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Wilson County, Tennessee
10,191 Black residents · 6.9% of the county · ranked 13 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population
Wilson County is a Tennessee county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Wilson County held 147,737 residents in all, of whom 10,191 — 6.9% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 147,737 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,191 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 6.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties | 13 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 two-census record for Wilson County: 7,297 Black residents in 2010 and 10,191 in 2020. The population grew by 39.7%, and the Black share in Wilson County moved from 6.4% to 6.9%.
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; Wilson County holds 10,191 of it, rank 13 in the state's order. The county page for Wilson County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Wilson 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 Wilson County page is their frame: 147,737 residents, 10,191 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.