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Tipton County, Tennessee
10,860 Black residents · 17.8% of the county · ranked 11 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population
In Tipton County, Tennessee, the 2020 Census counted 60,970 people, 10,860 of them Black alone. At 17.8%, Tipton 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 | 60,970 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,860 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 17.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties | 11 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 Tipton County counted 11,449 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 10,860. The population declined by 5.1% across the decade, and the Black share in Tipton County moved from 18.7% to 17.8%.
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
Tipton 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 Tipton County's 10,860 of them give it rank 11 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 Tipton County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Tipton 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 Tipton County page is their frame: 60,970 residents, 10,860 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.