Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (485.37K), followed by Davidson County (180.81K), and Hamilton County (67.39K).

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 2023
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2023
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Shelby County 485368
2 Davidson County 180813
3 Hamilton County 67392
4 Rutherford County 60409
5 Montgomery County 51438
6 Knox County 42067
7 Madison County 37414
8 Sumner County 17583
9 Wilson County 12652
10 Fayette County 12138
11 Maury County 12021
12 Tipton County 11352
13 Williamson County 10615
14 Hardeman County 10507
15 Gibson County 8918
16 Haywood County 8759
17 Lauderdale County 8567
18 Robertson County 5731
19 Washington County 5690
20 Dyer County 5543
21 Bradley County 5488
22 Bedford County 4049
23 Blount County 4045
24 Sullivan County 3819
25 Obion County 3204
26 Anderson County 3190
27 Giles County 2929
28 Carroll County 2837
29 Weakley County 2733
30 Lincoln County 2450
31 Coffee County 2399
32 Hamblen County 2320
33 Henry County 2291
34 Dickson County 2196
35 Marshall County 2194
36 Henderson County 2130
37 Franklin County 2107
38 McMinn County 2047
39 Crockett County 1970
40 Putnam County 1853
41 Lake County 1713
42 Greene County 1655
43 McNairy County 1578
44 Chester County 1573
45 Roane County 1536
46 Warren County 1420
47 Trousdale County 1350
48 Sevier County 1340
49 Cheatham County 1267
50 Hickman County 1174
51 Carter County 1158
52 Marion County 1131
53 Jefferson County 1106
54 Wayne County 1013
55 Monroe County 948
56 Hardin County 884
57 Lawrence County 876
58 Hawkins County 853
59 Loudon County 826
60 Bledsoe County 815
61 Morgan County 767
62 Cocke County 764
63 Rhea County 705
64 Humphreys County 551
65 Smith County 517
66 Cumberland County 514
67 White County 485
68 Johnson County 466
69 Benton County 410
70 Claiborne County 401
71 DeKalb County 347
72 Macon County 342
73 Cannon County 328
74 Meigs County 302
75 Decatur County 295
76 Stewart County 288
77 Lewis County 275
78 Houston County 262
79 Perry County 260
80 Grainger County 257
81 Campbell County 236
82 Overton County 204
83 Grundy County 179
84 Sequatchie County 178
85 Polk County 165
86 Moore County 159
87 Union County 136
88 Jackson County 119
89 Clay County 116
90 Fentress County 115
90 Unicoi County 115
91 Scott County 81
92 Van Buren County 62
93 Hancock County 51
94 Pickett County 19