Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (53.21%), followed by Haywood County (50.75%), and Hardeman County (41.89%).
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 2020
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 53.21 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.75 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.89 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.68 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 35.28 |
| 6 | Lake County | 28.02 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 27.71 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 25.96 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 20.91 |
| 10 | Hamilton County | 18.64 |
| 11 | Tipton County | 18.3 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 18.06 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 15.95 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 14.69 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 14.06 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.68 |
| 17 | Trousdale County | 11.27 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.61 |
| 19 | Giles County | 10.14 |
| 20 | Carroll County | 10.07 |
| 21 | Chester County | 9.13 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.66 |
| 23 | Sumner County | 8.24 |
| 24 | Weakley County | 8.1 |
| 25 | Henderson County | 7.72 |
| 26 | Bedford County | 7.63 |
| 27 | Wilson County | 7.51 |
| 28 | Robertson County | 7.47 |
| 29 | Henry County | 7.34 |
| 30 | Bledsoe County | 7.01 |
| 31 | Wayne County | 6.93 |
| 32 | Lincoln County | 6.88 |
| 33 | Marshall County | 6.25 |
| 34 | McNairy County | 6.11 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 5.01 |
| 36 | Bradley County | 4.88 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.76 |
| 38 | Williamson County | 4.3 |
| 39 | Washington County | 4.29 |
| 40 | Anderson County | 3.97 |
| 41 | Dickson County | 3.92 |
| 42 | Marion County | 3.9 |
| 43 | Coffee County | 3.88 |
| 44 | McMinn County | 3.77 |
| 45 | Morgan County | 3.74 |
| 46 | Hamblen County | 3.69 |
| 47 | Warren County | 3.33 |
| 48 | Houston County | 3.23 |
| 49 | Hardin County | 3.21 |
| 50 | Humphreys County | 2.99 |
| 51 | Blount County | 2.91 |
| 52 | Decatur County | 2.76 |
| 53 | Roane County | 2.74 |
| 54 | Benton County | 2.59 |
| 55 | Perry County | 2.47 |
| 56 | Smith County | 2.45 |
| 57 | Johnson County | 2.43 |
| 58 | Cheatham County | 2.37 |
| 59 | Greene County | 2.33 |
| 60 | Moore County | 2.29 |
| 61 | Sullivan County | 2.27 |
| 62 | Putnam County | 2.24 |
| 63 | Monroe County | 2.01 |
| 64 | Lewis County | 1.99 |
| 65 | Stewart County | 1.97 |
| 66 | Rhea County | 1.96 |
| 67 | Cocke County | 1.95 |
| 68 | Carter County | 1.9 |
| 69 | Jefferson County | 1.87 |
| 70 | Cannon County | 1.85 |
| 71 | White County | 1.82 |
| 72 | Lawrence County | 1.81 |
| 73 | Meigs County | 1.69 |
| 74 | DeKalb County | 1.55 |
| 75 | Clay County | 1.48 |
| 76 | Hawkins County | 1.47 |
| 77 | Loudon County | 1.3 |
| 78 | Claiborne County | 1.18 |
| 78 | Sevier County | 1.18 |
| 79 | Macon County | 0.98 |
| 80 | Grainger County | 0.95 |
| 81 | Van Buren County | 0.81 |
| 82 | Grundy County | 0.79 |
| 83 | Jackson County | 0.77 |
| 84 | Overton County | 0.69 |
| 85 | Polk County | 0.68 |
| 85 | Sequatchie County | 0.68 |
| 86 | Cumberland County | 0.65 |
| 87 | Hancock County | 0.51 |
| 88 | Campbell County | 0.46 |
| 89 | Fentress County | 0.44 |
| 89 | Union County | 0.44 |
| 90 | Unicoi County | 0.43 |
| 91 | Scott County | 0.32 |
| 92 | Pickett County | 0.24 |