Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (54.13%), followed by Haywood County (50.83%), and Hardeman County (42.13%).
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 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 54.13 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.83 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 42.13 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.76 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 34.45 |
| 6 | Lake County | 28.69 |
| 7 | Davidson County | 27.93 |
| 8 | Fayette County | 27.67 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 20.46 |
| 10 | Hamilton County | 19.56 |
| 11 | Tipton County | 18.64 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 18.53 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 15.37 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 14.19 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 14.12 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.89 |
| 17 | Trousdale County | 11.28 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.69 |
| 19 | Giles County | 10.62 |
| 20 | Carroll County | 10.2 |
| 21 | Chester County | 9.15 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.94 |
| 23 | Bedford County | 8.36 |
| 24 | Henderson County | 7.78 |
| 25 | Henry County | 7.75 |
| 26 | Sumner County | 7.67 |
| 27 | Robertson County | 7.64 |
| 28 | Weakley County | 7.61 |
| 29 | Bledsoe County | 7.41 |
| 30 | Wilson County | 7.02 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 6.91 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 6.7 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 6.65 |
| 34 | McNairy County | 5.93 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 5.12 |
| 36 | Bradley County | 5.1 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.99 |
| 38 | Washington County | 4.41 |
| 38 | Williamson County | 4.41 |
| 39 | Hamblen County | 4.4 |
| 40 | Dickson County | 4.14 |
| 41 | Anderson County | 4.07 |
| 42 | McMinn County | 3.92 |
| 43 | Marion County | 3.91 |
| 44 | Warren County | 3.74 |
| 45 | Coffee County | 3.72 |
| 46 | Morgan County | 3.64 |
| 47 | Hardin County | 3.35 |
| 48 | Decatur County | 3.16 |
| 49 | Blount County | 3.04 |
| 50 | Houston County | 2.95 |
| 51 | Roane County | 2.74 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 2.71 |
| 53 | Moore County | 2.44 |
| 54 | Perry County | 2.4 |
| 55 | Rhea County | 2.37 |
| 56 | Putnam County | 2.35 |
| 57 | Benton County | 2.33 |
| 58 | Johnson County | 2.31 |
| 59 | Sullivan County | 2.27 |
| 60 | Smith County | 2.25 |
| 61 | Monroe County | 2.22 |
| 62 | Greene County | 2.17 |
| 63 | Jefferson County | 2.15 |
| 64 | Cocke County | 2.09 |
| 65 | Lewis County | 2.03 |
| 66 | DeKalb County | 1.9 |
| 67 | Stewart County | 1.83 |
| 68 | Cheatham County | 1.81 |
| 69 | White County | 1.79 |
| 70 | Lawrence County | 1.77 |
| 71 | Cannon County | 1.7 |
| 72 | Clay County | 1.68 |
| 73 | Carter County | 1.55 |
| 74 | Hawkins County | 1.49 |
| 75 | Loudon County | 1.45 |
| 76 | Meigs County | 1.41 |
| 77 | Sevier County | 1.29 |
| 78 | Claiborne County | 1.17 |
| 79 | Macon County | 1.07 |
| 80 | Grainger County | 0.84 |
| 81 | Polk County | 0.75 |
| 81 | Van Buren County | 0.75 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 0.7 |
| 83 | Sequatchie County | 0.68 |
| 84 | Grundy County | 0.6 |
| 85 | Overton County | 0.56 |
| 86 | Unicoi County | 0.53 |
| 87 | Hancock County | 0.52 |
| 88 | Jackson County | 0.5 |
| 89 | Campbell County | 0.49 |
| 90 | Fentress County | 0.45 |
| 91 | Union County | 0.33 |
| 92 | Scott County | 0.22 |
| 93 | Pickett County | 0.18 |
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