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Lauderdale County, Tennessee
8,421 Black residents · 33.5% of the county · ranked 17 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population
Lauderdale County is a Tennessee county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Lauderdale County held 25,143 residents in all, of whom 8,421 — 33.5% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 25,143 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,421 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 33.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties | 17 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 two-census record for Lauderdale County: 9,720 Black residents in 2010 and 8,421 in 2020. The population declined by 13.4%, and the Black share in Lauderdale County moved from 34.9% to 33.5%.
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
Lauderdale County is one of 95 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Tennessee. Together they hold the state's 1.1 million Black residents, and Lauderdale County's 8,421 of them give it rank 17 of 95 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Lauderdale County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Lauderdale County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Lauderdale County page holds the frame around them — 25,143 people in all, 8,421 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.