Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone 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 percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (54.09%), followed by Haywood County (51.25%), and Hardeman County (41.44%).
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 2023
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 54.09 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 51.25 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.44 |
| 4 | Madison County | 38.22 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 35.34 |
| 6 | Fayette County | 27.83 |
| 7 | Lake County | 27.26 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 26.13 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 22.6 |
| 10 | Tipton County | 18.58 |
| 11 | Hamilton County | 18.17 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 17.69 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 17.14 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 15.52 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 14.72 |
| 16 | Trousdale County | 11.29 |
| 17 | Maury County | 11.17 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.87 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 10.08 |
| 20 | Giles County | 9.71 |
| 21 | Chester County | 9.14 |
| 22 | Sumner County | 8.8 |
| 23 | Knox County | 8.72 |
| 24 | Bedford County | 8.69 |
| 25 | Weakley County | 8.5 |
| 26 | Wilson County | 8.01 |
| 27 | Robertson County | 7.95 |
| 28 | Henderson County | 7.8 |
| 29 | Henry County | 7.23 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 7.08 |
| 31 | Wayne County | 6.55 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 6.32 |
| 33 | McNairy County | 6.12 |
| 34 | Bledsoe County | 5.45 |
| 35 | Bradley County | 5.43 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 4.89 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.75 |
| 38 | Hamblen County | 4.44 |
| 39 | Washington County | 4.36 |
| 40 | Coffee County | 4.28 |
| 41 | Williamson County | 4.19 |
| 42 | Anderson County | 4.18 |
| 43 | Dickson County | 4.11 |
| 44 | Marion County | 4 |
| 45 | McMinn County | 3.98 |
| 46 | Warren County | 3.94 |
| 47 | Morgan County | 3.62 |
| 48 | Hardin County | 3.36 |
| 48 | Houston County | 3.36 |
| 49 | Cheatham County | 3.2 |
| 50 | Humphreys County | 3.04 |
| 51 | Blount County | 3.03 |
| 52 | Perry County | 2.98 |
| 53 | Roane County | 2.92 |
| 54 | Decatur County | 2.71 |
| 55 | Benton County | 2.67 |
| 56 | Smith County | 2.66 |
| 57 | Johnson County | 2.61 |
| 58 | Putnam County | 2.57 |
| 59 | Sullivan County | 2.51 |
| 60 | Cannon County | 2.46 |
| 61 | Moore County | 2.44 |
| 62 | Greene County | 2.43 |
| 63 | Rhea County | 2.36 |
| 64 | Meigs County | 2.34 |
| 65 | DeKalb County | 2.25 |
| 65 | Monroe County | 2.25 |
| 66 | Lewis County | 2.24 |
| 67 | Cocke County | 2.19 |
| 68 | Carter County | 2.16 |
| 69 | Jefferson County | 2.13 |
| 70 | Stewart County | 2.12 |
| 71 | Lawrence County | 1.97 |
| 72 | White County | 1.81 |
| 73 | Sevier County | 1.74 |
| 74 | Loudon County | 1.68 |
| 75 | Clay County | 1.62 |
| 76 | Hawkins County | 1.55 |
| 76 | Macon County | 1.55 |
| 77 | Grundy County | 1.4 |
| 78 | Grainger County | 1.27 |
| 79 | Claiborne County | 1.26 |
| 80 | Sequatchie County | 1.22 |
| 81 | Van Buren County | 1.08 |
| 82 | Jackson County | 1.02 |
| 83 | Polk County | 0.98 |
| 84 | Cumberland County | 0.96 |
| 85 | Overton County | 0.92 |
| 86 | Unicoi County | 0.85 |
| 87 | Union County | 0.8 |
| 88 | Hancock County | 0.76 |
| 89 | Fentress County | 0.66 |
| 90 | Campbell County | 0.64 |
| 91 | Scott County | 0.43 |
| 92 | Pickett County | 0.41 |