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.

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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2014
Shelby
Haywood
Hardeman
Madison
Lauderdale
Lake
Davidson
Fayette
Hamilton
Montgomery
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