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Lamar County, Texas
6,446 Black residents · 12.9% of the county · ranked 46 of 254 in Texas by Black population
In Lamar County, Texas, the 2020 Census counted 50,088 people, 6,446 of them Black alone. At 12.9%, Lamar 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 | 50,088 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,446 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 12.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 46 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 Lamar County counted 6,703 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 6,446. The population declined by 3.8% across the decade, and the Black share in Lamar County moved from 13.5% to 12.9%.
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
Lamar 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 Lamar County's 6,446 of them give it rank 46 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 Lamar County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Lamar County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Lamar County page holds the frame around them — 50,088 people in all, 6,446 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.