Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2014
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (53.64%), followed by Haywood County (50.43%), and Hardeman County (41.79%).
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 2014
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 53.64 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.43 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.79 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.34 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 35.14 |
| 6 | Lake County | 28.43 |
| 7 | Davidson County | 28.11 |
| 8 | Fayette County | 27.68 |
| 9 | Hamilton County | 19.85 |
| 10 | Montgomery County | 19.61 |
| 11 | Gibson County | 18.74 |
| 12 | Tipton County | 18.63 |
| 13 | Dyer County | 14.28 |
| 14 | Rutherford County | 13.9 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 13.58 |
| 16 | Maury County | 12.01 |
| 17 | Obion County | 10.68 |
| 18 | Giles County | 10.28 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 10.22 |
| 20 | Chester County | 9.16 |
| 21 | Trousdale County | 9.14 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.97 |
| 23 | Bedford County | 8.1 |
| 24 | Henry County | 7.97 |
| 25 | Henderson County | 7.94 |
| 26 | Weakley County | 7.76 |
| 27 | Robertson County | 7.63 |
| 28 | Bledsoe County | 7.19 |
| 29 | Sumner County | 6.91 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 6.78 |
| 30 | Wilson County | 6.78 |
| 31 | Marshall County | 6.72 |
| 32 | Wayne County | 6.24 |
| 33 | McNairy County | 5.83 |
| 34 | Franklin County | 5.04 |
| 35 | Hickman County | 5.01 |
| 36 | Bradley County | 4.71 |
| 37 | Hamblen County | 4.45 |
| 38 | Williamson County | 4.31 |
| 39 | Washington County | 4.24 |
| 40 | Dickson County | 4.2 |
| 41 | Anderson County | 3.97 |
| 42 | McMinn County | 3.89 |
| 43 | Marion County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Morgan County | 3.64 |
| 45 | Coffee County | 3.6 |
| 46 | Warren County | 3.57 |
| 47 | Hardin County | 3.49 |
| 48 | Houston County | 2.96 |
| 49 | Blount County | 2.92 |
| 50 | Decatur County | 2.9 |
| 51 | Roane County | 2.65 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 2.6 |
| 53 | Moore County | 2.34 |
| 54 | Benton County | 2.31 |
| 55 | Johnson County | 2.27 |
| 56 | Sullivan County | 2.26 |
| 57 | Monroe County | 2.25 |
| 58 | Greene County | 2.17 |
| 59 | Putnam County | 2.16 |
| 60 | Rhea County | 2.15 |
| 61 | Jefferson County | 2.12 |
| 62 | Perry County | 2.11 |
| 63 | Smith County | 2.04 |
| 64 | Cocke County | 2 |
| 65 | DeKalb County | 1.99 |
| 66 | Lewis County | 1.95 |
| 67 | White County | 1.83 |
| 68 | Stewart County | 1.74 |
| 69 | Cheatham County | 1.71 |
| 70 | Lawrence County | 1.67 |
| 71 | Cannon County | 1.58 |
| 72 | Clay County | 1.51 |
| 73 | Loudon County | 1.48 |
| 74 | Carter County | 1.42 |
| 75 | Hawkins County | 1.4 |
| 76 | Meigs County | 1.38 |
| 77 | Sevier County | 1.09 |
| 78 | Claiborne County | 1.08 |
| 79 | Macon County | 0.76 |
| 80 | Grainger County | 0.7 |
| 81 | Van Buren County | 0.67 |
| 82 | Overton County | 0.64 |
| 83 | Polk County | 0.56 |
| 84 | Cumberland County | 0.55 |
| 85 | Sequatchie County | 0.53 |
| 86 | Hancock County | 0.44 |
| 87 | Grundy County | 0.43 |
| 88 | Unicoi County | 0.4 |
| 89 | Campbell County | 0.37 |
| 90 | Jackson County | 0.36 |
| 91 | Fentress County | 0.35 |
| 92 | Union County | 0.24 |
| 93 | Scott County | 0.2 |
| 94 | Pickett County | 0.16 |