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Gibson County, Tennessee

8,965 Black residents · 17.8% of the county · ranked 16 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population

In Gibson County, Tennessee, the 2020 Census counted 50,429 people, 8,965 of them Black alone. At 17.8%, Gibson County's Black share stands against the state's 15.8% — the comparison this entry is built around.

Black share of state population — Tennessee highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

Measure	Figure
Total population, 2020	50,429
Black residents (alone), 2020	8,965
Black share of the county, 2020	17.8%
Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties	16 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

In 2010 Gibson County counted 9,340 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 8,965. The population declined by 4.0% across the decade, and the Black share in Gibson County moved from 18.8% to 17.8%.

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

The state's Black population of 1.1 million is spread across 95 counties and county equivalents; Gibson County holds 8,965 of it, rank 16 in the state's order. The county page for Gibson County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Gibson 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 Gibson County page is their frame: 50,429 residents, 8,965 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.