Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Tennessee counties, Shelby County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (53.34%), followed by Haywood County (50.02%), and Hardeman County (41.43%).
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 2022
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | 53.34 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 50.02 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 41.43 |
| 4 | Madison County | 37.77 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 34.97 |
| 6 | Fayette County | 27.25 |
| 7 | Lake County | 26.65 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 25.58 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 21.22 |
| 10 | Tipton County | 18.35 |
| 11 | Hamilton County | 17.99 |
| 12 | Gibson County | 17.49 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 16.41 |
| 14 | Dyer County | 14.96 |
| 15 | Crockett County | 13.69 |
| 16 | Maury County | 11.09 |
| 17 | Trousdale County | 11.07 |
| 18 | Obion County | 10.61 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 9.8 |
| 20 | Giles County | 9.66 |
| 21 | Chester County | 9.04 |
| 22 | Knox County | 8.48 |
| 23 | Sumner County | 8.35 |
| 24 | Weakley County | 8.19 |
| 25 | Bedford County | 7.73 |
| 26 | Henderson County | 7.7 |
| 27 | Wilson County | 7.64 |
| 28 | Robertson County | 7.38 |
| 29 | Henry County | 7.15 |
| 30 | Wayne County | 6.9 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 6.79 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 6.03 |
| 33 | McNairy County | 6.01 |
| 34 | Bledsoe County | 5.41 |
| 35 | Bradley County | 4.92 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 4.8 |
| 37 | Hickman County | 4.58 |
| 38 | Washington County | 4.16 |
| 39 | Williamson County | 4.07 |
| 40 | Anderson County | 3.9 |
| 40 | Coffee County | 3.9 |
| 41 | Marion County | 3.89 |
| 42 | Dickson County | 3.87 |
| 43 | McMinn County | 3.72 |
| 44 | Morgan County | 3.64 |
| 45 | Hamblen County | 3.59 |
| 46 | Warren County | 3.37 |
| 47 | Hardin County | 3.28 |
| 48 | Houston County | 3.17 |
| 49 | Perry County | 2.87 |
| 50 | Blount County | 2.86 |
| 51 | Cheatham County | 2.79 |
| 52 | Roane County | 2.74 |
| 53 | Humphreys County | 2.73 |
| 54 | Decatur County | 2.57 |
| 55 | Smith County | 2.48 |
| 56 | Benton County | 2.36 |
| 57 | Johnson County | 2.34 |
| 57 | Sullivan County | 2.34 |
| 58 | Moore County | 2.28 |
| 59 | Greene County | 2.26 |
| 60 | Putnam County | 2.21 |
| 61 | Lewis County | 2.12 |
| 62 | Meigs County | 2.11 |
| 63 | Cocke County | 2.05 |
| 64 | Carter County | 2.04 |
| 65 | Cannon County | 2.02 |
| 66 | Rhea County | 2 |
| 67 | Stewart County | 1.95 |
| 68 | Monroe County | 1.93 |
| 69 | Jefferson County | 1.91 |
| 70 | Lawrence County | 1.8 |
| 71 | White County | 1.76 |
| 72 | DeKalb County | 1.62 |
| 73 | Clay County | 1.5 |
| 74 | Hawkins County | 1.46 |
| 75 | Loudon County | 1.35 |
| 76 | Sevier County | 1.29 |
| 77 | Claiborne County | 1.19 |
| 78 | Macon County | 1.16 |
| 79 | Grundy County | 1.05 |
| 80 | Sequatchie County | 0.95 |
| 81 | Van Buren County | 0.93 |
| 82 | Grainger County | 0.89 |
| 83 | Jackson County | 0.86 |
| 84 | Overton County | 0.81 |
| 85 | Polk County | 0.76 |
| 86 | Cumberland County | 0.74 |
| 87 | Hancock County | 0.6 |
| 88 | Unicoi County | 0.57 |
| 89 | Union County | 0.54 |
| 90 | Fentress County | 0.52 |
| 91 | Campbell County | 0.5 |
| 92 | Pickett County | 0.39 |
| 93 | Scott County | 0.37 |