Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Updated on February 25, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Tennessee counties, in April 2020, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (51.34%), followed by Haywood County (50.56%), and Hardeman County (40.04%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Black or African American Alone.
You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Tennessee.
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Related Topics: Tennessee Census 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By
Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone
from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 51.34 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.56 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 40.04 |
| 4 | Madison County | 36.43 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 33.49 |
| 6 | Fayette County | 26.39 |
| 7 | Lake County | 26.17 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 24.18 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 20.25 |
| 10 | Tipton County | 17.81 |
| 11 | Gibson County | 17.78 |
| 12 | Hamilton County | 17.59 |
| 13 | Trousdale County | 16.55 |
| 14 | Rutherford County | 15.81 |
| 15 | Dyer County | 14.57 |
| 16 | Crockett County | 13.53 |
| 17 | Maury County | 11.24 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.26 |
| 19 | Giles County | 9.68 |
| 20 | Carroll County | 8.64 |
| 21 | Chester County | 8.64 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.43 |
| 23 | Sumner County | 8.02 |
| 24 | Weakley County | 7.93 |
| 25 | Henry County | 7.26 |
| 26 | Bedford County | 7.25 |
| 27 | Robertson County | 7.10 |
| 28 | Henderson County | 7.00 |
| 29 | Wilson County | 6.90 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 6.24 |
| 31 | McNairy County | 5.99 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 5.95 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 5.47 |
| 34 | Bledsoe County | 5.27 |
| 35 | Bradley County | 4.82 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 4.64 |
| 37 | Morgan County | 4.62 |
| 38 | Washington County | 4.23 |
| 39 | Johnson County | 4.07 |
| 40 | Williamson County | 3.99 |
| 41 | Hickman County | 3.78 |
| 42 | Anderson County | 3.75 |
| 43 | Coffee County | 3.66 |
| 44 | Marion County | 3.63 |
| 45 | Dickson County | 3.61 |
| 46 | McMinn County | 3.51 |
| 47 | Hamblen County | 3.42 |
| 48 | Hardin County | 3.02 |
| 49 | Putnam County | 2.74 |
| 50 | Blount County | 2.68 |
| 51 | Warren County | 2.68 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 2.67 |
| 53 | Houston County | 2.54 |
| 54 | Roane County | 2.44 |
| 55 | Perry County | 2.38 |
| 56 | Decatur County | 2.36 |
| 57 | Sullivan County | 2.06 |
| 58 | Benton County | 1.99 |
| 59 | Cheatham County | 1.99 |
| 60 | Greene County | 1.99 |
| 61 | Rhea County | 1.84 |
| 62 | Smith County | 1.83 |
| 63 | Cocke County | 1.62 |
| 64 | Lawrence County | 1.61 |
| 65 | Monroe County | 1.61 |
| 66 | Moore County | 1.59 |
| 67 | White County | 1.51 |
| 68 | Lewis County | 1.50 |
| 69 | Jefferson County | 1.47 |
| 70 | Cannon County | 1.40 |
| 71 | Carter County | 1.28 |
| 72 | Stewart County | 1.26 |
| 73 | DeKalb County | 1.22 |
| 74 | Hawkins County | 1.20 |
| 75 | Loudon County | 1.06 |
| 76 | Meigs County | 1.05 |
| 77 | Clay County | 1.00 |
| 78 | Claiborne County | 0.98 |
| 79 | Sevier County | 0.83 |
| 80 | Grainger County | 0.53 |
| 81 | Hancock County | 0.53 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 0.51 |
| 83 | Macon County | 0.48 |
| 84 | Sequatchie County | 0.46 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 0.41 |
| 86 | Overton County | 0.40 |
| 87 | Van Buren County | 0.36 |
| 88 | Polk County | 0.35 |
| 89 | Campbell County | 0.34 |
| 90 | Grundy County | 0.28 |
| 91 | Union County | 0.27 |
| 92 | Unicoi County | 0.25 |
| 93 | Scott County | 0.22 |
| 94 | Fentress County | 0.16 |
| 95 | Pickett County | 0.16 |