Tennessee Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2011

Updated on June 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, there were 1,064,978 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Tennessee and they represented 16.64% of the total population of Tennessee in 2011. Shelby County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (488,506), followed by Davidson County (175,497), and Hamilton County (67,841). On the other hand, Pickett County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (10), followed by Scott County (20), and Van Buren County (25).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone, Shelby County had the highest percentage (52.34%), followed by Haywood County (49.75%), and Hardeman County (41.29%).

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Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

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Tennessee Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2011
Tennessee Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2011
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Anderson 2917 3.88
Bedford 3348 7.4
Benton 354 2.14
Bledsoe 522 4.01
Blount 3404 2.75
Bradley 4197 4.21
Campbell 123 0.3
Cannon 178 1.3
Carroll 2864 10.03
Carter 735 1.28
Cheatham 548 1.41
Chester 1598 9.32
Claiborne 301 0.94
Clay 108 1.4
Cocke 684 1.93
Coffee 1834 3.47
Crockett 1874 12.87
Cumberland 173 0.31
Davidson 175497 27.59
Decatur 335 2.87
DeKalb 240 1.28
Dickson 2029 4.06
Dyer 5443 14.28
Fayette 10686 27.7
Fentress 45 0.25
Franklin 2055 5.03
Gibson 9300 18.64
Giles 2988 10.2
Grainger 113 0.5
Greene 1398 2.02
Grundy 45 0.33
Hamblen 2392 3.8
Hamilton 67841 19.88
Hancock 25 0.37
Hardeman 11096 41.29
Hardin 916 3.54
Hawkins 743 1.31
Haywood 9228 49.75
Henderson 2163 7.71
Henry 2604 8.03
Hickman 1108 4.55
Houston 201 2.41
Humphreys 457 2.48
Jackson 32 0.28
Jefferson 1019 1.96
Johnson 374 2.05
Knox 38075 8.72
Lake 2176 27.92
Lauderdale 9590 34.62
Lawrence 677 1.61
Lewis 207 1.7
Lincoln 2237 6.7
Loudon 563 1.14
McMinn 2023 3.87
McNairy 1513 5.8
Macon 96 0.43
Madison 35952 36.65
Marion 1032 3.67
Marshall 1975 6.4
Maury 10004 12.26
Meigs 140 1.2
Monroe 905 2.02
Montgomery 32826 18.59
Moore 146 2.29
Morgan 829 3.77
Obion 3343 10.55
Overton 106 0.48
Perry 128 1.63
Pickett 10 0.2
Polk 62 0.37
Putnam 1446 1.98
Rhea 633 1.97
Roane 1418 2.63
Robertson 4925 7.38
Rutherford 34097 12.67
Scott 20 0.09
Sequatchie 56 0.39
Sevier 705 0.77
Shelby 488506 52.34
Smith 425 2.21
Stewart 189 1.43
Sullivan 3378 2.15
Sumner 10589 6.47
Tipton 11336 18.49
Trousdale 718 9.19
Unicoi 46 0.25
Union 30 0.16
Van Buren 25 0.45
Warren 1132 2.84
Washington 4907 3.96
Wayne 1007 5.93
Weakley 2670 7.66
White 460 1.77
Williamson 8016 4.25
Wilson 7494 6.42