Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (53.98%), followed by Haywood County (50.85%), and Hardeman County (41.92%).
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 2021
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 53.98 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.85 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.92 |
| 4 | Madison County | 38.03 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 35.37 |
| 6 | Fayette County | 27.65 |
| 7 | Lake County | 26.68 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 26.59 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 22.25 |
| 10 | Hamilton County | 18.79 |
| 11 | Tipton County | 18.54 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 17.97 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 16.93 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 15.09 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 14.65 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.72 |
| 17 | Trousdale County | 11.32 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.93 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 10.01 |
| 19 | Giles County | 10.01 |
| 20 | Chester County | 9.39 |
| 21 | Knox County | 8.91 |
| 22 | Sumner County | 8.71 |
| 23 | Bedford County | 8.68 |
| 24 | Weakley County | 8.23 |
| 25 | Henderson County | 7.9 |
| 26 | Robertson County | 7.89 |
| 27 | Wilson County | 7.81 |
| 28 | Henry County | 7.42 |
| 29 | Lincoln County | 7.2 |
| 30 | Wayne County | 7.1 |
| 31 | Marshall County | 6.5 |
| 32 | Bledsoe County | 6.32 |
| 33 | McNairy County | 6.28 |
| 34 | Bradley County | 5.43 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 5.07 |
| 36 | Hamblen County | 4.55 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.49 |
| 38 | Washington County | 4.46 |
| 39 | Williamson County | 4.38 |
| 40 | Coffee County | 4.24 |
| 41 | Dickson County | 4.09 |
| 42 | Marion County | 4.07 |
| 43 | Anderson County | 4.06 |
| 44 | McMinn County | 4.05 |
| 45 | Warren County | 3.94 |
| 46 | Morgan County | 3.72 |
| 47 | Hardin County | 3.36 |
| 48 | Houston County | 3.34 |
| 49 | Blount County | 3.06 |
| 50 | Humphreys County | 2.99 |
| 51 | Perry County | 2.94 |
| 52 | Decatur County | 2.9 |
| 53 | Cheatham County | 2.88 |
| 54 | Roane County | 2.86 |
| 55 | Smith County | 2.67 |
| 56 | Johnson County | 2.65 |
| 57 | Benton County | 2.55 |
| 57 | Putnam County | 2.55 |
| 58 | Moore County | 2.45 |
| 58 | Sullivan County | 2.45 |
| 59 | Greene County | 2.4 |
| 60 | Rhea County | 2.22 |
| 61 | DeKalb County | 2.21 |
| 62 | Monroe County | 2.2 |
| 63 | Lewis County | 2.14 |
| 64 | Cannon County | 2.13 |
| 65 | Cocke County | 2.1 |
| 66 | Meigs County | 2.07 |
| 67 | Jefferson County | 2.06 |
| 68 | Stewart County | 2.04 |
| 69 | Carter County | 2.03 |
| 70 | White County | 1.95 |
| 71 | Lawrence County | 1.85 |
| 72 | Sevier County | 1.65 |
| 73 | Loudon County | 1.63 |
| 74 | Clay County | 1.58 |
| 74 | Hawkins County | 1.58 |
| 75 | Macon County | 1.37 |
| 76 | Grainger County | 1.24 |
| 77 | Claiborne County | 1.23 |
| 78 | Sequatchie County | 1.06 |
| 79 | Grundy County | 0.95 |
| 80 | Van Buren County | 0.89 |
| 81 | Cumberland County | 0.88 |
| 81 | Jackson County | 0.88 |
| 82 | Overton County | 0.85 |
| 83 | Polk County | 0.8 |
| 84 | Union County | 0.62 |
| 85 | Unicoi County | 0.61 |
| 86 | Fentress County | 0.57 |
| 87 | Campbell County | 0.54 |
| 88 | Hancock County | 0.52 |
| 89 | Scott County | 0.43 |
| 90 | Pickett County | 0.4 |