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Wichita Falls, Texas
13,315 Black residents · 13.0% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 102,316 people in Wichita Falls, Texas, and 13,315 of them — 13.0% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Wichita Falls is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 102,316 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 13,315 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 13.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas places | 39 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 Wichita Falls: 13,271 Black residents in 2010 and 13,315 in 2020. The population grew by 0.3%, and the Black share in Wichita Falls moved from 12.7% to 13.0%.
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
Wichita Falls stands in the gazetteer as one of the 1860 places the Census Bureau counts in Texas. Wichita Falls's Black population of 13,315 ranks 39 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Wichita Falls as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Wichita Falls is a place of 102,316 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Wichita Falls itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.