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Orange County, Texas
8,081 Black residents · 9.5% of the county · ranked 40 of 254 in Texas by Black population
The gazetteer enters Orange County, Texas, on its published figures: a total population of 84,808 in 2020, with 8,081 Black residents counted alone — 9.5% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 84,808 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,081 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 9.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 40 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 published record across two censuses for Orange County: 6,979 Black residents in 2010, 8,081 in 2020 — grew by 15.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 8.5% to 9.5%.
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, Orange County among them; it stands 40 by Black population, with 8,081 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 Orange County, Texas, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Orange County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Orange County page holds the frame around them — 84,808 people in all, 8,081 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.