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Midland County, Texas
11,049 Black residents · 6.5% of the county · ranked 35 of 254 in Texas by Black population
Midland County is a Texas county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Midland County held 169,983 residents in all, of whom 11,049 — 6.5% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 169,983 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,049 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 6.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 35 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 two-census record for Midland County: 9,087 Black residents in 2010 and 11,049 in 2020. The population grew by 21.6%, and the Black share in Midland County moved from 6.6% to 6.5%.
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, Midland County among them; it stands 35 by Black population, with 11,049 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 Midland County, Texas, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Midland 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 Midland County page is their frame: 169,983 residents, 11,049 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.