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Wharton County, Texas
5,676 Black residents · 13.7% of the county · ranked 51 of 254 in Texas by Black population
Wharton County is a Texas county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Wharton County held 41,570 residents in all, of whom 5,676 — 13.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 41,570 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,676 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 13.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas counties | 51 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 two-census record for Wharton County: 5,817 Black residents in 2010 and 5,676 in 2020. The population declined by 2.4%, and the Black share in Wharton County moved from 14.1% to 13.7%.
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
Within Texas, the Census Bureau counts 254 counties and county equivalents, Wharton County among them; it stands 51 by Black population, with 5,676 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 Wharton County, Texas, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Wharton County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Wharton County page holds the frame around them — 41,570 people in all, 5,676 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.