2025

Cities in Tennessee ranked by Black Population

This list ranks the 342 cities in Tennessee based on their Black or African American population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in these cities over the past five years.
Updated Feb 10, 2025

Top 5 cities with the largest Black population in Tennessee

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  • 1
    Memphis
    Black population in Memphis is 405,249
    61.39% of Memphis population is Black
  • 2
    Chattanooga
    Black population in Chattanooga is 57,087
    29.12% of Chattanooga population is Black
  • 3
    Clarksville
    Black population in Clarksville is 48,652
    25.01% of Clarksville population is Black
  • 4
    Knoxville
    Black population in Knoxville is 36,145
    17.20% of Knoxville population is Black
  • 5
    Murfreesboro
    Black population in Murfreesboro is 33,105
    19.13% of Murfreesboro population is Black

List of 342 cities in Tennessee by Black Population

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Rank by Black Population
City
Black Population
% of Total City Population
% of Total Tennessee Black Population
5 Year Rank Trend
1 Memphis 405,249 61.39% 47.26%
2 Chattanooga 57,087 29.12% 6.66%
3 Clarksville 48,652 25.01% 5.67%
4 Knoxville 36,145 17.20% 4.22%
5 Murfreesboro 33,105 19.13% 3.86%
6 Jackson 31,386 43.78% 3.66%
7 Bartlett 13,300 22.42% 1.55%
8 11,413 25.79% 1.33%
9 10,891 17.59% 1.27%
10 8,808 18.36% 1.03%
11 8,292 16.47% 0.97%
12 6,820 69.65% 0.80%
13 6,046 11.23% 0.71%
14 5,997 6.45% 0.70%
15 5,935 13.07% 0.69%
16 5,934 7.86% 0.69%
17 5,806 8.92% 0.68%
18 5,547 10.76% 0.65%
19 5,096 57.99% 0.59%
20 4,981 25.52% 0.58%
21 4,722 28.37% 0.55%
22 4,557 56.21% 0.53%
23 4,358 20.35% 0.51%
24 3,784 13.84% 0.44%
25 3,736 30.62% 0.44%
26 3,525 6.12% 0.41%
27 3,501 64.30% 0.41%
28 3,343 7.73% 0.39%
29 3,162 5.40% 0.37%
30 3,020 35.58% 0.35%
31 2,859 12.35% 0.33%
32 2,771 8.04% 0.32%
33 2,573 21.26% 0.30%
34 2,503 7.05% 0.29%
35 2,439 24.93% 0.28%
36 2,425 27.78% 0.28%
37 2,272 24.87% 0.26%
38 2,215 4.66% 0.26%
39 2,175 20.18% 0.25%
40 2,169 43.74% 0.25%
41 2,110 18.64% 0.25%
42 2,076 13.04% 0.24%
43 1,991 4.70% 0.23%
44 1,903 14.69% 0.22%
45 1,871 10.93% 0.22%
46 1,813 12.36% 0.21%
47 1,782 4.67% 0.21%
48 1,722 21.88% 0.20%
49 1,710 47.86% 0.20%
50 1,609 7.35% 0.19%
51 1,499 17.99% 0.17%
52 1,485 22.56% 0.17%
53 1,461 9.60% 0.17%
54 1,423 11.98% 0.17%
55 1,405 32.27% 0.16%
56 1,373 10.46% 0.16%
57 1,363 13.16% 0.16%
58 1,351 26.63% 0.16%
59 1,256 9.64% 0.15%
60 1,202 4.14% 0.14%
61 1,159 10.80% 0.14%
62 1,154 29.05% 0.13%
63 1,078 82.04% 0.13%
64 1,051 3.10% 0.12%
65 1,046 8.26% 0.12%
66 1,041 17.84% 0.12%
67 982 20.68% 0.11%
68 930 5.57% 0.11%
68 930 6.86% 0.11%
69 926 19.79% 0.11%
70 886 74.83% 0.10%
71 825 26.23% 0.10%
72 818 10.52% 0.10%
73 817 12.56% 0.10%
74 712 11.28% 0.08%
75 699 16.72% 0.08%
76 687 7.55% 0.08%
77 679 4.55% 0.08%
78 665 4.49% 0.08%
79 600 20.99% 0.07%
80 577 19.23% 0.07%
81 548 21.47% 0.06%
82 544 3.99% 0.06%
83 522 24.23% 0.06%
84 517 3.26% 0.06%
85 504 57.34% 0.06%
86 503 17.05% 0.06%
87 489 21.24% 0.06%
88 471 23.21% 0.05%
89 461 8.21% 0.05%
90 455 3.60% 0.05%
91 453 3.02% 0.05%
92 452 6.65% 0.05%
93 440 4.07% 0.05%
94 424 18.17% 0.05%
95 420 23.05% 0.05%
96 417 5.52% 0.05%
97 404 5.05% 0.05%
98 393 10.97% 0.05%
99 380 15.31% 0.04%
99 380 66.67% 0.04%
100 376 60.06% 0.04%
101 358 1.82% 0.04%
102 351 6.82% 0.04%
103 347 62.75% 0.04%
104 345 1.36% 0.04%
105 333 6.68% 0.04%
106 328 4.48% 0.04%
107 321 4.97% 0.04%
108 319 7.71% 0.04%
