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Walker County, Texas
16,638 Black residents · 21.8% of the county · ranked 24 of 254 in Texas by Black population
The gazetteer enters Walker County, Texas, on its published figures: a total population of 76,400 in 2020, with 16,638 Black residents counted alone — 21.8% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 76,400 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 16,638 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 21.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 24 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 Walker County: 15,257 Black residents in 2010, 16,638 in 2020 — grew by 9.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 22.5% to 21.8%.
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
Within Texas, the Census Bureau counts 254 counties and county equivalents, Walker County among them; it stands 24 by Black population, with 16,638 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 Walker County, Texas, exactly as published.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Walker County, Texas, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Walker County page gives the frame they stand in: 76,400 residents in all, 16,638 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.