Tennessee's Black Population

Middle Division

Another concentration of counties with a high proportion of blacks is in the Middle Division of the state. This area consists of a north-south corridor extending from Montgomery, Robertson, and Summer counties on the Kentucky border to Giles and Lincoln on the Alabama border. The 14 counties that make up this corridor represent 34 percent of the counties in the Middle Division of the state and have a black-to-total population ratio of 11.7 percent. A total of 27.5 percent of all Tennessee blacks reside in these 14 counties. By far the largest black population in the Middle Division is in Davidson County (Nashville), which also contains the largest percentage of blacks (27.7 percent). Montgomery County was next with 19.1 percent black, while Maury and Rutherford counties were 12.5 percent black. These four counties accounted for 23.6 percent of all Tennessee blacks. Sumner County also had a large black population, but it was lower proportionately at 6.4 percent.

continued: Eastern Division

Davidson, Montgomery, Maury, and Rutherford counties accounted for 23.6 percent of all Tennessee blacks.

Middle Division Counties: Black Population Change and Rank, 2000-2010

	Census				Change
	2000		2010		2000		2010
County	Number	Rank	Number	Rank	Number	Rank	%	Rank
Bedford	3,189	24	3,564	22	375	19	11.8	35
Cannon	187	73	168	75	-19	70	-10.2	83
Cheatham	532	59	564	61	32	45	6	45
Clay	115	80	104	82	-11	67	-9.6	82
Coffee	1,724	40	1,845	39	121	30	7	43
Davidson	147,696	2	173,730	2	26,034	2	17.6	29
Dekalb	250	71	250	71	0	62	0	62
Dickson	1,978	39	2,056	37	78	36	3.9	53
Fentress	18	90	31	88	13	55	72.2	11
Franklin	2,157	35	2,109	35	-48	76	-2.2	68
Giles	3,476	22	3,012	26	-464	94	-13.3	90
Gundy	20	88	37	86	17	52	85	8
Hickman	1,009	50	1,120	47	111	31	11	36
Houston	268	70	193	73	-75	82	-28.0	95
Humphreys	527	60	463	64	-64	78	-12.1	88
Jackson	16	92	30	89	14	54	87.5	7
Lawrence	587	56	642	59	55	38	9.4	41
Lewis	165	74	199	72	34	44	20.6	23
Lincoln	2,304	33	2,269	32	-35	73	-1.5	65
Macon	44	84	93	83	49	39	1.11	5
Marshall	2,081	37	2003	38	-78	83	-3.7	69
Maury	9,904	12	10,154	12	250	24	2.5	56
Montgomery	25,848	6	32,982	6	7,134	4	28.0	18
Moore	156	76	145	77	-11	67	-7.1	77
Overton	56	83	87	84	31	46	55.4	13
Perry	130	78	119	79	-11	67	-8.5	79
Pickett	5	95	5	95	0	62	0	62
Putman	1,064	48	1,455	43	391	18	36.7	15
Robertson	4,691	19	4,934	19	243	25	5.2	49
Rutherford	17,312	7	32,886	7	15,574	3	90	6
Sequatchie	22	86	21	93	-1	65	-4.5	70
Smith	448	62	410	66	-38	74	-8.5	81
Stewart	159	75	188	74	29	48	18.2	27
Sumner	7,540	15	10,311	11	2,771	8	36.8	14
Trousdale	824	54	754	55	-70	81	-8.5	81
Van Buren	7	94	23	91	16	53	2.28	1
Warren	1,211	45	1,142	46	-69	79	-5.7	73
Wayne	1,145	47	978	50	-167	88	-14.6	91
White	378	68	459	65	81	34	21.4	21
Williamson	6,564	16	7,941	16	1,377	10	21	22
Wilson	5,563	17	7,297	17	1,734	9	31.2	17


Total	251,370		306,773		55,403		22.0
Tennessee	932,809		1,057,315