew by 78.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 3.5% to 4.1%.
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, Hays County among them; it stands 37 by Black population, with 9,881 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 Hays County, Texas, exactly as published.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Hays County, Texas, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Hays County page gives the frame they stand in: 241,067 residents in all, 9,881 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.