Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (53.59%), followed by Haywood County (50.27%), and Hardeman County (41.78%).
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
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 53.59 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.27 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.78 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.42 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 34.04 |
| 6 | Lake County | 28.5 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 27.4 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 27.32 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 19.37 |
| 10 | Hamilton County | 19.25 |
| 11 | Tipton County | 18.41 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 18.37 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 14.94 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 13.94 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 13.61 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.66 |
| 17 | Trousdale County | 11.19 |
| 18 | Giles County | 10.48 |
| 19 | Obion County | 10.45 |
| 20 | Carroll County | 10.01 |
| 21 | Chester County | 8.98 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.71 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 7.6 |
| 24 | Henry County | 7.58 |
| 25 | Bedford County | 7.54 |
| 26 | Weakley County | 7.47 |
| 27 | Sumner County | 7.44 |
| 28 | Bledsoe County | 7.37 |
| 29 | Robertson County | 7.34 |
| 30 | Wilson County | 6.84 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 6.71 |
| 32 | Wayne County | 6.58 |
| 33 | Marshall County | 6.39 |
| 34 | McNairy County | 5.87 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 4.99 |
| 36 | Hickman County | 4.87 |
| 37 | Bradley County | 4.69 |
| 38 | Williamson County | 4.27 |
| 39 | Washington County | 4.25 |
| 40 | Dickson County | 4 |
| 41 | Anderson County | 3.94 |
| 42 | Marion County | 3.84 |
| 43 | Hamblen County | 3.72 |
| 44 | McMinn County | 3.7 |
| 45 | Morgan County | 3.63 |
| 46 | Coffee County | 3.51 |
| 47 | Hardin County | 3.26 |
| 48 | Warren County | 3.18 |
| 49 | Decatur County | 3.01 |
| 50 | Blount County | 2.91 |
| 51 | Houston County | 2.87 |
| 52 | Roane County | 2.65 |
| 53 | Humphreys County | 2.55 |
| 54 | Moore County | 2.3 |
| 55 | Benton County | 2.28 |
| 56 | Perry County | 2.27 |
| 57 | Johnson County | 2.24 |
| 58 | Smith County | 2.19 |
| 59 | Rhea County | 2.15 |
| 59 | Sullivan County | 2.15 |
| 60 | Putnam County | 2.1 |
| 61 | Greene County | 2.07 |
| 62 | Cocke County | 2.02 |
| 63 | Jefferson County | 1.96 |
| 64 | Lewis County | 1.93 |
| 64 | Monroe County | 1.93 |
| 65 | Stewart County | 1.74 |
| 66 | Cheatham County | 1.71 |
| 66 | White County | 1.71 |
| 67 | Lawrence County | 1.69 |
| 68 | Clay County | 1.61 |
| 69 | Cannon County | 1.52 |
| 70 | Carter County | 1.47 |
| 71 | Hawkins County | 1.45 |
| 72 | Meigs County | 1.38 |
| 73 | DeKalb County | 1.34 |
| 74 | Loudon County | 1.21 |
| 75 | Claiborne County | 1.16 |
| 76 | Sevier County | 1.08 |
| 77 | Macon County | 0.85 |
| 78 | Van Buren County | 0.73 |
| 79 | Grainger County | 0.69 |
| 80 | Polk County | 0.67 |
| 81 | Cumberland County | 0.58 |
| 82 | Grundy County | 0.56 |
| 83 | Overton County | 0.54 |
| 84 | Sequatchie County | 0.52 |
| 85 | Hancock County | 0.49 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 0.49 |
| 86 | Campbell County | 0.43 |
| 87 | Unicoi County | 0.4 |
| 88 | Fentress County | 0.38 |
| 89 | Union County | 0.29 |
| 90 | Scott County | 0.18 |
| 91 | Pickett County | 0.16 |