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Dyer County, Tennessee
5,362 Black residents · 14.6% of the county · ranked 19 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population
The gazetteer enters Dyer County, Tennessee, on its published figures: a total population of 36,801 in 2020, with 5,362 Black residents counted alone — 14.6% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 36,801 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,362 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 14.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties | 19 of 95 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The published record across two censuses for Dyer County: 5,477 Black residents in 2010, 5,362 in 2020 — declined by 2.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 14.3% to 14.6%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Within Tennessee, the Census Bureau counts 95 counties and county equivalents, Dyer County among them; it stands 19 by Black population, with 5,362 Black residents of the state's 1.1 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Dyer County, Tennessee, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Dyer County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Dyer County page is their frame: 36,801 residents, 5,362 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.