The graph below ranks each Tennessee County by total of Black residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
Tennessee total of Black population by county
| County | Black Population |
| Shelby |  496,255 |
| Davidson | 182,313 |
| Hamilton | 69,462 |
| Knox | 40,143 |
| Madison | 36,449 |
| Montgomery | 36,114 |
| Rutherford | 35,908 |
| Tipton | 11,648 |
| Sumner | 11,117 |
| Hardeman | 11,071 |
| Fayette | 10,759 |
| Maury | 10,257 |
| Lauderdale | 9,723 |
| Gibson | 9,239 |
| Haywood | 9,153 |
| Williamson | 8,685 |
| Wilson | 7,858 |
| Dyer | 5,623 |
| Robertson | 5,142 |
| Washington | 5,122 |
| Bradley | 4,650 |
| Bedford | 3,776 |
| Sullivan | 3,603 |
| Blount | 3,597 |
| Obion | 3,357 |
| Anderson | 3,091 |
| Carroll | 2,972 |
| Giles | 2,950 |
| Hamblen | 2,824 |
| Weakley | 2,813 |
| Henry | 2,619 |
| Lincoln | 2,343 |
| Henderson | 2,188 |
| Lake | 2,187 |
| Dickson | 2,161 |
| McMinn | 2,149 |
| Franklin | 2,121 |
| Marshall | 2,075 |
| Crockett | 1,988 |
| Coffee | 1,967 |
| Putnam | 1,606 |
| Chester | 1,599 |
| McNairy | 1,570 |
| Greene | 1,509 |
| Roane | 1,444 |
| Warren | 1,354 |
| Jefferson | 1,200 |
| Hickman | 1,187 |
| Marion | 1,101 |
| Monroe | 1,038 |
| Wayne | 1,020 |
| Sevier | 1,017 |
| Hardin | 963 |
| Morgan | 837 |
| Carter | 803 |
| Hawkins | 792 |
| Trousdale | 741 |
| Cocke | 712 |
| Rhea | 711 |
| Loudon | 696 |
| Lawrence | 674 |
| Cheatham | 668 |
| Bledsoe | 512 |
| White | 495 |
| Humphreys | 494 |
| Smith | 421 |
| Benton | 409 |
| Johnson | 398 |
| Decatur | 361 |
| DeKalb | 360 |
| Claiborne | 317 |
| Cumberland | 285 |
| Stewart | 280 |
| Lewis | 250 |
| Houston | 244 |
| Cannon | 221 |
| Meigs | 175 |
| Perry | 165 |
| Campbell | 162 |
| Moore | 152 |
| Grainger | 136 |
| Macon | 135 |
| Overton | 133 |
| Clay | 125 |
| Polk | 100 |
| Unicoi | 73 |
| Sequatchie | 72 |
| Grundy | 68 |
| Fentress | 54 |
| Jackson | 46 |
| Scott | 44 |
| Union | 38 |
| Van Buren | 34 |
| Hancock | 20 |
| Pickett | 10 |