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

Updated on August 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all of Tennessee's cities and places, Memphis city had the highest number of voting-age population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (288.40K), followed by Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) (128.18K), and Chattanooga city (39.71K).

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 voting-age 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 in Tennessee.

Ranking of Tennessee Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Memphis
288.40K
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
128.18K
Chattanooga
39.71K
Clarksville
29.22K
Knoxville
22.52K
Jackson
22.09K
Murfreesboro
22.04K
Bartlett
8.77K
La Vergne
6.71K
Smyrna
6.17K
Ranking of Tennessee Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Rank
City or Place
Black Alone Voting-age Population
1 Memphis city 288,400
2 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) 128,180
3 Chattanooga city 39,708
4 Clarksville city 29,220
5 Knoxville city 22,519
6 Jackson city 22,093
7 Murfreesboro city 22,041
8 Bartlett city 8,769
9 La Vergne city 6,712
10 Smyrna town 6,167
11 Columbia city 5,757
12 Brownsville city 4,778
13 Collierville town 4,640
14 Gallatin city 4,584
15 Johnson City city 3,947
16 Hendersonville city 3,854
17 Franklin city 3,388
18 Lebanon city 3,224
19 Ripley city 3,169
20 Dyersburg city 3,090
21 Goodlettsville city 3,053
22 Cleveland city 2,944
23 Covington city 2,887
24 Springfield city 2,838
25 Humboldt city 2,740
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