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Population per Square Mile in Tennessee, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in Tennessee, ranked. The highest is Davidson County at 1,420.9 and the lowest is Perry County at 21.0.

Tennessee: 171.4 · United States: n/a · median county in Tennessee: 74.7

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#County Population per Square Mile
1Davidson County1,420.9
2Shelby County1,221.1
3Knox County972.1
4Hamilton County693.9
5Rutherford County582.4
6Williamson County446.6
7Montgomery County434.3
8Washington County417.3
9Hamblen County407.4
10Sullivan County388.4
11Sumner County386.1
12Bradley County337.8
13Wilson County278.1
14Loudon County255.5
15Blount County249.3
16Anderson County234.7
17Jefferson County206.7
18Putnam County205.8
19Madison County178.2
20Maury County175.8
21Sevier County168.2
22Carter County166.2
23Robertson County158.6
24Roane County153.0
25Coffee County139.2
26Cheatham County138.3
27Tipton County135.1
28McMinn County127.6
29Hawkins County119.0
30Greene County115.1
31Dickson County114.3
32Bedford County110.3
33Rhea County107.8
34Trousdale County104.6
35Warren County97.5
36Marshall County96.0
37Unicoi County95.4
38Cumberland County93.3
39Union County91.4
40Grainger County86.5
41Macon County85.4
42Cocke County84.4
43Gibson County84.4
44Campbell County82.8
45Franklin County79.9
46Monroe County75.0
47White County74.8
48Claiborne County74.7
49Lawrence County73.5
50Dyer County71.3
51DeKalb County68.8
52Meigs County68.4
53Smith County64.9
54Sequatchie County63.2
55Lincoln County63.0
56Chester County61.6
57Fayette County61.4
58Johnson County61.0
59Marion County58.2
60Henry County57.7
61Weakley County56.9
62Obion County55.9
63Cannon County55.8
64Henderson County53.8
65Overton County53.2
66Crockett County52.5
67Lauderdale County52.5
68Moore County51.6
69Giles County50.1
70Carroll County47.9
71Hardin County47.2
72Lewis County46.1
73McNairy County46.1
74Houston County41.7
75Hickman County41.5
76Scott County41.5
77Polk County41.2
78Morgan County40.9
79Benton County40.6
80Lake County39.7
81Jackson County39.0
82Fentress County38.7
83Grundy County38.3
84Hardeman County38.1
85Bledsoe County37.0
86Humphreys County36.2
87Decatur County34.7
88Haywood County32.8
89Clay County32.4
90Pickett County31.2
91Hancock County30.8
92Stewart County30.5
93Van Buren County23.5
94Wayne County22.0
95Perry County21.0

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Tennessee ranks 22nd of 52 states for population per square mile.

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