Ranking of Tennessee Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on July 6, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all of Tennessee's cities and places (towns and villages), Memphis city had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (389.78K), followed by Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) (169.35K), and Chattanooga city (52.69K).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of all of Tennessee cities and places based on Black or African American Alone population.

You can see similar ranking information for other states and for the United States. You can also see similar rankings for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Tennessee.

Ranking of Tennessee Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Memphis
389.78K
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
169.35K
Chattanooga
52.69K
Clarksville
40.66K
Knoxville
30.48K
Jackson
30.04K
Murfreesboro
29.80K
Bartlett
11.60K
La Vergne
9.82K
Smyrna
8.66K
Ranking of Tennessee Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank
City or Place
Black Alone Population
1 Memphis city 389,779
2 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) 169,349
3 Chattanooga city 52,690
4 Clarksville city 40,657
5 Knoxville city 30,477
6 Jackson city 30,038
7 Murfreesboro city 29,799
8 Bartlett city 11,601
9 La Vergne city 9,816
10 Smyrna town 8,664
11 Columbia city 7,723
12 Gallatin city 6,583
13 Brownsville city 6,530
14 Collierville town 6,035
15 Hendersonville city 5,367
16 Johnson City city 4,909
17 Ripley city 4,591
18 Lebanon city 4,377
19 Franklin city 4,370
20 Dyersburg city 4,355
21 Covington city 4,271
22 Goodlettsville city 4,113
23 Cleveland city 3,873
24 Springfield city 3,828
25 Humboldt city 3,718
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