Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (53.75%), followed by Haywood County (50.34%), and Hardeman County (41.89%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019
Shelby
Haywood
Hardeman
Madison
Lauderdale
Lake
Fayette
Davidson
Montgomery
Hamilton
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Shelby County 53.75
2 Haywood County 50.34
3 Hardeman County 41.89
4 Madison County 37.4
5 Lauderdale County 34.67
6 Lake County 27.68
7 Fayette County 27.29
8 Davidson County 26.91
9 Montgomery County 20.34
10 Hamilton County 18.98
11 Tipton County 18.28
12 Gibson County 17.86
13 Rutherford County 15.82
14 Dyer County 14.37
15 Crockett County 13.52
16 Maury County 11.69
17 Trousdale County 11.18
18 Obion County 10.52
19 Giles County 10.06
20 Carroll County 9.92
21 Chester County 9.18
22 Knox County 8.67
23 Sumner County 8.01
24 Bedford County 7.61
24 Henderson County 7.61
25 Henry County 7.48
25 Robertson County 7.48
26 Weakley County 7.47
27 Bledsoe County 7.46
28 Wilson County 7.26
29 Lincoln County 6.72
30 Wayne County 6.66
31 Marshall County 6.17
32 McNairy County 5.99
33 Franklin County 5.05
34 Hickman County 4.86
35 Bradley County 4.85
36 Williamson County 4.3
37 Washington County 4.26
38 Anderson County 3.94
39 Dickson County 3.91
40 Marion County 3.9
41 Hamblen County 3.77
42 McMinn County 3.7
43 Morgan County 3.67
44 Coffee County 3.65
45 Hardin County 3.25
45 Warren County 3.25
46 Blount County 2.9
47 Decatur County 2.88
48 Houston County 2.85
49 Roane County 2.69
50 Humphreys County 2.53
51 Benton County 2.48
52 Perry County 2.34
53 Moore County 2.33
54 Sullivan County 2.22
55 Johnson County 2.18
56 Putnam County 2.16
57 Smith County 2.15
58 Greene County 2.09
59 Cocke County 2.02
60 Cheatham County 2
61 Lewis County 1.97
61 Rhea County 1.97
62 Monroe County 1.9
63 Jefferson County 1.87
64 Stewart County 1.76
65 White County 1.73
66 Lawrence County 1.71
67 Cannon County 1.6
68 Carter County 1.57
69 Clay County 1.54
70 Meigs County 1.5
71 Hawkins County 1.41
72 DeKalb County 1.4
73 Loudon County 1.3
74 Sevier County 1.14
75 Claiborne County 1.08
76 Macon County 0.98
77 Grainger County 0.78
78 Van Buren County 0.73
79 Polk County 0.68
80 Grundy County 0.63
80 Overton County 0.63
81 Cumberland County 0.61
81 Jackson County 0.61
82 Sequatchie County 0.58
83 Hancock County 0.53
84 Union County 0.47
85 Campbell County 0.42
85 Fentress County 0.42
86 Unicoi County 0.37
87 Pickett County 0.28
88 Scott County 0.25