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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 155.80K people in Tennessee with Italian ancestry (2.27% of Tennessee population). Among all Tennessee counties, Meigs County had the highest percentage of its population with Italian ancestry (6.47%), followed by Williamson County (4.17%), and Montgomery County (3.89%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Italian 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 Italian Ancestry in 2021
Meigs County
Williamson County
Montgomery County
Cannon County
Sequatchie County
Wilson County
Van Buren County
Loudon County
Chester County
Jefferson County
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Meigs County 6.47
2 Williamson County 4.17
3 Montgomery County 3.89
4 Cannon County 3.45
5 Sequatchie County 3.42
5 Wilson County 3.42
6 Van Buren County 3.09
7 Loudon County 3.03
8 Chester County 3.00
9 Jefferson County 2.84
10 Rutherford County 2.82
11 Johnson County 2.81
12 McMinn County 2.70
13 Knox County 2.65
14 Cumberland County 2.57
15 Davidson County 2.56
16 Henry County 2.50
16 Sevier County 2.50
17 Dyer County 2.49
17 Jackson County 2.49
18 Fayette County 2.44
19 Greene County 2.43
20 Sumner County 2.40
21 Gibson County 2.39
22 Bradley County 2.24
23 Rhea County 2.22
24 DeKalb County 2.21
25 Anderson County 2.16
26 Washington County 2.14
27 Carroll County 2.11
27 Hamilton County 2.11
28 Blount County 2.10
29 Maury County 2.09
30 Putnam County 2.04
31 Bedford County 2.03
31 Scott County 2.03
31 Shelby County 2.03
32 Sullivan County 1.99
33 Clay County 1.98
33 Cocke County 1.98
33 McNairy County 1.98
34 Cheatham County 1.94
35 Robertson County 1.93
36 Trousdale County 1.90
37 Grainger County 1.89
38 Franklin County 1.84
39 Polk County 1.82
39 Tipton County 1.82
40 Lewis County 1.79
41 Lawrence County 1.78
42 Monroe County 1.73
43 Marshall County 1.70
44 Union County 1.67
45 Roane County 1.63
46 Dickson County 1.60
47 Claiborne County 1.58
48 Fentress County 1.55
48 Houston County 1.55
48 Madison County 1.55
49 Campbell County 1.50
49 Hickman County 1.50
50 Coffee County 1.48
51 Moore County 1.47
52 Smith County 1.43
53 Giles County 1.39
54 Macon County 1.38
55 Grundy County 1.37
56 Bledsoe County 1.36
56 Hawkins County 1.36
57 Crockett County 1.35
58 Lauderdale County 1.32
59 White County 1.28
60 Warren County 1.26
61 Carter County 1.23
61 Unicoi County 1.23
62 Hamblen County 1.17
62 Hancock County 1.17
63 Stewart County 1.11
64 Overton County 1.02
65 Henderson County 0.97
65 Weakley County 0.97
66 Benton County 0.93
67 Haywood County 0.92
67 Lincoln County 0.92
68 Humphreys County 0.90
69 Hardeman County 0.88
70 Marion County 0.87
71 Morgan County 0.82
72 Hardin County 0.81
73 Pickett County 0.78
74 Lake County 0.74
75 Wayne County 0.72
76 Obion County 0.62
77 Decatur County 0.59
78 Perry County 0.14