Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White 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, Pickett County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as White Alone (96.94%), followed by Scott County (96.72%), and Hancock County (95.89%).

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 White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups in Tennessee.

Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Pickett
96.94%
Scott
96.72%
Hancock
95.89%
Fentress
95.79%
Clay
95.78%
Van Buren
95.64%
Overton
95.35%
Campbell
95.33%
Union
95.22%
Jackson
94.43%
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
White Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Pickett County 96.94
2 Scott County 96.72
3 Hancock County 95.89
4 Fentress County 95.79
5 Clay County 95.78
6 Van Buren County 95.64
7 Overton County 95.35
8 Campbell County 95.33
9 Union County 95.22
10 Jackson County 94.43
11 Claiborne County 94.30
12 Hawkins County 94.26
13 Meigs County 94.02
14 Moore County 94.01
15 Grainger County 93.98
16 Grundy County 93.96
17 Cumberland County 93.77
18 Polk County 93.62
19 Carter County 93.38
20 Perry County 93.24
21 Decatur County 93.13
22 Lewis County 93.09
23 Sequatchie County 93.08
24 Lawrence County 93.04
25 Cocke County 92.60
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