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Williamson County, Tennessee
9,876 Black residents · 4.0% of the county · ranked 14 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population
The gazetteer enters Williamson County, Tennessee, on its published figures: a total population of 247,726 in 2020, with 9,876 Black residents counted alone — 4.0% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 247,726 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,876 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 4.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties | 14 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 Williamson County: 7,941 Black residents in 2010, 9,876 in 2020 — grew by 24.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 4.3% to 4.0%.
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
Williamson 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 Williamson County's 9,876 of them give it rank 14 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 Williamson County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Williamson County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Williamson County page holds the frame around them — 247,726 people in all, 9,876 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.