Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (483.42K), followed by Davidson County (173.35K), and Hamilton County (67.69K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2010
Shelby
Davidson
Hamilton
Knox
Madison
Rutherford
Montgomery
Tipton
Hardeman
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2010
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Shelby County 483423
2 Davidson County 173354
3 Hamilton County 67693
4 Knox County 37896
5 Madison County 35636
6 Rutherford County 32859
7 Montgomery County 32187
8 Tipton County 11380
9 Hardeman County 11213
10 Fayette County 10700
11 Sumner County 10304
12 Maury County 10080
13 Lauderdale County 9660
14 Haywood County 9444
15 Gibson County 9331
16 Williamson County 7872
17 Wilson County 7300
18 Dyer County 5438
19 Robertson County 4860
20 Washington County 4792
21 Bradley County 4146
22 Bedford County 3444
23 Obion County 3358
24 Blount County 3346
25 Sullivan County 3291
26 Giles County 3021
27 Carroll County 2859
28 Anderson County 2828
29 Weakley County 2724
30 Henry County 2604
31 Hamblen County 2396
32 Lincoln County 2253
33 Henderson County 2178
34 Lake County 2157
35 Franklin County 2087
36 Dickson County 2043
37 McMinn County 2023
38 Marshall County 2004
39 Crockett County 1840
40 Coffee County 1823
41 Chester County 1554
42 McNairy County 1535
43 Roane County 1438
44 Putnam County 1426
45 Greene County 1361
46 Hickman County 1105
47 Warren County 1100
48 Jefferson County 1042
49 Marion County 1004
50 Wayne County 981
51 Monroe County 908
52 Hardin County 897
53 Morgan County 803
54 Carter County 757
55 Trousdale County 751
56 Hawkins County 741
57 Cocke County 670
58 Lawrence County 643
59 Sevier County 637
60 Rhea County 619
61 Cheatham County 551
62 Loudon County 521
63 Bledsoe County 477
64 Humphreys County 466
65 White County 446
66 Smith County 407
67 Johnson County 372
68 Benton County 333
69 Decatur County 329
70 Claiborne County 278
71 DeKalb County 234
72 Lewis County 196
73 Houston County 193
74 Stewart County 192
75 Cannon County 170
76 Cumberland County 157
77 Moore County 143
78 Campbell County 123
79 Meigs County 122
80 Perry County 118
81 Grainger County 107
82 Clay County 104
83 Overton County 90
84 Macon County 79
85 Polk County 55
86 Grundy County 38
86 Unicoi County 38
87 Fentress County 29
87 Jackson County 29
88 Union County 24
89 Hancock County 23
89 Van Buren County 23
90 Scott County 20
90 Sequatchie County 20
91 Pickett County 5