109 302 60.28% 0.04%
109 302 8.71% 0.04%
110 291 9.35% 0.03%
111 285 3.10% 0.03%
112 282 4.50% 0.03%
113 271 7.43% 0.03%
114 265 2.23% 0.03%
115 257 9.81% 0.03%
116 253 42.81% 0.03%
117 252 4.49% 0.03%
118 247 8.50% 0.03%
119 243 6.19% 0.03%
120 242 3.46% 0.03%
121 240 3.47% 0.03%
122 230 11.63% 0.03%
122 230 1.68% 0.03%
123 226 30.34% 0.03%
124 222 11.89% 0.03%
125 218 28.46% 0.03%
126 209 5.10% 0.02%
126 209 4.65% 0.02%
127 205 17.60% 0.02%
128 203 40.68% 0.02%
129 195 6.68% 0.02%
130 193 9.71% 0.02%
131 188 10.07% 0.02%
132 175 3.64% 0.02%
133 170 3.09% 0.02%
133 170 9.93% 0.02%
134 168 12.61% 0.02%
134 168 2.93% 0.02%
135 165 7.30% 0.02%
136 163 2.88% 0.02%
136 163 3.40% 0.02%
137 157 6.21% 0.02%
137 157 13.18% 0.02%
138 156 11.51% 0.02%
139 151 4.03% 0.02%
140 144 3.16% 0.02%
141 143 2.38% 0.02%
142 142 1.33% 0.02%
143 137 21.85% 0.02%
143 137 9.16% 0.02%
143 137 31.21% 0.02%
144 132 6.98% 0.02%
145 131 16.79% 0.02%
145 131 8.33% 0.02%
146 127 3.52% 0.01%
147 126 5.86% 0.01%
148 123 9.93% 0.01%
149 121 6.51% 0.01%
150 118 13.45% 0.01%
151 110 9.29% 0.01%
152 108 5.47% 0.01%
153 103 1.80% 0.01%
153 103 33.99% 0.01%
154 101 12.85% 0.01%
154 101 3.56% 0.01%
155 100 7.61% 0.01%
156 98 1.83% 0.01%
157 97 27.40% 0.01%
158 94 6.43% 0.01%
159 93 5.00% 0.01%
160 87 4.63% 0.01%
161 85 1.89% 0.01%
162 81 5.94% 0.01%
163 80 2.77% 0.01%
163 80 1.99% 0.01%
164 79 16.26% 0.01%
164 79 4.73% 0.01%
165 76 8.66% 0.01%
165 76 2.81% 0.01%
166 74 1.44% 0.01%
166 74 9.60% 0.01%
167 73 9.80% 0.01%
167 73 3.34% 0.01%
168 72 19.25% 0.01%
169 71 4.49% 0.01%
169 71 2.85% 0.01%
170 69 2.91% 0.01%
171 68 7.00% 0.01%
171 68 5.87% 0.01%
172 67 3.62% 0.01%
173 66 2.33% 0.01%
174 65 3.28% 0.01%
174 65 1.86% 0.01%
175 60 2.80% 0.01%
175 60 3.60% 0.01%
176 59 4.24% 0.01%
176 59 2.29% 0.01%
176 59 6.67% 0.01%
177 57 4.01% 0.01%
177 57 13.10% 0.01%
178 55 1.86% 0.01%
179 53 4.78% 0.01%
180 51 4.25% 0.01%
180 51 0.72% 0.01%
181 50 0.66% 0.01%
182 48 5.35% 0.01%
183 47 3.34% 0.01%
183 47 1.13% 0.01%
184 46 7.85% 0.01%
184 46 16.85% 0.01%
184 46 0.50% 0.01%
185 45 7.45% 0.01%
186 44 17.60% 0.01%
186 44 6.49% 0.01%
187 43 2.96% 0.01%
187 43 1.91% 0.01%
188 42 5.33% -
188 42 2.26% -
189 41 1.84% -
190 39 2.89% -
190 39 9.63% -
190 39 3.03% -
190 39 11.96% -
191 38 5.04% -
191 38 1.56% -
192 37 1.73% -
192 37 1.75% -
192 37 4.42% -
193 36 6.65% -
193 36 1.21% -
193 36 1.27% -
194 35 2.47% -
194 35 2.21% -
195 34 3.32% -
195 34 0.55% -
196 33 0.46% -
196 33 1.94% -
197 32 1.09% -
198 30 10.07% -
198 30 2.39% -
198 30 5.70% -
198 30 3.69% -
199 29 4.28% -
199 29 10.78% -
200 28 0.95% -
200 28 1.09% -
201 27 2.85% -
201 27 2.33% -
201 27 0.66% -
202 26 0.67% -
202 26 2.19% -
202 26 1.33% -
203 24 3.33% -
204 23 4.82% -
204 23 0.98% -
204 23 3.76% -
205 22 2.84% -
206 21 1.85% -
206 21 3.52% -
207 20 1.14% -
207 20 7.97% -
207 20 2.02% -
207 20 0.97% -
208 19 5.43% -
208 19 3.48% -
208 19 1.95% -
209 18 0.42% -
209 18 1.33% -
209 18 3.19% -
210 17 0.59% -
211 16 2.35% -
211 16 2.99% -
211 16 0.97% -
211 16 2.08% -
212 14 3.59% -
213 13 2.14% -
213 13 2.06% -
213 13 2.15% -
214 12 2.40% -
214 12 3.09% -
214 12 1.59% -
214 12 0.61% -
215 10 0.49% -
215 10 2.08% -
215 10 2.35% -
215 10 2.66% -
215 10 1.64% -
216 9 0.56% -
217 8 0.45% -
217 8 7.62% -
217 8 0.50% -
217 8 6.30% -
218 7 0.32% -
218 7 0.38% -
219 6 4.03% -
219 6 0.30% -
220 5 1.53% -
220 5 1.82% -
220 5 0.98% -
221 4 0.37% -
221 4 0.24% -
221 4 0.33% -
222 3 0.50% -
222 3 0.25% -
223 2 2.99% -
223 2 0.18% -
223 2 0.11% -
224 1 0.24% -
224 1 0.51% -
224 1 0.21% -
224 1 0.32% -

