Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.98M people in Tennessee with Other Groups ancestry (28.92% of Tennessee population). Among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population with Other Groups ancestry (57.05%), followed by Haywood County (50.62%), and Lauderdale County (41.46%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Other Groups ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Tennessee.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Shelby County
Haywood County
Lauderdale County
Hardeman County
Madison County
Lake County
Davidson County
Montgomery County
Fayette County
Rutherford County
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
0 of 0
Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Shelby County 57.05
2 Haywood County 50.62
3 Lauderdale County 41.46
4 Hardeman County 41.41
5 Madison County 40.92
6 Lake County 38.03
7 Davidson County 35.78
8 Montgomery County 32.99
9 Fayette County 32.19
10 Rutherford County 31.35
11 Crockett County 30.10
12 Dyer County 29.63
13 Hamilton County 29.48
14 Tipton County 28.38
15 Monroe County 27.64
16 Obion County 27.34
17 Gibson County 27.33
18 Hancock County 26.81
19 Bedford County 25.66
20 Polk County 25.33
21 McMinn County 24.54
22 Hamblen County 24.40
23 Giles County 24.28
24 Rhea County 23.85
25 Robertson County 23.77
26 Greene County 23.62
27 Bradley County 23.48
28 Knox County 23.45
29 Sumner County 22.95
30 Carroll County 22.58
31 Warren County 22.20
32 Meigs County 21.99
33 Maury County 21.87
34 Wilson County 21.67
35 Hawkins County 21.64
36 Unicoi County 21.59
37 Wayne County 21.26
38 Jefferson County 20.54
39 Loudon County 20.41
40 Putnam County 19.98
41 Coffee County 19.66
41 Grundy County 19.66
42 Williamson County 19.62
43 Marshall County 19.55
44 Cheatham County 19.43
45 Claiborne County 19.25
46 Union County 19.19
47 DeKalb County 19.14
48 Lewis County 18.99
48 Lincoln County 18.99
49 Campbell County 18.98
50 Anderson County 18.80
51 Macon County 18.64
52 Trousdale County 18.36
53 Johnson County 18.16
54 Hickman County 18.02
55 Washington County 17.97
56 Marion County 17.95
57 Dickson County 17.91
58 Sevier County 17.89
59 Henry County 17.72
60 Bledsoe County 17.70
61 Franklin County 17.68
62 Grainger County 17.65
63 Weakley County 17.64
64 Scott County 17.47
65 Jackson County 17.32
66 Morgan County 17.30
67 Sequatchie County 17.07
68 Cannon County 16.86
69 Lawrence County 16.76
70 Pickett County 16.73
71 Carter County 16.60
72 Houston County 16.35
73 White County 16.25
74 Cumberland County 16.13
75 Cocke County 15.96
76 Blount County 15.95
77 Sullivan County 15.51
78 Roane County 15.42
79 Smith County 15.27
80 Perry County 14.84
81 Benton County 14.69
82 Humphreys County 13.75
83 Fentress County 13.58
83 Moore County 13.58
84 Chester County 13.43
85 Henderson County 13.28
86 Clay County 13.16
87 Overton County 12.73
88 Stewart County 12.53
89 Decatur County 11.42
90 Van Buren County 11.24
91 Hardin County 10.71
92 McNairy County 10.65