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Total Population in Tennessee, by County

Total Population for every county in Tennessee, ranked. The highest is Shelby County at 919,173 and the lowest is Pickett County at 5,079.

Tennessee: 7,066,383 · United States: 334,922,499 · median county in Tennessee: 32,412

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#County Total Population
1Shelby County919,173
2Davidson County715,388
3Knox County494,148
4Hamilton County376,192
5Rutherford County360,646
6Williamson County260,351
7Montgomery County234,153
8Sumner County204,424
9Sullivan County160,624
10Wilson County158,805
11Blount County139,333
12Washington County136,261
13Bradley County111,065
14Maury County107,791
15Sevier County99,652
16Madison County99,295
17Putnam County82,558
18Anderson County79,153
19Robertson County75,539
20Greene County71,628
21Hamblen County65,669
22Cumberland County63,553
23Tipton County61,553
24Coffee County59,710
25Loudon County58,580
26Hawkins County57,964
27Jefferson County56,864
28Carter County56,712
29Dickson County55,983
30Roane County55,208
31McMinn County54,884
32Bedford County52,237
33Gibson County50,869
34Monroe County47,695
35Lawrence County45,385
36Franklin County43,990
37Fayette County43,267
38Warren County42,166
39Cheatham County41,829
40Campbell County39,761
41Cocke County36,813
42Dyer County36,508
43Marshall County36,049
44Lincoln County35,946
45Rhea County33,992
46Weakley County33,016
47Claiborne County32,466
48Henry County32,412
49Giles County30,620
50Obion County30,453
51Marion County29,250
52Carroll County28,641
53White County28,160
54Henderson County27,980
55Hardin County27,249
56Macon County26,240
57McNairy County25,970
58Hickman County25,436
59Hardeman County25,433
60Lauderdale County24,784
61Grainger County24,266
62Overton County23,065
63Scott County22,113
64Morgan County21,361
65DeKalb County20,959
66Union County20,431
67Smith County20,389
68Fentress County19,309
69Humphreys County19,214
70Johnson County18,196
71Polk County17,898
72Unicoi County17,756
73Chester County17,611
74Haywood County17,475
75Sequatchie County16,809
76Wayne County16,168
77Benton County16,006
78Bledsoe County15,032
79Cannon County14,818
80Stewart County14,027
81Crockett County13,944
82Grundy County13,819
83Meigs County13,343
84Lewis County12,992
85Jackson County12,029
86Trousdale County11,957
87Decatur County11,579
88Perry County8,697
89Houston County8,353
90Clay County7,670
91Hancock County6,852
92Moore County6,674
93Lake County6,579
94Van Buren County6,437
95Pickett County5,079

Everyone living in the area, from the 5-year American Community Survey.

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

Tennessee ranks 15th of 52 states for total population.

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