Tennessee Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County from Census 2020

Updated on August 29, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, the voting-age population of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone in Tennessee was 812,207; and represented 15.08% of the total Tennessee voting-age population.

Shelby County had the highest number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (352,538), followed by Davidson County (129,993), and Hamilton County (48,107). On the other hand, the three counties with low Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone voting-age population were: Pickett County (8), Scott County (13), and Fentress County (16).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, Shelby County had the highest percentage (49.93%), followed by Haywood County (49.40%), and Hardeman County (38.52%).

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone voting-age population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

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Tennessee Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County from Census 2020
Tennessee Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County from Census 2020
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County Non-Hispanic - Black Alone Voting-age Pop. % of County Voting-age Population
Anderson 2178 3.58
Bedford 2756 7.32
Benton 256 2.00
Bledsoe 766 6.22
Blount 2772 2.58
Bradley 3919 4.62
Campbell 107 0.34
Cannon 157 1.38
Carroll 1978 8.80
Carter 563 1.23
Cheatham 628 1.95
Chester 1120 8.30
Claiborne 270 1.04
Clay 67 1.11
Cocke 480 1.66
Coffee 1597 3.58
Crockett 1451 13.63
Cumberland 214 0.42
Davidson 129993 22.69
Decatur 226 2.48
DeKalb 185 1.18
Dickson 1534 3.64
Dyer 3812 13.64
Fayette 8721 25.57
Fentress 16 0.11
Franklin 1600 4.65
Gibson 6690 17.48
Giles 2328 9.71
Grainger 96 0.51
Greene 1056 1.87
Grundy 33 0.31
Hamblen 1688 3.41
Hamilton 48107 16.62
Hancock 21 0.40
Hardeman 8008 38.52
Hardin 652 3.05
Hawkins 523 1.15
Haywood 6837 49.40
Henderson 1522 7.06
Henry 1759 6.88
Hickman 848 4.30
Houston 170 2.62
Humphreys 346 2.36
Jackson 26 0.28
Jefferson 636 1.45
Johnson 710 4.79
Knox 29624 7.83
Lake 1594 26.71
Lauderdale 6270 31.93
Lawrence 500 1.50
Lewis 142 1.46
Lincoln 1659 6.04
Loudon 441 0.99
McMinn 1464 3.49
McNairy 1234 6.05
Macon 91 0.48
Madison 26635 34.48
Marion 771 3.36
Marshall 1586 6.03
Maury 8530 10.96
Meigs 104 1.03
Monroe 593 1.63
Montgomery 31515 19.62
Moore 90 1.76
Morgan 958 5.67
Obion 2325 9.65
Overton 59 0.34
Perry 165 2.51
Pickett 8 0.20
Polk 50 0.35
Putnam 1816 2.87
Rhea 479 1.87
Roane 1039 2.42
Robertson 3818 6.87
Rutherford 38871 15.21
Scott 13 0.08
Sequatchie 47 0.38
Sevier 632 0.81
Shelby 352538 49.93
Smith 291 1.90
Stewart 135 1.25
Sullivan 2543 1.99
Sumner 11101 7.42
Tipton 7994 17.36
Trousdale 1746 18.53
Unicoi 26 0.18
Union 33 0.22
Van Buren 20 0.41
Warren 870 2.77
Washington 4442 4.13
Wayne 836 6.27
Weakley 2078 7.84
White 315 1.47
Williamson 7136 3.98
Wilson 7558 6.70