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McLennan County, Texas
37,518 Black residents · 14.4% of the county · ranked 15 of 254 in Texas by Black population
In McLennan County, Texas, the 2020 Census counted 260,579 people, 37,518 of them Black alone. At 14.4%, McLennan 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 | 260,579 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 37,518 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 14.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 15 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 McLennan County counted 34,767 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 37,518. The population grew by 7.9% across the decade, and the Black share in McLennan County moved from 14.8% to 14.4%.
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; McLennan County holds 37,518 of it, rank 15 in the state's order. The county page for McLennan County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black McLennan County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The McLennan County page holds the frame around them — 260,579 people in all, 37,518 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.