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Tennessee: the counties with the highest share of Black students

90 counties

Tennessee public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
1Haywood CountyTN72,4221,63067.3%
2Shelby CountyTN270154,20989,93258.3%
3Fayette CountyTN82,9411,67256.9%
4Hardeman CountyTN93,1571,68953.5%
5Madison CountyTN2613,0506,95153.3%
6Lauderdale CountyTN73,2771,35741.4%
7Davidson CountyTN17386,00529,71734.6%
8Montgomery CountyTN4640,24310,04825.0%
9Hamilton CountyTN8245,98110,87423.6%
10Tipton CountyTN149,9752,31623.2%
11Gibson CountyTN228,9001,83920.7%
12Dyer CountyTN126,1851,24320.1%
13Rutherford CountyTN6761,90411,52718.6%
14Maury CountyTN2413,0982,11016.1%
15Knox CountyTN9863,0148,52613.5%
16Obion CountyTN104,60658512.7%
17Crockett CountyTN72,97635712.0%
18Chester CountyTN62,80133211.9%
19Lewis CountyTN73,73144511.9%
20Giles CountyTN83,59541111.4%
21Robertson CountyTN2514,2811,59011.1%
22Sumner CountyTN5330,7193,15510.3%
23Wilson CountyTN3225,3312,52410.0%
24Lincoln CountyTN114,9794939.9%
25Weakley CountyTN103,9933919.8%
26Henry CountyTN94,4624049.1%
27Carroll CountyTN144,3643748.6%
28Trousdale CountyTN31,4111037.3%
29Bedford CountyTN159,0426297.0%
30DeKalb CountyTN63,6442466.8%
31Henderson CountyTN124,7933276.8%
32Marion CountyTN124,0272355.8%
33Marshall CountyTN105,3223025.7%
34McNairy CountyTN93,7332145.7%
35Bradley CountyTN2516,0928845.5%
36Anderson CountyTN2812,0596445.3%
37Franklin CountyTN125,3552795.2%
38Washington CountyTN2515,7877885.0%
39Coffee CountyTN209,1903844.2%
40Williamson CountyTN6044,7541,6433.7%
41Hardin CountyTN73,2941193.6%
42Humphreys CountyTN62,641963.6%
43McMinn CountyTN137,1312563.6%
44Blount CountyTN3318,2576453.5%
45Dickson CountyTN177,7772683.4%
46Lawrence CountyTN146,8672093.0%
47Benton CountyTN62,150622.9%
48Hamblen CountyTN1810,3002892.8%
49Putnam CountyTN2211,7763112.6%
50Roane CountyTN186,1781632.6%

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