Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (488.75K), followed by Davidson County (180.92K), and Hamilton County (67.39K).

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 2022
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2022
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Shelby County 488748
2 Davidson County 180915
3 Hamilton County 67393
4 Rutherford County 59195
5 Montgomery County 49843
6 Knox County 42003
7 Madison County 37453
8 Sumner County 17019
9 Wilson County 12108
10 Maury County 11976
11 Fayette County 11810
12 Tipton County 11311
13 Williamson County 10616
14 Hardeman County 10568
15 Gibson County 8888
16 Haywood County 8763
17 Lauderdale County 8652
18 Washington County 5658
19 Robertson County 5561
20 Dyer County 5452
21 Bradley County 5434
22 Bedford County 4017
23 Blount County 4004
24 Sullivan County 3760
25 Obion County 3223
26 Anderson County 3076
27 Giles County 2949
28 Carroll County 2786
29 Weakley County 2705
30 Lincoln County 2446
31 Hamblen County 2338
32 Coffee County 2330
33 Henry County 2315
34 Marshall County 2162
35 Dickson County 2154
36 Henderson County 2148
37 Franklin County 2118
38 McMinn County 2035
39 Crockett County 1898
40 Putnam County 1823
41 Lake County 1732
42 Greene County 1609
43 Chester County 1588
44 McNairy County 1562
45 Roane County 1509
46 Warren County 1416
47 Trousdale County 1337
48 Sevier County 1270
49 Hickman County 1166
50 Cheatham County 1163
51 Carter County 1154
52 Marion County 1131
53 Wayne County 1122
54 Jefferson County 1080
55 Monroe County 921
56 Hardin County 888
57 Hawkins County 843
58 Lawrence County 818
59 Bledsoe County 802
60 Loudon County 784
61 Morgan County 771
62 Cocke County 757
63 Rhea County 674
64 Humphreys County 519
65 Smith County 507
66 White County 494
67 Cumberland County 468
68 Johnson County 422
69 Claiborne County 384
70 Benton County 377
71 DeKalb County 340
72 Macon County 304
73 Cannon County 299
74 Decatur County 297
75 Meigs County 280
76 Lewis County 274
77 Stewart County 273
78 Houston County 261
79 Perry County 250
80 Grainger County 215
81 Campbell County 199
82 Overton County 187
83 Sequatchie County 160
84 Moore County 153
85 Grundy County 144
86 Polk County 135
87 Clay County 115
88 Union County 110
89 Jackson County 103
90 Fentress County 101
90 Unicoi County 101
91 Scott County 81
92 Van Buren County 60
93 Hancock County 41
94 Pickett County 20