Population in Tennessee by County

Total population.

U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-year 2020-2024 · Updated November 2026

Tennessee

7,066,383

Counties

95

Highest

Shelby

919,173

Lowest

Pickett

5,079

All Tennessee counties, ranked

# Counties Population
1 Shelby 919,173
2 Davidson 715,388
3 Knox 494,148
4 Hamilton 376,192
5 Rutherford 360,646
6 Williamson 260,351
7 Montgomery 234,153
8 Sumner 204,424
9 Sullivan 160,624
10 Wilson 158,805
11 Blount 139,333
12 Washington 136,261
13 Bradley 111,065
14 Maury 107,791
15 Sevier 99,652
16 Madison 99,295
17 Putnam 82,558
18 Anderson 79,153
19 Robertson 75,539
20 Greene 71,628
21 Hamblen 65,669
22 Cumberland 63,553
23 Tipton 61,553
24 Coffee 59,710
25 Loudon 58,580
26 Hawkins 57,964
27 Jefferson 56,864
28 Carter 56,712
29 Dickson 55,983
30 Roane 55,208
31 McMinn 54,884
32 Bedford 52,237
33 Gibson 50,869
34 Monroe 47,695
35 Lawrence 45,385
36 Franklin 43,990
37 Fayette 43,267
38 Warren 42,166
39 Cheatham 41,829
40 Campbell 39,761
41 Cocke 36,813
42 Dyer 36,508
43 Marshall 36,049
44 Lincoln 35,946
45 Rhea 33,992
46 Weakley 33,016
47 Claiborne 32,466
48 Henry 32,412
49 Giles 30,620
50 Obion 30,453
51 Marion 29,250
52 Carroll 28,641
53 White 28,160
54 Henderson 27,980
55 Hardin 27,249
56 Macon 26,240
57 McNairy 25,970
58 Hickman 25,436
59 Hardeman 25,433
60 Lauderdale 24,784
61 Grainger 24,266
62 Overton 23,065
63 Scott 22,113
64 Morgan 21,361
65 DeKalb 20,959
66 Union 20,431
67 Smith 20,389
68 Fentress 19,309
69 Humphreys 19,214
70 Johnson 18,196
71 Polk 17,898
72 Unicoi 17,756
73 Chester 17,611
74 Haywood 17,475
75 Sequatchie 16,809
76 Wayne 16,168
77 Benton 16,006
78 Bledsoe 15,032
79 Cannon 14,818
80 Stewart 14,027
81 Crockett 13,944
82 Grundy 13,819
83 Meigs 13,343
84 Lewis 12,992
85 Jackson 12,029
86 Trousdale 11,957
87 Decatur 11,579
88 Perry 8,697
89 Houston 8,353
90 Clay 7,670
91 Hancock 6,852
92 Moore 6,674
93 Lake 6,579
94 Van Buren 6,437
95 Pickett 5,079

About this dataset

Total population. Source: ACS 5-year 2020-2024 Data Profile, variable DP05_0001E. Values in people.

Source
U.S. Census Bureau
Citation
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles (2020-2024), DP05_0001E
Vintage
ACS 5-year 2020-2024
License
Public domain (U.S. Census Bureau)
Unit
people
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Summed across each territory
Last loaded
November 2026

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