Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (508.11K), followed by Davidson County (191.55K), and Hamilton County (70.89K).

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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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2018
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Shelby County 508109
2 Davidson County 191551
3 Hamilton County 70891
4 Rutherford County 51528
5 Montgomery County 43030
6 Knox County 41608
7 Madison County 36908
8 Sumner County 14900
9 Tipton County 11442
10 Fayette County 11253
11 Maury County 11174
12 Hardeman County 10670
13 Williamson County 10348
14 Wilson County 10203
15 Lauderdale County 9086
16 Gibson County 8952
17 Haywood County 8846
18 Washington County 5817
19 Bradley County 5611
20 Robertson County 5524
21 Dyer County 5366
22 Bedford County 4183
23 Blount County 4003
24 Sullivan County 3621
25 Obion County 3286
26 Anderson County 3050
27 Giles County 3025
28 Hamblen County 2862
29 Carroll County 2834
30 Weakley County 2521
31 Henry County 2463
32 Lincoln County 2400
33 Marshall County 2253
34 Henderson County 2208
35 Dickson County 2187
36 Coffee County 2150
37 Franklin County 2144
38 Lake County 2109
39 McMinn County 2038
40 Crockett County 2026
41 Putnam County 1875
42 Chester County 1625
43 McNairy County 1563
44 Warren County 1539
45 Greene County 1529
46 Roane County 1451
47 Sevier County 1297
48 Trousdale County 1263
49 Hickman County 1244
50 Marion County 1154
51 Jefferson County 1132
52 Bledsoe County 1115
53 Wayne County 1104
54 Monroe County 1019
55 Carter County 910
56 Hardin County 852
57 Hawkins County 848
58 Loudon County 820
59 Lawrence County 810
60 Cheatham County 796
61 Morgan County 776
62 Cocke County 762
63 Rhea County 738
64 Humphreys County 502
65 White County 489
66 Smith County 461
67 Cumberland County 414
68 Johnson County 410
69 Benton County 396
70 DeKalb County 392
71 Claiborne County 362
72 Decatur County 342
73 Macon County 276
74 Cannon County 258
75 Houston County 251
76 Stewart County 250
77 Lewis County 238
78 Grainger County 222
79 Perry County 203
80 Campbell County 199
81 Meigs County 187
82 Moore County 166
83 Overton County 141
84 Polk County 128
85 Clay County 125
86 Sequatchie County 106
87 Union County 102
88 Unicoi County 96
89 Fentress County 88
90 Grundy County 79
91 Jackson County 73
92 Scott County 57
93 Van Buren County 43
94 Hancock County 34
95 Pickett County 12