Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2011
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (488.51K), followed by Davidson County (175.50K), and Hamilton County (67.84K).
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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2011
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| Rank | County | Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 488506 |
| 2 | Davidson County | 175497 |
| 3 | Hamilton County | 67841 |
| 4 | Knox County | 38075 |
| 5 | Madison County | 35952 |
| 6 | Rutherford County | 34097 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 32826 |
| 8 | Tipton County | 11336 |
| 9 | Hardeman County | 11096 |
| 10 | Fayette County | 10686 |
| 11 | Sumner County | 10589 |
| 12 | Maury County | 10004 |
| 13 | Lauderdale County | 9590 |
| 14 | Gibson County | 9300 |
| 15 | Haywood County | 9228 |
| 16 | Williamson County | 8016 |
| 17 | Wilson County | 7494 |
| 18 | Dyer County | 5443 |
| 19 | Robertson County | 4925 |
| 20 | Washington County | 4907 |
| 21 | Bradley County | 4197 |
| 22 | Blount County | 3404 |
| 23 | Sullivan County | 3378 |
| 24 | Bedford County | 3348 |
| 25 | Obion County | 3343 |
| 26 | Giles County | 2988 |
| 27 | Anderson County | 2917 |
| 28 | Carroll County | 2864 |
| 29 | Weakley County | 2670 |
| 30 | Henry County | 2604 |
| 31 | Hamblen County | 2392 |
| 32 | Lincoln County | 2237 |
| 33 | Lake County | 2176 |
| 34 | Henderson County | 2163 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 2055 |
| 36 | Dickson County | 2029 |
| 37 | McMinn County | 2023 |
| 38 | Marshall County | 1975 |
| 39 | Crockett County | 1874 |
| 40 | Coffee County | 1834 |
| 41 | Chester County | 1598 |
| 42 | McNairy County | 1513 |
| 43 | Putnam County | 1446 |
| 44 | Roane County | 1418 |
| 45 | Greene County | 1398 |
| 46 | Warren County | 1132 |
| 47 | Hickman County | 1108 |
| 48 | Marion County | 1032 |
| 49 | Jefferson County | 1019 |
| 50 | Wayne County | 1007 |
| 51 | Hardin County | 916 |
| 52 | Monroe County | 905 |
| 53 | Morgan County | 829 |
| 54 | Hawkins County | 743 |
| 55 | Carter County | 735 |
| 56 | Trousdale County | 718 |
| 57 | Sevier County | 705 |
| 58 | Cocke County | 684 |
| 59 | Lawrence County | 677 |
| 60 | Rhea County | 633 |
| 61 | Loudon County | 563 |
| 62 | Cheatham County | 548 |
| 63 | Bledsoe County | 522 |
| 64 | White County | 460 |
| 65 | Humphreys County | 457 |
| 66 | Smith County | 425 |
| 67 | Johnson County | 374 |
| 68 | Benton County | 354 |
| 69 | Decatur County | 335 |
| 70 | Claiborne County | 301 |
| 71 | DeKalb County | 240 |
| 72 | Lewis County | 207 |
| 73 | Houston County | 201 |
| 74 | Stewart County | 189 |
| 75 | Cannon County | 178 |
| 76 | Cumberland County | 173 |
| 77 | Moore County | 146 |
| 78 | Meigs County | 140 |
| 79 | Perry County | 128 |
| 80 | Campbell County | 123 |
| 81 | Grainger County | 113 |
| 82 | Clay County | 108 |
| 83 | Overton County | 106 |
| 84 | Macon County | 96 |
| 85 | Polk County | 62 |
| 86 | Sequatchie County | 56 |
| 87 | Unicoi County | 46 |
| 88 | Fentress County | 45 |
| 88 | Grundy County | 45 |
| 89 | Jackson County | 32 |
| 90 | Union County | 30 |
| 91 | Hancock County | 25 |
| 91 | Van Buren County | 25 |
| 92 | Scott County | 20 |
| 93 | Pickett County | 10 |