Shelby, Tennessee Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among Shelby, TN population of 706,063 people, 49.93% of them (352,538 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, 37.01% of them (261,300 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - White Alone, and 4.06% of them (28,683 people) identified their ethnicity as Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone.

The first chart below shows the voting-age population by ethnicity and the second chart shows the percentage of the voting-age population for each ethnicity. You can also find the information in a table below.

You can see similar information for other Tennessee counties and also for the state of Tennessee.

Shelby, TN Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Percentage of Shelby, TN Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Shelby, TN Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
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Ethnicity Voting-age Population % of County Voting-age Population
Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 352538 49.93
Non-Hispanic - White Alone 261300 37.01
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 28683 4.06
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone 21687 3.07
Non-Hispanic - Two Or More Races 17285 2.45
Hispanic - Two Or More Races 12360 1.75
Hispanic - White Alone 5731 0.81
Non-Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 2339 0.33
Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 1345 0.19
Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 1222 0.17
Non-Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 1201 0.17
Non-Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 196 0.03
Hispanic - Asian Alone 120 0.02
Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 56 0.01