Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2011
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (52.34%), followed by Haywood County (49.75%), and Hardeman County (41.29%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2011
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Shelby County | 52.34 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 49.75 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.29 |
| 4 | Madison County | 36.65 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 34.62 |
| 6 | Lake County | 27.92 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 27.7 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 27.59 |
| 9 | Hamilton County | 19.88 |
| 10 | Gibson County | 18.64 |
| 11 | Montgomery County | 18.59 |
| 12 | Tipton County | 18.49 |
| 13 | Dyer County | 14.28 |
| 14 | Crockett County | 12.87 |
| 15 | Rutherford County | 12.67 |
| 16 | Maury County | 12.26 |
| 17 | Obion County | 10.55 |
| 18 | Giles County | 10.2 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 10.03 |
| 20 | Chester County | 9.32 |
| 21 | Trousdale County | 9.19 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.72 |
| 23 | Henry County | 8.03 |
| 24 | Henderson County | 7.71 |
| 25 | Weakley County | 7.66 |
| 26 | Bedford County | 7.4 |
| 27 | Robertson County | 7.38 |
| 28 | Lincoln County | 6.7 |
| 29 | Sumner County | 6.47 |
| 30 | Wilson County | 6.42 |
| 31 | Marshall County | 6.4 |
| 32 | Wayne County | 5.93 |
| 33 | McNairy County | 5.8 |
| 34 | Franklin County | 5.03 |
| 35 | Hickman County | 4.55 |
| 36 | Williamson County | 4.25 |
| 37 | Bradley County | 4.21 |
| 38 | Dickson County | 4.06 |
| 39 | Bledsoe County | 4.01 |
| 40 | Washington County | 3.96 |
| 41 | Anderson County | 3.88 |
| 42 | McMinn County | 3.87 |
| 43 | Hamblen County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Morgan County | 3.77 |
| 45 | Marion County | 3.67 |
| 46 | Hardin County | 3.54 |
| 47 | Coffee County | 3.47 |
| 48 | Decatur County | 2.87 |
| 49 | Warren County | 2.84 |
| 50 | Blount County | 2.75 |
| 51 | Roane County | 2.63 |
| 52 | Humphreys County | 2.48 |
| 53 | Houston County | 2.41 |
| 54 | Moore County | 2.29 |
| 55 | Smith County | 2.21 |
| 56 | Sullivan County | 2.15 |
| 57 | Benton County | 2.14 |
| 58 | Johnson County | 2.05 |
| 59 | Greene County | 2.02 |
| 59 | Monroe County | 2.02 |
| 60 | Putnam County | 1.98 |
| 61 | Rhea County | 1.97 |
| 62 | Jefferson County | 1.96 |
| 63 | Cocke County | 1.93 |
| 64 | White County | 1.77 |
| 65 | Lewis County | 1.7 |
| 66 | Perry County | 1.63 |
| 67 | Lawrence County | 1.61 |
| 68 | Stewart County | 1.43 |
| 69 | Cheatham County | 1.41 |
| 70 | Clay County | 1.4 |
| 71 | Hawkins County | 1.31 |
| 72 | Cannon County | 1.3 |
| 73 | Carter County | 1.28 |
| 73 | DeKalb County | 1.28 |
| 74 | Meigs County | 1.2 |
| 75 | Loudon County | 1.14 |
| 76 | Claiborne County | 0.94 |
| 77 | Sevier County | 0.77 |
| 78 | Grainger County | 0.5 |
| 79 | Overton County | 0.48 |
| 80 | Van Buren County | 0.45 |
| 81 | Macon County | 0.43 |
| 82 | Sequatchie County | 0.39 |
| 83 | Hancock County | 0.37 |
| 83 | Polk County | 0.37 |
| 84 | Grundy County | 0.33 |
| 85 | Cumberland County | 0.31 |
| 86 | Campbell County | 0.3 |
| 87 | Jackson County | 0.28 |
| 88 | Fentress County | 0.25 |
| 88 | Unicoi County | 0.25 |
| 89 | Pickett County | 0.2 |
| 90 | Union County | 0.16 |
| 91 | Scott County | 0.09 |