Median household income, Black householders
All households in Tennessee: $69,595 (plus or minus $429).
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best
Williamson County
$86,538, plus or minus $16,188. Ranked 1st of 30 counties.
What is Williamson County doing that works? Furthest to go: Lawrence County, $14,126. See Williamson County ›
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Ranked from doing best
Every county in Tennessee
| Margin of error | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williamson County | $86,538 | plus or minus $16,188 | $135,594 |
| 2 | Dickson County | $69,694 | plus or minus $16,654 | $75,003 |
| 3 | Rutherford County | $69,294 | plus or minus $5,857 | $85,470 |
| 4 | Wayne County | $68,750 | plus or minus $13,979 | $52,294 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | $66,565 | plus or minus $4,648 | $75,613 |
| 6 | Sumner County | $64,063 | plus or minus $14,992 | $90,301 |
| 7 | Roane County | $63,606 | plus or minus $8,261 | $71,885 |
| 8 | Blount County | $61,655 | plus or minus $14,462 | $77,365 |
| 9 | Robertson County | $61,522 | plus or minus $10,707 | $83,047 |
| 10 | Davidson County | $55,781 | plus or minus $2,194 | $77,853 |
| 11 | Fayette County | $52,164 | plus or minus $6,535 | $88,456 |
| 12 | Henderson County | $51,542 | plus or minus $6,367 | $55,136 |
| 13 | Shelby County | $48,588 | plus or minus $1,240 | $63,767 |
| 14 | Hamilton County | $47,764 | plus or minus $3,226 | $76,183 |
| 15 | Tipton County | $46,659 | plus or minus $6,359 | $74,127 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | $44,250 | plus or minus $9,022 | $64,667 |
| 17 | Knox County | $43,593 | plus or minus $2,158 | $74,222 |
| 18 | Moore County | $43,516 | plus or minus $5,571 | $66,469 |
| 19 | Haywood County | $42,961 | plus or minus $5,572 | $50,472 |
| 20 | Maury County | $42,649 | plus or minus $4,383 | $76,130 |
| 21 | Madison County | $41,815 | plus or minus $5,090 | $60,042 |
| 22 | Hardeman County | $41,507 | plus or minus $3,488 | $46,069 |
| 23 | Washington County | $39,805 | plus or minus $5,350 | $62,809 |
| 24 | Benton County | $38,859 | plus or minus $1,295 | $51,746 |
| 25 | Sullivan County | $37,025 | plus or minus $7,611 | $58,807 |
| 26 | Obion County | $36,719 | plus or minus $6,893 | $54,613 |
| 27 | Lauderdale County | $35,732 | plus or minus $6,219 | $49,879 |
| 28 | Carter County | $34,691 | plus or minus $6,698 | $50,135 |
| 29 | McNairy County | $31,500 | plus or minus $1,209 | $53,473 |
| 30 | Lawrence County | $14,126 | plus or minus $984 | $54,706 |
| Not ranked | Anderson County | $42,734 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $20,327 | $66,183 |
| Not ranked | Bedford County | $35,596 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $13,805 | $67,225 |
| Not ranked | Bledsoe County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $54,720 | |
| Not ranked | Bradley County | $47,500 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $12,835 | $66,552 |
| Not ranked | Campbell County | $83,214 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $23,809 | $51,557 |
| Not ranked | Cannon County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $59,443 | |
| Not ranked | Carroll County | $34,752 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $19,293 | $51,787 |
| Not ranked | Cheatham County | $96,643 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $63,643 | $89,852 |
| Not ranked | Chester County | $47,724 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $38,426 | $59,341 |
| Not ranked | Claiborne County | under $2,500 Census reports only a capped figure | $49,379 | |
| Not ranked | Clay County | $31,389 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $27,529 | $39,972 |
| Not ranked | Cocke County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $48,016 | |
| Not ranked | Coffee County | $37,284 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $12,465 | $61,505 |
| Not ranked | Crockett County | $50,833 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $26,689 | $62,165 |
| Not ranked | Cumberland County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $60,375 | |
| Not ranked | Decatur County | $16,976 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $8,993 | $45,375 |
| Not ranked | DeKalb County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $53,153 | |
| Not ranked | Dyer County | $38,261 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $20,583 | $58,154 |
| Not ranked | Fentress County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $51,149 | |
| Not ranked | Franklin County | $45,650 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $25,273 | $63,494 |
| Not ranked | Gibson County | $48,706 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $15,244 | $62,755 |
| Not ranked | Giles County | $52,098 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $13,103 | $62,307 |
| Not ranked | Grainger County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $50,538 | |
| Not ranked | Greene County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $56,194 | |
| Not ranked | Grundy County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $47,593 | |
| Not ranked | Hamblen County | $47,849 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $16,520 | $55,454 |
| Not ranked | Hancock County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $34,960 | |
| Not ranked | Hardin County | $33,036 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $24,481 | $49,956 |
| Not ranked | Hawkins County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $56,936 | |
| Not ranked | Henry County | $40,488 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $13,253 | $50,613 |
| Not ranked | Hickman County | $56,250 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $15,391 | $68,247 |
| Not ranked | Houston County | $35,515 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $20,550 | $59,576 |
| Not ranked | Humphreys County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $60,616 | |
| Not ranked | Jackson County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $47,951 | |
| Not ranked | Jefferson County | $50,763 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $15,494 | $66,114 |
| Not ranked | Johnson County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $53,129 | |
| Not ranked | Lake County | $21,507 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $7,647 | $28,814 |
| Not ranked | Lewis County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $56,285 | |
| Not ranked | Loudon County | $50,841 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $30,513 | $84,185 |
| Not ranked | Macon County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $59,177 | |
| Not ranked | Marion County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $61,824 | |
| Not ranked | Marshall County | $36,659 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $12,339 | $71,049 |
| Not ranked | McMinn County | $44,148 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $13,430 | $61,470 |
| Not ranked | Meigs County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $61,375 | |
| Not ranked | Monroe County | $31,819 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $24,606 | $56,895 |
| Not ranked | Morgan County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $65,954 | |
| Not ranked | Overton County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $48,959 | |
| Not ranked | Perry County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $55,972 | |
| Not ranked | Pickett County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $49,030 | |
| Not ranked | Polk County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $62,522 | |
| Not ranked | Putnam County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $58,912 | |
| Not ranked | Rhea County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $55,033 | |
| Not ranked | Scott County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $44,711 | |
| Not ranked | Sequatchie County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $58,750 | |
| Not ranked | Sevier County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $62,581 | |
| Not ranked | Smith County | $37,917 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $29,007 | $66,293 |
| Not ranked | Stewart County | $59,917 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $48,793 | $63,114 |
| Not ranked | Trousdale County | $29,375 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $17,166 | $72,747 |
| Not ranked | Unicoi County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $52,218 | |
| Not ranked | Union County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $62,727 | |
| Not ranked | Van Buren County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $54,931 | |
| Not ranked | Warren County | $35,192 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $16,340 | $55,487 |
| Not ranked | Weakley County | $44,132 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $19,449 | $51,880 |
| Not ranked | White County | Not published: too few people in the survey | $52,188 | |
| Not ranked | Wilson County | $67,672 Wide margin of error | plus or minus $17,304 | $95,839 |
Ranked: the 30 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.
Who decides
From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.
You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.
Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?
Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.
Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?
Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.
Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?
Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.
Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?
What you can do
- This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
- The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
- Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources
Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.
Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.
Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.