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Washington County, Texas
5,626 Black residents · 15.7% of the county · ranked 52 of 254 in Texas by Black population
In Washington County, Texas, the 2020 Census counted 35,805 people, 5,626 of them Black alone. At 15.7%, Washington County's Black share stands against the state's 12.2% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 35,805 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,626 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 15.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 52 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
In 2010 Washington County counted 5,947 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 5,626. The population declined by 5.4% across the decade, and the Black share in Washington County moved from 17.6% to 15.7%.
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
The state's Black population of 3.6 million is spread across 254 counties and county equivalents; Washington County holds 5,626 of it, rank 52 in the state's order. The county page for Washington County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Washington 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 Washington County page gives the frame they stand in: 35,805 residents in all, 5,626 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.