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Madison County, Tennessee
36,004 Black residents · 36.4% of the county · ranked 7 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population
The gazetteer enters Madison County, Tennessee, on its published figures: a total population of 98,823 in 2020, with 36,004 Black residents counted alone — 36.4% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 98,823 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 36,004 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 36.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties | 7 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 Madison County: 35,636 Black residents in 2010, 36,004 in 2020 — grew by 1.0% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 36.3% to 36.4%.
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; Madison County holds 36,004 of it, rank 7 in the state's order. The county page for Madison County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Madison County, Tennessee, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Madison County page gives the frame they stand in: 98,823 residents in all, 36,004 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.