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Missouri City, Texas

30,548 Black residents · 41.1% of the place

In the published counts, Missouri City, Texas, holds 30,548 Black residents among 74,259 people in all — a Black share of 41.1%, against the statewide 12.2%.

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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, 202074,259
Black residents (alone), 202030,548
Black share of the place, 202041.1%
Rank by Black population among Texas places14 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 published record across two censuses for Missouri City: 28,135 Black residents in 2010, 30,548 in 2020 — grew by 8.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 41.8% to 41.1%.

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

Missouri City stands in the gazetteer as one of the 1860 places the Census Bureau counts in Texas. Missouri City's Black population of 30,548 ranks 14 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Missouri City as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.

Institutions

In Missouri City, a place of 74,259, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Missouri City itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.