Tennessee Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on February 24, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the total immigrant or foreign-born population in Tennessee was 365.40K which was 5.33% of Tennessee's population. Among all Tennessee counties, Davidson had the highest immigrant population (95.06K) and immigrants constituted 13.42% of its population, followed by Shelby (pop: 61.83K, perc: 6.65%), and then Rutherford (pop: 27.02K, perc: 8.05%).

On the other hand, the counties with the least number of immigrant population were: Van Buren (pop: 0, perc: 0.00%), Decatur (pop: 20, perc: 0.18%), and Perry (pop: 65, perc: 0.78%),

The chart and table below shows the immigrant or foreign-born population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that are immigrants.

You can see similar information for other states and by state for the United States.

Tennessee Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021
Tennessee Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021
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County Immigrant Population % of County Population
Anderson 2940 3.83
Bedford 2879 5.79
Benton 310 1.95
Bledsoe 438 2.95
Blount 4017 3.00
Bradley 5810 5.39
Campbell 465 1.18
Cannon 179 1.25
Carroll 476 1.68
Carter 950 1.69
Cheatham 1272 3.11
Chester 242 1.40
Claiborne 459 1.44
Clay 172 2.27
Cocke 297 0.83
Coffee 1629 2.85
Crockett 701 5.00
Cumberland 1291 2.13
Davidson 95064 13.42
Decatur 20 0.18
DeKalb 1157 5.82
Dickson 874 1.62
Dyer 559 1.51
Fayette 844 2.03
Fentress 157 0.85
Franklin 1294 3.04
Gibson 776 1.54
Giles 346 1.15
Grainger 714 3.05
Greene 1288 1.84
Grundy 67 0.50
Hamblen 3814 5.94
Hamilton 20727 5.70
Hancock 92 1.37
Hardeman 360 1.41
Hardin 194 0.73
Hawkins 540 0.95
Haywood 446 2.49
Henderson 211 0.76
Henry 483 1.50
Hickman 405 1.63
Houston 75 0.91
Humphreys 316 1.67
Jackson 137 1.18
Jefferson 1313 2.42
Johnson 318 1.78
Knox 25498 5.37
Lake 108 1.50
Lauderdale 395 1.56
Lawrence 491 1.12
Lewis 228 1.83
Lincoln 1101 3.14
Loudon 3214 5.91
McMinn 1595 3.01
McNairy 330 1.27
Macon 460 1.84
Madison 2978 3.03
Marion 229 0.80
Marshall 980 2.89
Maury 3724 3.76
Meigs 200 1.59
Monroe 1024 2.22
Montgomery 12796 5.92
Moore 173 2.67
Morgan 165 0.78
Obion 529 1.72
Overton 198 0.89
Perry 65 0.78
Pickett 68 1.35
Polk 311 1.78
Putnam 3273 4.14
Rhea 907 2.77
Roane 856 1.61
Robertson 3364 4.65
Rutherford 27016 8.05
Scott 159 0.73
Sequatchie 471 3.00
Sevier 5211 5.31
Shelby 61827 6.65
Smith 283 1.43
Stewart 321 2.37
Sullivan 2472 1.57
Sumner 8683 4.50
Tipton 991 1.63
Trousdale 183 1.60
Unicoi 471 2.63
Union 89 0.45
Van Buren 0 0.00
Warren 2311 5.66
Washington 4882 3.70
Wayne 171 1.05
Weakley 812 2.46
White 349 1.29
Williamson 18925 7.81
Wilson 7395 5.11