Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2014
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (53.13%), followed by Haywood County (49.92%), and Hardeman County (41.49%).
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
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2014
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 53.13 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 49.92 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.49 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.04 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 34.78 |
| 6 | Lake County | 28.25 |
| 7 | Davidson County | 27.51 |
| 8 | Fayette County | 27.48 |
| 9 | Hamilton County | 19.58 |
| 10 | Gibson County | 18.57 |
| 11 | Montgomery County | 18.55 |
| 12 | Tipton County | 18.41 |
| 13 | Dyer County | 14.06 |
| 14 | Rutherford County | 13.54 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 13.03 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.78 |
| 17 | Obion County | 10.5 |
| 18 | Giles County | 10.17 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 10.02 |
| 20 | Trousdale County | 9.04 |
| 21 | Chester County | 8.99 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.77 |
| 23 | Henry County | 7.83 |
| 24 | Henderson County | 7.8 |
| 25 | Weakley County | 7.64 |
| 26 | Robertson County | 7.36 |
| 27 | Bedford County | 7.35 |
| 28 | Bledsoe County | 7.15 |
| 29 | Sumner County | 6.72 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 6.65 |
| 31 | Wilson County | 6.64 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 6.49 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 6.21 |
| 34 | McNairy County | 5.76 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 4.91 |
| 35 | Hickman County | 4.91 |
| 36 | Bradley County | 4.42 |
| 37 | Williamson County | 4.2 |
| 38 | Washington County | 4.08 |
| 39 | Dickson County | 4.06 |
| 40 | Anderson County | 3.86 |
| 41 | Hamblen County | 3.79 |
| 42 | Marion County | 3.72 |
| 43 | McMinn County | 3.71 |
| 44 | Morgan County | 3.63 |
| 45 | Hardin County | 3.42 |
| 46 | Coffee County | 3.4 |
| 47 | Warren County | 3.04 |
| 48 | Houston County | 2.85 |
| 49 | Blount County | 2.8 |
| 50 | Decatur County | 2.78 |
| 51 | Roane County | 2.6 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 2.51 |
| 53 | Benton County | 2.27 |
| 54 | Johnson County | 2.21 |
| 54 | Moore County | 2.21 |
| 55 | Sullivan County | 2.17 |
| 56 | Greene County | 2.1 |
| 57 | Monroe County | 2.04 |
| 58 | Perry County | 2.03 |
| 59 | Rhea County | 2.01 |
| 60 | Jefferson County | 2 |
| 61 | Smith County | 1.99 |
| 62 | Putnam County | 1.97 |
| 63 | Cocke County | 1.94 |
| 64 | Lewis County | 1.93 |
| 65 | White County | 1.74 |
| 66 | Stewart County | 1.64 |
| 67 | Cheatham County | 1.63 |
| 68 | Lawrence County | 1.62 |
| 69 | Clay County | 1.46 |
| 70 | Cannon County | 1.44 |
| 71 | DeKalb County | 1.37 |
| 72 | Hawkins County | 1.36 |
| 73 | Carter County | 1.35 |
| 74 | Meigs County | 1.33 |
| 75 | Loudon County | 1.28 |
| 76 | Claiborne County | 1.06 |
| 77 | Sevier County | 0.9 |
| 78 | Van Buren County | 0.67 |
| 79 | Overton County | 0.62 |
| 80 | Grainger County | 0.59 |
| 80 | Macon County | 0.59 |
| 81 | Polk County | 0.53 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 0.44 |
| 82 | Hancock County | 0.44 |
| 83 | Grundy County | 0.41 |
| 83 | Sequatchie County | 0.41 |
| 84 | Jackson County | 0.35 |
| 85 | Campbell County | 0.32 |
| 85 | Unicoi County | 0.32 |
| 86 | Fentress County | 0.28 |
| 87 | Union County | 0.24 |
| 88 | Pickett County | 0.16 |
| 88 | Scott County | 0.16 |