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Hardeman County, Tennessee
10,194 Black residents · 40.0% of the county · ranked 12 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population
In Hardeman County, Tennessee, the 2020 Census counted 25,462 people, 10,194 of them Black alone. At 40.0%, Hardeman County's Black share stands against the state's 15.8% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 25,462 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,194 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 40.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties | 12 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 Hardeman County counted 11,281 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 10,194. The population declined by 9.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Hardeman County moved from 41.4% to 40.0%.
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; Hardeman County holds 10,194 of it, rank 12 in the state's order. The county page for Hardeman County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Hardeman County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Hardeman County page holds the frame around them — 25,462 people in all, 10,194 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.