List of cities with no Black Population in Tennessee

According to data from the United States Census Bureau, the following cities in Tennessee have no recorded Black population*:
  • Allardt
  • Bean Station
  • Beersheba Springs
  • Bluff City
  • Bulls Gap
  • Coalmont
  • Crab Orchard
  • Ethridge
  • Hornsby
  • La Grange
  • Lobelville
  • Luttrell
  • Mitchellville
  • Monterey
  • Mount Carmel
  • Orme
  • Pittman Center
  • Powells Crossroads
  • Samburg
  • Slayden
  • Stantonville
  • Sunbright
  • Winfield
  • Adamsville
  • Enville
  • Milledgeville
  • Silerton
  • White Pine
* These cities were not included in the ranking above, as they do not meet the population criteria. It is possible that a small population exists but was not reported or captured due to limitations or variations in Census data collection and reporting.

Methodology

This ranking list is based on data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The ACS is one of the most reliable sources for understanding population trends across different locations, and it provides estimates for various racial and ethnic groups at city, county, state and all geography levels down to the Census block group.
This list ranks cities in Tennessee by their Black or African American population, using the most recent ACS data available.

How the Census Defines Black Population

The U.S. Census Bureau allows people to self-identify their race, meaning individuals can choose one or more racial categories when responding to the survey. In this ranking, we include everyone who identifies as Black, whether alone or in combination with another race.
Here are a few important things to know about how race is reported:
  • Some people identify as Black alone, while others identify as Black along with another race (such as Black and White).
  • Hispanic / Latino origin is reported separately from race, so someone can be both Hispanic and Black .
  • We’ve used the “Black alone or in combination” category unless noted otherwise, which gives a broader picture of the Black population in each area.

How We Ranked the Data

This ranking is based on the total number of people who identified as Black alone or in combination in cities. To provide additional context, we’ve also included two key percentages:
  1. % of Total City Population – This shows what percentage of the total state population identifies as Black .
  2. % of Total Tennessee Black Population – This tells us how much of the entire U.S. Black population lives in that state.
To keep things simple, all population numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number, and percentages are rounded to one decimal place. Because of rounding, some percentages may not add up to exactly 100%.

Things to Keep in Mind

Like all survey-based data, ACS estimates come with some limitations. Here are a few things to be aware of:
  • In places with very small Black populations, the numbers may not be reported at all due to privacy protections or sampling variability in the survey.
  • Since the ACS is based on a sample, the numbers are estimates, not exact counts. That means they may slightly differ from other sources like the decennial U.S. Census.
  • Cities that don’t have any reported Black population are not included in the ranking but are listed separately below for reference.
This ranking is meant to provide a clear, data-driven look at where Black populations are most concentrated while keeping the numbers easy to understand.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.