Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone 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 percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (53.9%), followed by Haywood County (51.36%), and Hardeman County (42.24%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2020
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 53.9 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 51.36 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 42.24 |
| 4 | Madison County | 38.11 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 35.74 |
| 6 | Lake County | 28.34 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 28.02 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 26.74 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 22 |
| 10 | Hamilton County | 19.07 |
| 11 | Tipton County | 18.54 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 18.23 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 16.58 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 14.98 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 14.64 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.96 |
| 17 | Trousdale County | 11.41 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.84 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 10.32 |
| 20 | Giles County | 10.28 |
| 21 | Chester County | 9.32 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.97 |
| 23 | Bedford County | 8.63 |
| 24 | Sumner County | 8.54 |
| 25 | Weakley County | 8.32 |
| 26 | Robertson County | 7.93 |
| 27 | Henderson County | 7.88 |
| 28 | Wilson County | 7.74 |
| 29 | Henry County | 7.53 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 7.14 |
| 31 | Wayne County | 7.08 |
| 32 | Bledsoe County | 7.03 |
| 33 | Marshall County | 6.6 |
| 34 | McNairy County | 6.2 |
| 35 | Bradley County | 5.37 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 5.17 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.87 |
| 38 | Hamblen County | 4.53 |
| 39 | Washington County | 4.51 |
| 40 | Williamson County | 4.47 |
| 41 | Coffee County | 4.19 |
| 42 | Anderson County | 4.13 |
| 43 | Dickson County | 4.11 |
| 44 | Marion County | 4.02 |
| 45 | McMinn County | 4.01 |
| 46 | Warren County | 3.93 |
| 47 | Morgan County | 3.78 |
| 48 | Houston County | 3.43 |
| 49 | Hardin County | 3.33 |
| 50 | Humphreys County | 3.13 |
| 51 | Blount County | 3.06 |
| 52 | Decatur County | 2.9 |
| 53 | Roane County | 2.84 |
| 54 | Benton County | 2.66 |
| 55 | Perry County | 2.57 |
| 56 | Cheatham County | 2.55 |
| 57 | Putnam County | 2.53 |
| 57 | Smith County | 2.53 |
| 58 | Johnson County | 2.47 |
| 59 | Greene County | 2.46 |
| 60 | Sullivan County | 2.41 |
| 61 | Moore County | 2.38 |
| 62 | Monroe County | 2.31 |
| 63 | Rhea County | 2.17 |
| 64 | DeKalb County | 2.11 |
| 65 | Jefferson County | 2.1 |
| 65 | Lewis County | 2.1 |
| 66 | Cannon County | 2.09 |
| 66 | Cocke County | 2.09 |
| 67 | Stewart County | 2.06 |
| 68 | Carter County | 2.02 |
| 69 | White County | 1.92 |
| 70 | Lawrence County | 1.89 |
| 71 | Meigs County | 1.76 |
| 72 | Loudon County | 1.59 |
| 73 | Sevier County | 1.55 |
| 74 | Clay County | 1.53 |
| 74 | Hawkins County | 1.53 |
| 75 | Macon County | 1.24 |
| 76 | Claiborne County | 1.2 |
| 77 | Grainger County | 1.17 |
| 78 | Van Buren County | 0.94 |
| 79 | Grundy County | 0.86 |
| 80 | Sequatchie County | 0.85 |
| 81 | Cumberland County | 0.81 |
| 82 | Jackson County | 0.8 |
| 83 | Overton County | 0.74 |
| 83 | Polk County | 0.74 |
| 84 | Unicoi County | 0.58 |
| 85 | Hancock County | 0.54 |
| 86 | Union County | 0.52 |
| 87 | Campbell County | 0.51 |
| 87 | Fentress County | 0.51 |
| 88 | Scott County | 0.38 |
| 89 | Pickett County | 0.28 |