Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (54.21%), followed by Haywood County (51.19%), and Hardeman County (42.22%).
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 2018
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 54.21 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 51.19 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 42.22 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.78 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 34.97 |
| 6 | Lake County | 28.55 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 27.77 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 27.71 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 20.9 |
| 10 | Hamilton County | 19.44 |
| 11 | Tipton County | 18.57 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 18.2 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 15.86 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 14.41 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 14.19 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.82 |
| 17 | Trousdale County | 11.45 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.83 |
| 19 | Giles County | 10.28 |
| 20 | Carroll County | 10.14 |
| 21 | Chester County | 9.4 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.91 |
| 23 | Bedford County | 8.51 |
| 24 | Sumner County | 7.93 |
| 25 | Henderson County | 7.91 |
| 26 | Robertson County | 7.76 |
| 27 | Henry County | 7.63 |
| 28 | Weakley County | 7.56 |
| 29 | Bledsoe County | 7.51 |
| 30 | Wilson County | 7.24 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 7.01 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 6.65 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 6.64 |
| 34 | McNairy County | 6.05 |
| 35 | Bradley County | 5.23 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 5.1 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.97 |
| 38 | Washington County | 4.51 |
| 39 | Williamson County | 4.45 |
| 40 | Hamblen County | 4.43 |
| 41 | Dickson County | 4.09 |
| 42 | Marion County | 4.04 |
| 43 | Anderson County | 4 |
| 44 | Coffee County | 3.84 |
| 45 | McMinn County | 3.82 |
| 46 | Warren County | 3.77 |
| 47 | Morgan County | 3.6 |
| 48 | Hardin County | 3.32 |
| 49 | Houston County | 3.05 |
| 50 | Blount County | 3.04 |
| 51 | Decatur County | 2.93 |
| 52 | Roane County | 2.72 |
| 53 | Humphreys County | 2.71 |
| 54 | Moore County | 2.58 |
| 55 | Perry County | 2.52 |
| 56 | Benton County | 2.44 |
| 57 | Putnam County | 2.39 |
| 58 | Johnson County | 2.31 |
| 58 | Smith County | 2.31 |
| 59 | Sullivan County | 2.3 |
| 60 | Rhea County | 2.24 |
| 61 | Greene County | 2.21 |
| 62 | Monroe County | 2.2 |
| 63 | Cocke County | 2.12 |
| 64 | Jefferson County | 2.1 |
| 65 | Lewis County | 1.97 |
| 66 | Cheatham County | 1.96 |
| 66 | DeKalb County | 1.96 |
| 67 | Lawrence County | 1.85 |
| 68 | Stewart County | 1.84 |
| 69 | White County | 1.8 |
| 70 | Cannon County | 1.79 |
| 71 | Clay County | 1.63 |
| 72 | Carter County | 1.61 |
| 73 | Loudon County | 1.54 |
| 74 | Meigs County | 1.52 |
| 75 | Hawkins County | 1.49 |
| 76 | Sevier County | 1.32 |
| 77 | Claiborne County | 1.14 |
| 77 | Macon County | 1.14 |
| 78 | Grainger County | 0.96 |
| 79 | Polk County | 0.76 |
| 80 | Van Buren County | 0.74 |
| 81 | Sequatchie County | 0.71 |
| 82 | Cumberland County | 0.69 |
| 83 | Overton County | 0.64 |
| 84 | Jackson County | 0.62 |
| 85 | Grundy County | 0.59 |
| 86 | Unicoi County | 0.54 |
| 87 | Hancock County | 0.52 |
| 87 | Union County | 0.52 |
| 88 | Campbell County | 0.5 |
| 89 | Fentress County | 0.48 |
| 90 | Scott County | 0.26 |
| 91 | Pickett County | 0.24 |