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Sumner County, Tennessee
15,740 Black residents · 8.0% of the county · ranked 8 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population
In Sumner County, Tennessee, the 2020 Census counted 196,281 people, 15,740 of them Black alone. At 8.0%, Sumner 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 | 196,281 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 15,740 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 8.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties | 8 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 Sumner County counted 10,311 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 15,740. The population grew by 52.7% across the decade, and the Black share in Sumner County moved from 6.4% to 8.0%.
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
Within Tennessee, the Census Bureau counts 95 counties and county equivalents, Sumner County among them; it stands 8 by Black population, with 15,740 Black residents of the state's 1.1 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Sumner County, Tennessee, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Sumner 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 Sumner County page is their frame: 196,281 residents, 15,740 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.