Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of Black or African American Alone households in Tennessee with household income of less than $40k was 47.64%. Among all Tennessee counties, Clay County had the highest percentage of Black or African American Alone households with household income of less than $40k (100.00%), followed by Fentress County (100.00%), and Jackson County (100.00%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of Black or African American Alone households with household income of less than $40k: Johnson County (0.00%), Macon County (0.00%), and Polk County (0.00%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Tennessee counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.
You can also see similar information for other races and ethnicities, for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Fentress County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Jackson County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Lewis County | 100.00 |
| 1 | Morgan County | 100.00 |
| 2 | Cumberland County | 97.35 |
| 3 | DeKalb County | 90.45 |
| 4 | Lawrence County | 90.21 |
| 5 | Perry County | 81.82 |
| 6 | Lake County | 79.40 |
| 7 | Smith County | 78.86 |
| 8 | Hardin County | 75.78 |
| 9 | Decatur County | 74.31 |
| 10 | Obion County | 72.94 |
| 11 | Hawkins County | 71.64 |
| 12 | Warren County | 70.21 |
| 13 | McNairy County | 68.85 |
| 14 | Washington County | 67.46 |
| 15 | Hickman County | 66.48 |
| 16 | Rhea County | 64.57 |
| 17 | Claiborne County | 63.64 |
| 18 | Chester County | 63.58 |
| 19 | Moore County | 63.33 |
| 20 | White County | 63.23 |
| 21 | Henry County | 61.55 |
| 22 | Carroll County | 60.35 |
| 23 | Haywood County | 59.71 |
| 24 | Lauderdale County | 59.68 |
| 25 | Gibson County | 59.67 |
| 26 | Weakley County | 59.49 |
| 27 | Hamblen County | 58.96 |
| 28 | Carter County | 58.84 |
| 29 | Bedford County | 58.36 |
| 30 | Sullivan County | 58.19 |
| 31 | Loudon County | 58.00 |
| 32 | Benton County | 57.21 |
| 33 | Marion County | 57.00 |
| 34 | Hardeman County | 56.87 |
| 34 | Putnam County | 56.87 |
| 35 | Knox County | 56.47 |
| 36 | Marshall County | 56.42 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 56.41 |
| 38 | Anderson County | 56.26 |
| 39 | Monroe County | 56.20 |
| 40 | Coffee County | 56.17 |
| 41 | Lincoln County | 55.97 |
| 42 | Madison County | 55.35 |
| 43 | Hamilton County | 54.40 |
| 44 | Dyer County | 53.86 |
| 45 | Stewart County | 53.13 |
| 46 | McMinn County | 53.00 |
| 47 | Crockett County | 52.21 |
| 48 | Cannon County | 51.43 |
| 49 | Tipton County | 49.53 |
| 50 | Greene County | 49.35 |
| 51 | Shelby County | 49.24 |
| 52 | Fayette County | 48.52 |
| 53 | Cheatham County | 45.30 |
| 54 | Trousdale County | 44.97 |
| 55 | Wayne County | 43.18 |
| 56 | Cocke County | 43.07 |
| 57 | Sevier County | 42.76 |
| 58 | Maury County | 42.51 |
| 59 | Dickson County | 42.37 |
| 60 | Bradley County | 41.61 |
| 61 | Davidson County | 40.99 |
| 62 | Giles County | 40.41 |
| 63 | Houston County | 39.47 |
| 64 | Robertson County | 37.69 |
| 65 | Roane County | 36.76 |
| 66 | Henderson County | 36.32 |
| 67 | Humphreys County | 36.23 |
| 68 | Montgomery County | 35.63 |
| 69 | Rutherford County | 34.43 |
| 70 | Sumner County | 33.35 |
| 71 | Jefferson County | 33.33 |
| 72 | Wilson County | 31.90 |
| 73 | Williamson County | 30.86 |
| 74 | Campbell County | 30.44 |
| 75 | Blount County | 28.10 |
| 76 | Meigs County | 21.98 |
| 77 | Union County | 13.79 |
| 78 | Grainger County | 9.09 |
| 79 | Bledsoe County | 6.90 |
| 80 | Johnson County | 0.00 |
| 80 | Macon County | 0.00 |
| 80 | Polk County | 0.00 |
| 80 | Unicoi County | 0.00 |