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Allen, Texas

10,245 Black residents · 9.8% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 104,627 people in Allen, Texas, and 10,245 of them — 9.8% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Allen is built on.

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Black share of state population — Texas highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 2020104,627
Black residents (alone), 202010,245
Black share of the place, 20209.8%
Rank by Black population among Texas places49 of 1860

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 Allen: 7,071 Black residents in 2010 and 10,245 in 2020. The population grew by 44.9%, and the Black share in Allen moved from 8.4% to 9.8%.

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

Of the 1860 places the Census Bureau counts in Texas, Allen ranks 49 by Black population, with 10,245 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Allen within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

In Allen, a place of 104,627, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Allen itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.