Shelby County, Tennessee Voting-age Population By Race in Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among Shelby County, TN voting-age population of 706,063 people, 50.12% of them (353,883 people) identified their race as Black or African American Alone, 37.82% of them (267,031 people) identified their race as White Alone, and 4.39% of them (31,022 people) identified their race as Some Other Race Alone.

The first chart below shows the voting-age population by race and the second chart shows the percentage of the the Shelby County, TN voting-age population for each race. 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 County, TN Voting-age Population By Race in Census 2020
Black or African American Alone
White Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Two Or More Races
Asian Alone
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
Percentage of Shelby County, TN Voting-age Population By Race in Census 2020
Black or African American Alone
White Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Two Or More Races
Asian Alone
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
Shelby County, TN Voting-age Population By Race in Census 2020
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Race Voting-age Population % of County Voting-age Population
Black or African American Alone 353883 50.12
White Alone 267031 37.82
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 2423 0.34
Asian Alone 21807 3.09
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 252 0.04
Some Other Race Alone 31022 4.39
Two Or More Races 29645 4.20