County Census Records

Tennessee Counties

96 counties with population data from the decennial US Census, 1790 to 2020.

96 counties

Population as of 2020 census
Anderson
77,123
Bedford
50,237
Benton
15,864
Bledsoe
14,913
Blount
135,280
Bradley
108,620
Campbell
39,272
Cannon
14,506
Carroll
28,440
Carter
56,356
Cheatham
41,072
Chester
17,341
Claiborne
32,043
Clay
7,581
Cocke
35,999
Coffee
57,889
Crockett
13,911
Cumberland
61,145
Davidson
715,884
Decatur
11,435
DeKalb
20,080
Dickson
54,315
Dyer
36,801
Fayette
41,990
Fentress
18,489
Franklin
42,774
Gibson
50,429
Giles
30,346
Grainger
23,527
Greene
70,152
Grundy
13,529
Hamblen
64,499
Hamilton
366,207
Hancock
6,662
Hardeman
25,462
Hardin
26,831
Hawkins
56,721
Haywood
17,864
Henderson
27,842
Henry
32,199
Hickman
24,925
Houston
8,283
Humphreys
18,990
Jackson
11,617
James
5,210
Jefferson
54,683
Johnson
17,948
Knox
478,971
Lake
7,005
Lauderdale
25,143
Lawrence
44,159
Lewis
12,582
Lincoln
35,319
Loudon
54,886
Macon
25,216
Madison
98,823
Marion
28,837
Marshall
34,318
Maury
100,974
McMinn
53,276
McNairy
25,866
Meigs
12,758
Monroe
46,250
Montgomery
220,069
Moore
6,461
Morgan
21,035
Obion
30,787
Overton
22,511
Perry
8,366
Pickett
5,001
Polk
17,544
Putnam
79,854
Rhea
32,870
Roane
53,404
Robertson
72,803
Rutherford
341,486
Scott
21,850
Sequatchie
15,826
Sevier
98,380
Shelby
929,744
Smith
19,904
Stewart
13,657
Sullivan
158,163
Sumner
196,281
Tipton
60,970
Trousdale
11,615
Unicoi
17,928
Union
19,802
Van Buren
6,168
Warren
40,953
Washington
133,001
Wayne
16,232
Weakley
32,902
White
27,351
Williamson
247,726
Wilson
147,737
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