Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone 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 percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (52.52%), followed by Haywood County (50.63%), and Hardeman County (41.51%).
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 Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2010
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 52.52 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.63 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.51 |
| 4 | Madison County | 36.53 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 35.19 |
| 6 | Davidson County | 28.14 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 28.05 |
| 8 | Lake County | 27.74 |
| 9 | Hamilton County | 20.3 |
| 10 | Montgomery County | 19.58 |
| 11 | Gibson County | 18.91 |
| 12 | Tipton County | 18.8 |
| 13 | Dyer County | 14.37 |
| 14 | Crockett County | 12.94 |
| 15 | Rutherford County | 12.75 |
| 16 | Maury County | 12.59 |
| 17 | Obion County | 10.69 |
| 18 | Giles County | 10.32 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 10.2 |
| 20 | Trousdale County | 9.62 |
| 21 | Chester County | 9.14 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.93 |
| 23 | Bedford County | 8.27 |
| 24 | Henry County | 8.12 |
| 25 | Henderson County | 7.94 |
| 26 | Weakley County | 7.85 |
| 27 | Robertson County | 7.5 |
| 28 | Lincoln County | 6.85 |
| 29 | Marshall County | 6.68 |
| 30 | Sumner County | 6.51 |
| 31 | Wilson County | 6.46 |
| 32 | McNairy County | 5.94 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 5.8 |
| 34 | Franklin County | 5.21 |
| 35 | Hickman County | 4.57 |
| 36 | Bradley County | 4.42 |
| 37 | Hamblen County | 4.41 |
| 38 | Williamson County | 4.38 |
| 39 | Dickson County | 4.2 |
| 40 | Washington County | 4.04 |
| 41 | McMinn County | 4.03 |
| 42 | Anderson County | 3.84 |
| 43 | Bledsoe County | 3.72 |
| 44 | Morgan County | 3.66 |
| 45 | Marion County | 3.59 |
| 46 | Coffee County | 3.58 |
| 47 | Hardin County | 3.48 |
| 48 | Warren County | 3.21 |
| 49 | Decatur County | 2.85 |
| 50 | Blount County | 2.82 |
| 51 | Roane County | 2.68 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 2.57 |
| 53 | Houston County | 2.32 |
| 53 | Moore County | 2.32 |
| 54 | Monroe County | 2.24 |
| 55 | Sullivan County | 2.17 |
| 56 | Smith County | 2.15 |
| 57 | Jefferson County | 2.11 |
| 58 | Putnam County | 2.09 |
| 59 | Johnson County | 2.07 |
| 60 | Benton County | 2.02 |
| 60 | Greene County | 2.02 |
| 61 | Rhea County | 1.97 |
| 62 | Cocke County | 1.91 |
| 63 | White County | 1.78 |
| 64 | DeKalb County | 1.7 |
| 65 | Lewis County | 1.63 |
| 66 | Lawrence County | 1.56 |
| 67 | Perry County | 1.54 |
| 68 | Cheatham County | 1.48 |
| 69 | Stewart County | 1.45 |
| 70 | Clay County | 1.38 |
| 71 | Carter County | 1.37 |
| 72 | Hawkins County | 1.33 |
| 73 | Cannon County | 1.25 |
| 74 | Loudon County | 1.16 |
| 75 | Meigs County | 1.03 |
| 76 | Sevier County | 0.91 |
| 77 | Claiborne County | 0.87 |
| 78 | Grainger County | 0.53 |
| 79 | Macon County | 0.45 |
| 80 | Van Buren County | 0.43 |
| 81 | Overton County | 0.41 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 0.36 |
| 83 | Polk County | 0.35 |
| 84 | Hancock County | 0.34 |
| 85 | Campbell County | 0.33 |
| 86 | Grundy County | 0.28 |
| 87 | Jackson County | 0.26 |
| 87 | Sequatchie County | 0.26 |
| 88 | Unicoi County | 0.25 |
| 89 | Fentress County | 0.22 |
| 90 | Scott County | 0.13 |
| 90 | Union County | 0.13 |
| 91 | Pickett County | 0.1 |