Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2023
Updated on June 18, 2025.
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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (53.34%), followed by Haywood County (50.55%), and Hardeman County (41.1%).
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 2023
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 53.34 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.55 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.1 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.72 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 34.81 |
| 6 | Fayette County | 27.48 |
| 7 | Lake County | 26.99 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 25.38 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 21.44 |
| 10 | Tipton County | 18.31 |
| 11 | Hamilton County | 17.74 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 17.47 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 16.46 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 15.19 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 14.09 |
| 16 | Trousdale County | 11 |
| 17 | Maury County | 10.85 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.54 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 9.83 |
| 20 | Giles County | 9.53 |
| 21 | Chester County | 8.93 |
| 22 | Sumner County | 8.45 |
| 23 | Knox County | 8.4 |
| 24 | Weakley County | 8.26 |
| 25 | Wilson County | 7.73 |
| 26 | Bedford County | 7.63 |
| 27 | Henderson County | 7.59 |
| 28 | Robertson County | 7.47 |
| 29 | Henry County | 7.04 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 6.77 |
| 31 | Wayne County | 6.31 |
| 32 | McNairy County | 6.03 |
| 33 | Marshall County | 5.94 |
| 34 | Bledsoe County | 5.41 |
| 35 | Bradley County | 4.92 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 4.72 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.55 |
| 38 | Washington County | 4.11 |
| 39 | Williamson County | 4.01 |
| 40 | Anderson County | 3.98 |
| 41 | Coffee County | 3.96 |
| 42 | Dickson County | 3.87 |
| 43 | Marion County | 3.85 |
| 44 | McMinn County | 3.68 |
| 45 | Morgan County | 3.56 |
| 46 | Hamblen County | 3.5 |
| 47 | Warren County | 3.33 |
| 48 | Hardin County | 3.25 |
| 49 | Houston County | 3.12 |
| 50 | Cheatham County | 3 |
| 51 | Perry County | 2.92 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 2.87 |
| 53 | Blount County | 2.86 |
| 54 | Roane County | 2.74 |
| 55 | Benton County | 2.55 |
| 56 | Johnson County | 2.54 |
| 57 | Decatur County | 2.53 |
| 58 | Smith County | 2.52 |
| 59 | Moore County | 2.36 |
| 59 | Sullivan County | 2.36 |
| 60 | Greene County | 2.28 |
| 61 | Meigs County | 2.21 |
| 61 | Putnam County | 2.21 |
| 62 | Cannon County | 2.18 |
| 63 | Lewis County | 2.11 |
| 64 | Rhea County | 2.08 |
| 65 | Cocke County | 2.04 |
| 66 | Carter County | 2.03 |
| 66 | Stewart County | 2.03 |
| 67 | Monroe County | 1.95 |
| 68 | Jefferson County | 1.91 |
| 69 | Lawrence County | 1.9 |
| 70 | White County | 1.69 |
| 71 | DeKalb County | 1.64 |
| 72 | Clay County | 1.5 |
| 73 | Hawkins County | 1.46 |
| 74 | Loudon County | 1.36 |
| 75 | Sevier County | 1.35 |
| 76 | Grundy County | 1.28 |
| 76 | Macon County | 1.28 |
| 77 | Claiborne County | 1.23 |
| 78 | Grainger County | 1.04 |
| 78 | Sequatchie County | 1.04 |
| 79 | Jackson County | 0.96 |
| 79 | Van Buren County | 0.96 |
| 80 | Polk County | 0.92 |
| 81 | Overton County | 0.88 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 0.79 |
| 83 | Hancock County | 0.73 |
| 84 | Union County | 0.66 |
| 85 | Unicoi County | 0.65 |
| 86 | Campbell County | 0.59 |
| 87 | Fentress County | 0.58 |
| 88 | Pickett County | 0.37 |
| 88 | Scott County | 0.37 |