Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 152.99K people in Tennessee with European ancestry (2.23% of Tennessee population). Among all Tennessee counties, Stewart County had the highest percentage of its population with European ancestry (5.24%), followed by Hickman County (5.06%), and Chester County (4.84%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having European ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Tennessee.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
Stewart County
Hickman County
Chester County
Montgomery County
Dickson County
Hardin County
Williamson County
Pickett County
Cheatham County
Robertson County
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Stewart County 5.24
2 Hickman County 5.06
3 Chester County 4.84
4 Montgomery County 4.78
5 Dickson County 4.53
6 Hardin County 4.03
7 Williamson County 4.00
8 Pickett County 3.98
9 Cheatham County 3.33
10 Robertson County 3.29
11 Moore County 2.99
12 Knox County 2.91
13 Sumner County 2.79
14 Fayette County 2.70
15 Decatur County 2.62
16 Tipton County 2.47
17 Washington County 2.30
17 Wilson County 2.30
18 Davidson County 2.28
19 Hamilton County 2.27
20 Cannon County 2.26
21 Roane County 2.24
22 Obion County 2.23
23 Union County 2.19
24 Shelby County 2.18
25 Bradley County 2.15
26 Perry County 2.14
27 Macon County 2.13
28 Benton County 2.12
29 Madison County 2.01
30 Rutherford County 1.98
31 DeKalb County 1.94
32 Coffee County 1.93
32 Crockett County 1.93
33 Anderson County 1.91
34 Claiborne County 1.89
35 Franklin County 1.86
35 Monroe County 1.86
36 Sullivan County 1.81
37 Gibson County 1.80
37 McNairy County 1.80
38 Weakley County 1.79
39 Lincoln County 1.77
40 Giles County 1.75
41 Blount County 1.74
42 Van Buren County 1.73
43 Jefferson County 1.71
44 Henderson County 1.70
45 Lauderdale County 1.67
45 Meigs County 1.67
46 Sevier County 1.65
47 Dyer County 1.64
48 Cumberland County 1.62
48 Hawkins County 1.62
49 Campbell County 1.56
50 Overton County 1.55
50 Warren County 1.55
51 Loudon County 1.52
52 Johnson County 1.49
53 Carter County 1.46
53 Rhea County 1.46
54 Carroll County 1.45
55 Bedford County 1.44
56 Humphreys County 1.41
57 Maury County 1.39
58 Lawrence County 1.36
59 McMinn County 1.35
60 Marion County 1.25
61 Greene County 1.20
62 Sequatchie County 1.15
62 Smith County 1.15
63 Hardeman County 1.13
64 Lake County 1.09
64 Lewis County 1.09
65 Grainger County 1.06
65 Putnam County 1.06
66 Cocke County 1.03
67 Marshall County 1.02
67 Trousdale County 1.02
68 White County 1.00
69 Hamblen County 0.99
70 Henry County 0.98
71 Haywood County 0.90
71 Houston County 0.90
72 Hancock County 0.88
73 Fentress County 0.83
74 Bledsoe County 0.80
74 Polk County 0.80
75 Unicoi County 0.79
76 Scott County 0.68
77 Jackson County 0.65
78 Morgan County 0.55
79 Grundy County 0.49
80 Wayne County 0.45
81 Clay County 0.20