Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Updated on August 26, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (50.12%), followed by Haywood County (49.61%), and Hardeman County (38.70%).
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 voting-age 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 in Tennessee.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By
Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone
from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Voting-age Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 50.12 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 49.61 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 38.70 |
| 4 | Madison County | 34.64 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 32.08 |
| 6 | Lake County | 26.71 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 25.66 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 22.86 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 20.00 |
| 10 | Trousdale County | 18.58 |
| 11 | Gibson County | 17.53 |
| 12 | Tipton County | 17.50 |
| 13 | Hamilton County | 16.71 |
| 14 | Rutherford County | 15.36 |
| 15 | Dyer County | 13.73 |
| 16 | Crockett County | 13.66 |
| 17 | Maury County | 11.04 |
| 18 | Giles County | 9.73 |
| 19 | Obion County | 9.72 |
| 20 | Carroll County | 8.85 |
| 21 | Chester County | 8.33 |
| 22 | Knox County | 7.90 |
| 23 | Weakley County | 7.87 |
| 24 | Sumner County | 7.48 |
| 25 | Bedford County | 7.39 |
| 26 | Henderson County | 7.12 |
| 27 | Henry County | 6.94 |
| 27 | Robertson County | 6.94 |
| 28 | Wilson County | 6.76 |
| 29 | Wayne County | 6.32 |
| 30 | Bledsoe County | 6.26 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 6.06 |
| 31 | McNairy County | 6.06 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 6.05 |
| 33 | Morgan County | 5.67 |
| 34 | Johnson County | 4.81 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 4.70 |
| 36 | Bradley County | 4.69 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.30 |
| 38 | Washington County | 4.20 |
| 39 | Williamson County | 4.03 |
| 40 | Dickson County | 3.67 |
| 41 | Anderson County | 3.61 |
| 42 | Coffee County | 3.59 |
| 43 | McMinn County | 3.54 |
| 44 | Hamblen County | 3.51 |
| 45 | Marion County | 3.38 |
| 46 | Hardin County | 3.08 |
| 47 | Putnam County | 2.90 |
| 48 | Warren County | 2.78 |
| 49 | Houston County | 2.65 |
| 50 | Blount County | 2.62 |
| 51 | Perry County | 2.57 |
| 52 | Decatur County | 2.48 |
| 53 | Roane County | 2.42 |
| 54 | Humphreys County | 2.40 |
| 55 | Sullivan County | 2.01 |
| 56 | Benton County | 2.00 |
| 57 | Greene County | 1.99 |
| 58 | Cheatham County | 1.95 |
| 58 | Smith County | 1.95 |
| 59 | Rhea County | 1.88 |
| 60 | Moore County | 1.76 |
| 61 | Cocke County | 1.66 |
| 62 | Monroe County | 1.65 |
| 63 | Lawrence County | 1.55 |
| 64 | Lewis County | 1.50 |
| 65 | White County | 1.49 |
| 66 | Jefferson County | 1.48 |
| 67 | Cannon County | 1.45 |
| 68 | Carter County | 1.25 |
| 68 | Stewart County | 1.25 |
| 69 | DeKalb County | 1.24 |
| 70 | Hawkins County | 1.16 |
| 71 | Clay County | 1.11 |
| 72 | Claiborne County | 1.05 |
| 73 | Meigs County | 1.03 |
| 74 | Loudon County | 1.00 |
| 75 | Sevier County | 0.83 |
| 76 | Grainger County | 0.55 |
| 77 | Macon County | 0.48 |
| 78 | Cumberland County | 0.44 |
| 79 | Van Buren County | 0.43 |
| 80 | Hancock County | 0.40 |
| 81 | Sequatchie County | 0.38 |
| 82 | Polk County | 0.36 |
| 83 | Campbell County | 0.35 |
| 83 | Jackson County | 0.35 |
| 84 | Overton County | 0.34 |
| 85 | Grundy County | 0.31 |
| 86 | Union County | 0.22 |
| 87 | Pickett County | 0.20 |
| 88 | Unicoi County | 0.18 |
| 89 | Fentress County | 0.11 |
| 90 | Scott County | 0.10 |