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Cities in Tennessee ranked by Non-Hispanic Black Population

This list ranks the 342 cities in Tennessee based on their Non-Hispanic 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 13, 2025

Top 5 cities with the largest Non-Hispanic Black population in Tennessee

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  • 1
    Memphis
    Non-Hispanic Black population in Memphis is 405,249
    61.39% of Memphis population is Non-Hispanic Black
  • 2
    Chattanooga
    Non-Hispanic Black population in Chattanooga is 57,087
    29.12% of Chattanooga population is Non-Hispanic Black
  • 3
    Clarksville
    Non-Hispanic Black population in Clarksville is 48,652
    25.01% of Clarksville population is Non-Hispanic Black
  • 4
    Jackson
    Non-Hispanic Black population in Jackson is 31,386
    43.78% of Jackson population is Non-Hispanic Black
  • 5
    Knoxville
    Non-Hispanic Black population in Knoxville is 36,145
    17.20% of Knoxville population is Non-Hispanic Black

List of 342 cities in Tennessee by Non-Hispanic Black Population

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

List of cities with no Non-Hispanic Black Population in Tennessee

According to data from the United States Census Bureau, the following cities in Tennessee have no recorded Non-Hispanic 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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American population, using the most recent ACS data available.

How the Census Defines Non-Hispanic 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 Non-Hispanic 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 Non-Hispanic Black alone, while others identify as Non-Hispanic Black along with another race (such as Non-Hispanic Black and White).
  • Hispanic / Latino origin is reported separately from race, so someone can be both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black .
  • We’ve used the “Non-Hispanic Black alone or in combination” category unless noted otherwise, which gives a broader picture of the Non-Hispanic Black population in each area.

How We Ranked the Data

This ranking is based on the total number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic 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 Non-Hispanic Black .
  2. % of Total Tennessee Non-Hispanic Black Population – This tells us how much of the entire U.S. Non-Hispanic 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 Non-Hispanic 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 Non-Hispanic 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 Non-Hispanic 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.