Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Tennessee counties, Scott County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.32%), followed by Hancock County (96.98%), and Pickett County (96.45%).

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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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
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Hancock
Pickett
Campbell
Fentress
Union
Overton
Van Buren
Grundy
Jackson
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Scott County 97.32
2 Hancock County 96.98
3 Pickett County 96.45
4 Campbell County 96.41
4 Fentress County 96.41
5 Union County 96.33
6 Overton County 96.21
7 Van Buren County 95.95
8 Grundy County 95.9
9 Jackson County 95.34
10 Claiborne County 95.13
11 Hawkins County 95.04
12 Polk County 94.98
13 Carter County 94.74
14 Clay County 94.56
15 Cumberland County 94.52
16 Grainger County 94.42
17 Meigs County 94.4
18 Johnson County 94.15
19 Cannon County 93.99
20 Lawrence County 93.72
21 White County 93.6
22 Sequatchie County 93.57
23 Sullivan County 93.54
24 Lewis County 93.5
25 Cocke County 93.2
26 Morgan County 93.17
27 Greene County 93.07
28 Benton County 93.01
29 Unicoi County 92.99
30 Smith County 92.92
31 Cheatham County 92.81
32 Roane County 92.78
33 Moore County 92.75
34 Humphreys County 92.6
35 Jefferson County 92.33
36 Houston County 92.08
37 Decatur County 91.93
38 Hardin County 91.86
39 Stewart County 91.75
40 Macon County 91.73
41 Perry County 91.71
42 Marion County 91.7
43 Monroe County 91.28
44 Blount County 91.02
45 Rhea County 90.47
46 Hickman County 90.28
47 Sevier County 89.99
48 McNairy County 89.82
49 Wayne County 89.71
50 Dickson County 89.62
51 Anderson County 89.3
52 McMinn County 89.13
53 Coffee County 88.72
54 Washington County 88.67
55 Franklin County 88.6
56 Putnam County 88.46
57 Bledsoe County 88.24
58 DeKalb County 88.19
59 Loudon County 87.68
60 Henderson County 87.62
61 Henry County 87.3
62 Weakley County 86.99
63 Lincoln County 86.82
64 Bradley County 86.05
65 Marshall County 85.55
66 Chester County 85.43
67 Warren County 85.27
68 Wilson County 85.23
69 Williamson County 84.73
70 Carroll County 84.65
71 Sumner County 84.26
72 Giles County 84.16
73 Trousdale County 83.98
74 Robertson County 83.42
75 Obion County 82.8
76 Knox County 82.42
77 Hamblen County 81.75
78 Dyer County 80.11
79 Maury County 79.31
80 Bedford County 77.05
81 Gibson County 76.77
82 Tipton County 75.77
83 Crockett County 73.97
84 Hamilton County 71.17
85 Rutherford County 70.95
86 Fayette County 68.08
87 Lake County 66.7
88 Montgomery County 63.57
89 Lauderdale County 60.86
90 Davidson County 56.36
91 Madison County 55.87
92 Hardeman County 54.26
93 Haywood County 43.72
94 Shelby County 35.92