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Navarro County, Texas
6,425 Black residents · 12.2% of the county · ranked 48 of 254 in Texas by Black population
Navarro County is a Texas county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Navarro County held 52,624 residents in all, of whom 6,425 — 12.2% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 52,624 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,425 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 12.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 48 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 Navarro County: 6,606 Black residents in 2010 and 6,425 in 2020. The population declined by 2.7%, and the Black share in Navarro County moved from 13.8% to 12.2%.
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
Navarro 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 Navarro County's 6,425 of them give it rank 48 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 Navarro County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Navarro 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 Navarro County page is their frame: 52,624 residents, 6,425 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.