Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (54.07%), followed by Haywood County (50.73%), and Hardeman County (41.79%).
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 2022
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 54.07 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.73 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.79 |
| 4 | Madison County | 38.25 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 35.47 |
| 6 | Fayette County | 27.61 |
| 7 | Lake County | 26.94 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 26.34 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 22.34 |
| 10 | Tipton County | 18.62 |
| 11 | Hamilton County | 18.41 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 17.69 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 17.07 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 15.27 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 14.31 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.4 |
| 17 | Trousdale County | 11.34 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.92 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 10.06 |
| 20 | Giles County | 9.83 |
| 21 | Chester County | 9.25 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.79 |
| 23 | Bedford County | 8.76 |
| 24 | Sumner County | 8.67 |
| 25 | Weakley County | 8.42 |
| 26 | Wilson County | 7.91 |
| 27 | Henderson County | 7.88 |
| 28 | Robertson County | 7.8 |
| 29 | Henry County | 7.35 |
| 30 | Wayne County | 7.13 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 7.09 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 6.43 |
| 33 | McNairy County | 6.1 |
| 34 | Bledsoe County | 5.43 |
| 35 | Bradley County | 5.42 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 4.98 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.73 |
| 38 | Hamblen County | 4.48 |
| 39 | Washington County | 4.38 |
| 40 | Williamson County | 4.26 |
| 41 | Coffee County | 4.25 |
| 42 | Dickson County | 4.11 |
| 43 | Anderson County | 4.1 |
| 44 | Marion County | 4.04 |
| 45 | McMinn County | 3.99 |
| 46 | Warren County | 3.97 |
| 47 | Morgan County | 3.69 |
| 48 | Hardin County | 3.4 |
| 48 | Houston County | 3.4 |
| 49 | Blount County | 3.01 |
| 50 | Cheatham County | 2.97 |
| 51 | Perry County | 2.96 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 2.89 |
| 52 | Roane County | 2.89 |
| 53 | Decatur County | 2.75 |
| 54 | Smith County | 2.61 |
| 55 | Putnam County | 2.55 |
| 56 | Sullivan County | 2.49 |
| 57 | Benton County | 2.47 |
| 58 | Greene County | 2.42 |
| 58 | Johnson County | 2.42 |
| 59 | Moore County | 2.37 |
| 60 | Cannon County | 2.3 |
| 61 | Rhea County | 2.25 |
| 62 | DeKalb County | 2.24 |
| 63 | Lewis County | 2.22 |
| 64 | Meigs County | 2.21 |
| 64 | Monroe County | 2.21 |
| 65 | Cocke County | 2.19 |
| 66 | Carter County | 2.16 |
| 67 | Jefferson County | 2.1 |
| 68 | Stewart County | 2.05 |
| 69 | White County | 1.87 |
| 70 | Lawrence County | 1.86 |
| 71 | Loudon County | 1.67 |
| 72 | Sevier County | 1.66 |
| 73 | Clay County | 1.58 |
| 74 | Hawkins County | 1.54 |
| 75 | Macon County | 1.43 |
| 76 | Claiborne County | 1.22 |
| 77 | Sequatchie County | 1.16 |
| 78 | Grundy County | 1.15 |
| 79 | Grainger County | 1.1 |
| 80 | Van Buren County | 1.06 |
| 81 | Cumberland County | 0.89 |
| 81 | Jackson County | 0.89 |
| 82 | Overton County | 0.86 |
| 83 | Polk County | 0.81 |
| 84 | Unicoi County | 0.76 |
| 85 | Union County | 0.67 |
| 86 | Hancock County | 0.64 |
| 87 | Fentress County | 0.6 |
| 88 | Campbell County | 0.56 |
| 89 | Pickett County | 0.43 |
| 89 | Scott County | 0.43 |