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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 95 SHOWN OF 95

Most segregated, Tennessee counties

Tennessee counties ranked by the CensusEasy Segregation Score, the White vs non-White index of dissimilarity across census tracts (2024 ACS). Higher means residents are more sorted into separate neighborhoods. This list covers the 95 counties in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 95 is 23. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Clay County, TN, up 63 places to #26.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020
01Shelby County, TNTN910,22660−1%
02▲1Robertson County, TNTN80,17547−2%
03▲3Davidson County, TNTN745,90443+1%
04▼2Morgan County, TNTN22,16042−27%
05▼1Hamilton County, TNTN390,83341−8%
06▲15Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61740+12%
07▲1Bedford County, TNTN55,27336−12%
08▲18Haywood County, TNTN17,04236+9%
09▲40Weakley County, TNTN33,26136+24%
10▲6Marshall County, TNTN38,07135−6%
11Madison County, TNTN100,79035−12%
12▲7Obion County, TNTN30,06735−4%
13▲1Gibson County, TNTN51,77935−7%
14▲22Sevier County, TNTN101,34234+13%
15▲22Wayne County, TNTN16,41634+10%
16▲50McNairy County, TNTN26,23633+40%
17▲57Grainger County, TNTN25,73933+69%
18▲51Decatur County, TNTN11,82033+40%
19▲38Giles County, TNTN31,43332+14%
20▲58Fentress County, TNTN20,32231+76%
21▼4Hardeman County, TNTN25,27431−17%
22▲8Greene County, TNTN73,83131−3%
23▼16Henry County, TNTN32,89631−28%
24▲26Tipton County, TNTN62,28730+6%
25▲4Lawrence County, TNTN46,91430−5%
26▲63Clay County, TNTN7,82130+150%
27▼18Anderson County, TNTN82,06629−29%
28▼6Knox County, TNTN511,45328−19%
29▲3Putnam County, TNTN86,61228−10%
30▼20Loudon County, TNTN63,76428−30%
31▼19Cumberland County, TNTN66,30028−30%
32▲7Sumner County, TNTN215,53828−7%
33▲7Montgomery County, TNTN249,93527−10%
34▼6Maury County, TNTN118,13127−18%
35▲33Franklin County, TNTN45,57927+13%
36▼16Washington County, TNTN141,19926−29%
37▼32Hamblen County, TNTN68,84326−41%
38▼7Blount County, TNTN143,82026−18%
39▼4Lincoln County, TNTN36,85326−17%
40▲7Rutherford County, TNTN386,35225−13%
41▼26Dyer County, TNTN36,32025−33%
42▼9Dickson County, TNTN58,66225−21%
43▲5Williamson County, TNTN272,06125−16%
44▼26Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92024−35%
45▼3Overton County, TNTN23,78724−19%
46▲5Bradley County, TNTN115,46524−17%
47▼6Campbell County, TNTN40,29024−21%
48▲8Sullivan County, TNTN163,75923−17%
49▼15Hardin County, TNTN27,98323−26%
50▲10Marion County, TNTN29,80423−13%
51▲4Wilson County, TNTN175,03322−20%
52▲6Pickett County, TNTN5,21922−18%
53▲18Coffee County, TNTN62,41922−2%
54▲10DeKalb County, TNTN21,87322−11%
55▼1Smith County, TNTN20,98121−25%
56▲29Claiborne County, TNTN33,22921+51%
57▼12Cocke County, TNTN37,88921−28%
58▼12Union County, TNTN21,45021−28%
59▲11Monroe County, TNTN49,73021−6%
60▼22White County, TNTN29,61221−31%
61▼37Chester County, TNTN17,99421−38%
62▲13Scott County, TNTN22,67120+9%
63▼36Johnson County, TNTN18,71820−38%
64▼20Henderson County, TNTN28,51820−32%
65▼40Carter County, TNTN57,36120−41%
66▲20Warren County, TNTN43,71719+41%
67▲5Jefferson County, TNTN60,02419−12%
68▼25Hickman County, TNTN26,21919−37%
69▼8Roane County, TNTN57,39518−30%
70▼5Carroll County, TNTN29,20018−24%
71▲11Stewart County, TNTN14,43917+8%
72▲15Unicoi County, TNTN17,85617+23%
73▼21Rhea County, TNTN34,84417−42%
74▼15McMinn County, TNTN57,40416−41%
75▲8Cheatham County, TNTN42,77816+1%
76▼13Hawkins County, TNTN59,55916−36%
77▲2Humphreys County, TNTN19,64614−19%
78▼65Benton County, TNTN16,18314−65%
79▲15Hancock County, TNTN7,07513+165%
80▲4Crockett County, TNTN14,00612−17%
81▼58Cannon County, TNTN15,29612−65%
82▲9Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86112+53%
83▼3Polk County, TNTN18,59212−32%
84▲6Van Buren County, TNTN6,87411+17%
85▼8Houston County, TNTN8,47911−39%
86▲9Lewis County, TNTN13,48711+3121%
87▲1Jackson County, TNTN12,46611−12%
88▼26Grundy County, TNTN14,11610−63%
89▼22Fayette County, TNTN45,07110−59%
90▼9Macon County, TNTN27,6639−45%
91▼38Moore County, TNTN6,9209−69%
92▼19Perry County, TNTN9,1267−68%
93▼1Trousdale County, TNTN12,6236−6%
94▼18Lake County, TNTN6,2496−67%
95▼2Meigs County, TNTN14,1866+8%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES