Tennessee Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all the Tennessee voting-age population (18 years and over), there were 817,496 people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 15.18% of the total voting-age population of Tennessee.

Shelby County had the highest number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population (353,883), followed by Davidson County (130,971), and Hamilton County (48,376).

On the other hand, the three counties with low number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population were: Pickett County (8), Scott County (16), and Fentress County (16).

In terms of the percentage of each county's voting-age population, Shelby County had the highest percentage, with 50.12% of its voting-age population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by Haywood County (49.61%), and Hardeman County (38.70%).

You can see similar information for other states and also for the United States by state. You can also see similar information for other racial groups as well as the different ethnicities in Tennessee.

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's voting-age population that identified as Black or African American Alone. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.