CATFISHGUMBO
A Gazetteer of Black America

United States › Texas › Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Texas

84,835 Black residents · 33.1% of the county · ranked 10 of 254 in Texas by Black population

In Jefferson County, Texas, the 2020 Census counted 256,526 people, 84,835 of them Black alone. At 33.1%, Jefferson County's Black share stands against the state's 12.2% — the comparison this entry is built around.

MEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNWIMINYMAORNVWYSDIAILINOHPANJCTRICAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGATXFLAKHIBlack share of state population — Texas highlighted — legend:30% and over20–29%12–19%6–11%Under 6%info@blackamericadata.comatlasmont.com
Black share of state population — Texas highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 2020256,526
Black residents (alone), 202084,835
Black share of the county, 202033.1%
Rank by Black population among Texas counties10 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 Jefferson County counted 85,291 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 84,835. The population declined by 0.5% across the decade, and the Black share in Jefferson County moved from 33.8% to 33.1%.

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

The state's Black population of 3.6 million is spread across 254 counties and county equivalents; Jefferson County holds 84,835 of it, rank 10 in the state's order. The county page for Jefferson County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Jefferson 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 Jefferson County page is their frame: 256,526 residents, 84,835 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.