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Robertson County, Tennessee
5,168 Black residents · 7.1% of the county · ranked 21 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population
In Robertson County, Tennessee, the 2020 Census counted 72,803 people, 5,168 of them Black alone. At 7.1%, Robertson 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 | 72,803 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,168 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 7.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties | 21 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 Robertson County counted 4,934 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 5,168. The population grew by 4.7% across the decade, and the Black share in Robertson County moved from 7.4% to 7.1%.
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
Robertson 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 Robertson County's 5,168 of them give it rank 21 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 Robertson County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Robertson County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Robertson County page holds the frame around them — 72,803 people in all, 5,168 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.