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
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
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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
26 Unicoi County 92.59
27 Humphreys County 92.58
28 Houston County 92.51
29 Smith County 92.44
29 Sullivan County 92.44
30 White County 92.19
31 Benton County 92.16
32 Jefferson County 92.09
33 Greene County 92.04
34 Hardin County 91.93
35 Stewart County 91.89
36 Cannon County 91.77
36 Roane County 91.77
37 Macon County 91.63
38 Monroe County 91.16
39 Cheatham County 90.76
40 Marion County 90.69
41 Johnson County 90.45
42 Morgan County 90.25
43 Hickman County 90.07
44 DeKalb County 89.86
45 Blount County 89.73
46 McNairy County 89.69
47 Wayne County 89.56
48 Rhea County 89.55
49 Dickson County 89.02
50 Sevier County 88.91
51 Loudon County 88.75
51 McMinn County 88.75
52 Bledsoe County 88.60
53 Anderson County 88.22
54 Franklin County 88.20
55 Coffee County 87.87
56 Henderson County 87.65
57 Washington County 87.26
58 Lincoln County 87.17
59 Henry County 87.15
60 Putnam County 87.05
61 Warren County 86.96
62 Weakley County 86.71
63 Chester County 86.09
64 Carroll County 85.59
65 Marshall County 85.37
66 Bradley County 84.56
67 Giles County 84.48
68 Williamson County 83.96
69 Wilson County 83.73
70 Obion County 83.71
71 Hamblen County 82.73
71 Sumner County 82.73
72 Robertson County 82.48
73 Knox County 81.49
74 Dyer County 80.19
75 Maury County 79.42
76 Bedford County 78.78
77 Gibson County 77.48
78 Trousdale County 76.18
79 Crockett County 76.13
80 Tipton County 75.92
81 Hamilton County 72.32
82 Lake County 69.68
83 Rutherford County 68.99
84 Fayette County 68.09
85 Montgomery County 64.99
86 Lauderdale County 62.76
87 Davidson County 59.76
88 Madison County 58.21
89 Hardeman County 57.28
90 Haywood County 44.91
91 Shelby County 37.82