Editing Brazoria County, Texas (section)

=== Race and ethnicity ===
In the late 1800s, the county was majority black as many were former slaves who had worked on plantations in the county. In 1882, it had 8,219 black people and 3,642 white people. However, after [[Jim Crow laws]] were cemented, many African-Americans moved to Houston and the county became majority white. By 2022, due to the growth of ethnic minorities in Pearland, non-Hispanic white people were now a plurality and not a majority in the county as a whole.<ref name="HardyBlackCongressman">{{cite web|last=Hardy|first=Michael|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/brazoria-county-may-elect-first-black-congressman-since-19th-century/|title=Brazoria County Is Poised to Elect Its First Black Congressman. Not Everyone Is Happy About It. |newspaper=[[Texas Monthly]]|date=February 18, 2022|accessdate=February 22, 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Brazoria County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Brazoria County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48039&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Brazoria County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48039&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Brazoria County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48039&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|158,052
|166,674
|style='background: #ffffe6; |161,833
|65.37%
|53.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |43.50%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|20,183
|36,880
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53,668
|8.35%
|11.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.43%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|828
|1,013
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,022
|0.34%
|0.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.27%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|4,776
|17,013
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26,231
|1.98%
|5.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.05%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|54
|58
|style='background: #ffffe6; |129
|0.02%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|215
|472
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,374
|0.09%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.37%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2,596
|4,413
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,572
|1.07%
|1.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.38%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|55,063
|86,643
|style='background: #ffffe6; |115,202
|22.78%
|27.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30.97%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''241,767'''
|'''313,166'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''372,031'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

In 2000, the [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 77.09% White, 8.50% Black or African American, 0.53% Native American, 2.00% Asian, 9.66% from other races, and 2.22% from two or more races. About 22.78% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. About 12.1% were of [[Germans|German]], 11.2% [[United States|American]], and 7.2% [[English people|English]] ancestry according to 2000's census; about 79.0% spoke only [[English language|English]] at home, while 18.1% spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. By 2010, 70.1% were [[White American|White]], 12.1% [[African American]], 5.5% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 9.2% of some other race, and 2.6% [[Multiracial American|of more than one race]]; about 27.7% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race).