Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Tennessee counties, in April 2020, Shelby County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (475.07K), followed by Davidson County (171.49K), and Hamilton County (63.98K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.

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

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Shelby
Davidson
Hamilton
Rutherford
Montgomery
Knox
Madison
Sumner
Maury
Fayette
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Population
1 Shelby County 475074
2 Davidson County 171489
3 Hamilton County 63979
4 Rutherford County 53270
5 Montgomery County 43349
6 Knox County 39853
7 Madison County 35837
8 Sumner County 15537
9 Maury County 11241
10 Fayette County 11038
11 Tipton County 10760
12 Hardeman County 10150
13 Wilson County 10099
14 Williamson County 9709
15 Haywood County 8993
16 Gibson County 8929
17 Lauderdale County 8385
18 Washington County 5511
19 Dyer County 5335
20 Bradley County 5105
21 Robertson County 5091
22 Bedford County 3563
23 Blount County 3552
24 Sullivan County 3197
25 Obion County 3137
26 Giles County 2927
27 Anderson County 2841
28 Weakley County 2593
29 Carroll County 2445
30 Henry County 2307
31 Lincoln County 2198
32 Putnam County 2161
33 Hamblen County 2106
34 Coffee County 2097
35 Marshall County 2018
36 Franklin County 1962
37 Dickson County 1931
38 Henderson County 1931
39 Trousdale County 1917
40 Crockett County 1879
41 McMinn County 1842
42 Lake County 1832
43 McNairy County 1545
44 Chester County 1494
45 Greene County 1308
46 Roane County 1302
47 Warren County 1090
48 Marion County 1033
49 Morgan County 971
50 Hickman County 931
51 Wayne County 878
52 Cheatham County 815
53 Hardin County 805
54 Jefferson County 787
55 Bledsoe County 781
56 Sevier County 766
57 Monroe County 736
58 Johnson County 724
59 Carter County 702
60 Lawrence County 694
61 Hawkins County 671
62 Rhea County 598
63 Cocke County 582
64 Loudon County 578
65 Humphreys County 494
66 White County 405
67 Smith County 356
68 Benton County 316
69 Claiborne County 314
70 Cumberland County 299
71 Decatur County 270
72 DeKalb County 234
73 Houston County 200
74 Perry County 195
75 Cannon County 192
76 Lewis County 184
77 Stewart County 171
78 Meigs County 131
79 Campbell County 130
80 Macon County 120
81 Grainger County 118
82 Moore County 103
83 Overton County 86
84 Clay County 76
85 Sequatchie County 72
86 Polk County 61
87 Union County 53
88 Unicoi County 44
89 Grundy County 38
90 Hancock County 33
91 Scott County 32
92 Jackson County 31
93 Fentress County 25
94 Van Buren County 20
95 Pickett County 8