Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (494.68K), followed by Davidson County (185.91K), and Hamilton County (68.47K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Shelby County 494676
2 Davidson County 185908
3 Hamilton County 68470
4 Rutherford County 54770
5 Montgomery County 46262
6 Knox County 41619
7 Madison County 37242
8 Sumner County 16268
9 Maury County 11888
10 Fayette County 11602
11 Tipton County 11172
12 Wilson County 11157
13 Williamson County 10740
14 Hardeman County 10656
15 Gibson County 9110
16 Haywood County 9046
17 Lauderdale County 8863
18 Washington County 5715
19 Robertson County 5452
20 Dyer County 5395
21 Bradley County 5311
22 Blount County 3953
23 Bedford County 3846
24 Sullivan County 3598
25 Obion County 3264
26 Giles County 3076
27 Anderson County 3068
28 Carroll County 2863
29 Weakley County 2664
30 Lincoln County 2431
31 Hamblen County 2379
32 Henry County 2359
33 Coffee County 2255
34 Marshall County 2153
35 Henderson County 2147
36 Franklin County 2146
37 Dickson County 2135
38 McMinn County 2010
39 Lake County 1960
40 Crockett County 1956
41 Putnam County 1796
42 Greene County 1638
43 Chester County 1587
44 McNairy County 1579
45 Roane County 1468
46 Warren County 1365
47 Trousdale County 1311
48 Hickman County 1189
49 Sevier County 1161
50 Marion County 1127
51 Wayne County 1124
52 Carter County 1072
53 Bledsoe County 1049
54 Jefferson County 1026
55 Cheatham County 975
56 Monroe County 933
57 Hardin County 860
58 Hawkins County 831
59 Lawrence County 799
60 Morgan County 786
61 Loudon County 717
62 Cocke County 704
63 Rhea County 645
64 Humphreys County 567
65 White County 499
66 Smith County 490
67 Johnson County 437
68 Benton County 410
69 Cumberland County 401
70 Claiborne County 379
71 Decatur County 315
72 DeKalb County 312
73 Cannon County 270
73 Stewart County 270
74 Houston County 268
75 Lewis County 251
76 Macon County 248
77 Grainger County 223
78 Meigs County 216
79 Perry County 207
80 Campbell County 181
81 Overton County 156
82 Moore County 148
83 Polk County 120
84 Clay County 112
85 Sequatchie County 108
86 Grundy County 107
87 Jackson County 89
88 Union County 87
89 Fentress County 81
90 Unicoi County 77
91 Scott County 70
92 Van Buren County 50
93 Hancock County 34
94 Pickett County 12