# Counties in Tennessee by black or African American population share, 2024

All 95 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `black_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report Black or African American as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/black-population-share/tennessee-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/black-population-share/tennessee-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Shelby County | 52.3 |
| 2 | Haywood County | 48.8 |
| 3 | Hardeman County | 38.2 |
| 4 | Madison County | 36.2 |
| 5 | Lauderdale County | 33.5 |
| 6 | Fayette County | 25 |
| 7 | Davidson County | 24.3 |
| 8 | Lake County | 22.3 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 19.2 |
| 10 | Tipton County | 18.2 |
| 11 | Hamilton County | 16.9 |
| 12 | Dyer County | 15 |
| 13 | Rutherford County | 14.7 |
| 14 | Gibson County | 14.6 |
| 15 | Trousdale County | 11 |
| 16 | Crockett County | 10.8 |
| 17 | Obion County | 10.5 |
| 18 | Maury County | 10.3 |
| 19 | Chester County | 9.5 |
| 20 | Giles County | 8.6 |
| 21 | Sumner County | 8.4 |
| 22 | Carroll County | 8.3 |
| 23 | Knox County | 8 |
| 24 | Weakley County | 7.9 |
| 25 | Henderson County | 7.9 |
| 26 | Robertson County | 7.2 |
| 27 | Wilson County | 7.1 |
| 28 | Henry County | 6.6 |
| 29 | Bedford County | 6.3 |
| 30 | Bledsoe County | 6.1 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 5.6 |
| 32 | McNairy County | 5.4 |
| 33 | Franklin County | 4.9 |
| 34 | Johnson County | 4.7 |
| 35 | Wayne County | 4.3 |
| 36 | Morgan County | 4.2 |
| 37 | Bradley County | 4.1 |
| 38 | Coffee County | 4.1 |
| 39 | Williamson County | 3.9 |
| 40 | Marshall County | 3.7 |
| 41 | Washington County | 3.5 |
| 42 | Hardin County | 3.4 |
| 43 | Clay County | 3.3 |
| 44 | Anderson County | 3.3 |
| 45 | McMinn County | 3.2 |
| 46 | Hickman County | 3.1 |
| 47 | Dickson County | 3 |
| 48 | Marion County | 3 |
| 49 | Hamblen County | 2.9 |
| 50 | Decatur County | 2.7 |
| 51 | Warren County | 2.6 |
| 52 | Houston County | 2.6 |
| 53 | Roane County | 2.6 |
| 54 | Blount County | 2.5 |
| 55 | Putnam County | 2.4 |
| 56 | Cannon County | 2.3 |
| 57 | Meigs County | 2.2 |
| 58 | Cocke County | 2.2 |
| 59 | Moore County | 2.2 |
| 60 | Sullivan County | 2 |
| 61 | Monroe County | 2 |
| 62 | Cheatham County | 2 |
| 63 | Carter County | 1.9 |
| 64 | Smith County | 1.9 |
| 65 | Humphreys County | 1.8 |
| 66 | Greene County | 1.7 |
| 67 | Jefferson County | 1.5 |
| 67 | Rhea County | 1.5 |
| 69 | Benton County | 1.5 |
| 70 | DeKalb County | 1.5 |
| 71 | Stewart County | 1.4 |
| 72 | Lawrence County | 1.4 |
| 72 | Overton County | 1.4 |
| 74 | Hawkins County | 1.3 |
| 75 | Loudon County | 1.2 |
| 76 | Sevier County | 1.1 |
| 77 | Grainger County | 1.1 |
| 78 | White County | 1 |
| 79 | Polk County | 0.8 |
| 80 | Cumberland County | 0.7 |
| 81 | Unicoi County | 0.7 |
| 82 | Macon County | 0.6 |
| 83 | Claiborne County | 0.6 |
| 84 | Lewis County | 0.6 |
| 85 | Hancock County | 0.6 |
| 86 | Campbell County | 0.5 |
| 87 | Grundy County | 0.5 |
| 87 | Sequatchie County | 0.5 |
| 89 | Jackson County | 0.4 |
| 90 | Union County | 0.3 |
| 91 | Perry County | 0.3 |
| 92 | Van Buren County | 0.3 |
| 93 | Scott County | 0.2 |
| 94 | Fentress County | 0.2 |
| 95 | Pickett County | 0.1 |