County rankings
Where counties stand for Black students
Texas counties ranked by Black graduates enrolling in a Texas college, classes of 2020-2022 pooled.
Adding three graduating classes together gives each county enough students for a fair comparison. Only counties with at least 500 pooled Black graduates are ranked.
1. Fort Bend 53.9% n=7,237
2. Brazoria 53.4% n=2,655
3. Ellis 51.8% n=1,128
4. Guadalupe 51.4% n=650
5. Smith 49.4% n=1,334
6. Bexar 48.1% n=4,498
7. Mclennan 47.6% n=1,377
8. Collin 47.4% n=5,758
9. Galveston 47.1% n=2,216
10. Williamson 46.3% n=1,760
11. Montgomery 45.9% n=1,544
12. Potter 45.0% n=520
13. Travis 44.5% n=3,056
14. Kaufman 44.2% n=1,005
15. Gregg 44.2% n=1,121
16. Harris 43.6% n=30,043
17. Dallas 43.1% n=20,946
18. Tarrant 41.0% n=13,870
19. Denton 40.8% n=3,317
20. Jefferson 40.5% n=2,584
21. Bell 38.7% n=3,543
22. El Paso 37.9% n=631
23. Lubbock 36.8% n=810
24. Brazos 36.0% n=906
25. Bowie 33.5% n=934
Fort Bend, Brazoria, and Ellis counties lead. The suburban counties around Houston generally outperform the urban cores, and Montgomery County sits just above the state average.
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