Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Tennessee counties, Davidson County had the highest population density per square mile (1.42K people per sqr mile), followed by Shelby County (1.22K people per sqr mile), and Knox County (942.24 people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Perry County had the lowest population density (20.17 people per sqr mile), followed by Wayne County (22.11 people per sqr mile), and Van Buren County (22.56 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
| Rank | County | Population Density |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davidson County | 1421.26 |
| 2 | Shelby County | 1222.46 |
| 3 | Knox County | 942.24 |
| 4 | Hamilton County | 675.46 |
| 5 | Rutherford County | 551.44 |
| 6 | Williamson County | 425.02 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 408.16 |
| 8 | Washington County | 407.37 |
| 9 | Hamblen County | 400.15 |
| 10 | Sullivan County | 382.55 |
| 11 | Sumner County | 370.72 |
| 12 | Bradley County | 330.39 |
| 13 | Wilson County | 258.79 |
| 14 | Blount County | 242.08 |
| 15 | Loudon County | 239.39 |
| 16 | Anderson County | 228.71 |
| 17 | Putnam County | 199.08 |
| 18 | Jefferson County | 198.80 |
| 19 | Madison County | 177.37 |
| 20 | Sevier County | 166.05 |
| 21 | Carter County | 165.14 |
| 22 | Maury County | 164.68 |
| 23 | Robertson County | 152.84 |
| 24 | Roane County | 148.03 |
| 25 | Cheatham County | 135.77 |
| 26 | Coffee County | 134.95 |
| 27 | Tipton County | 133.82 |
| 28 | McMinn County | 123.86 |
| 29 | Hawkins County | 116.46 |
| 30 | Greene County | 112.75 |
| 31 | Dickson County | 110.87 |
| 32 | Bedford County | 106.07 |
| 33 | Rhea County | 104.19 |
| 34 | Trousdale County | 101.58 |
| 35 | Unicoi County | 96.35 |
| 36 | Warren County | 94.65 |
| 37 | Marshall County | 91.40 |
| 38 | Cumberland County | 89.75 |
| 39 | Union County | 88.57 |
| 40 | Grainger County | 83.85 |
| 41 | Gibson County | 83.67 |
| 42 | Cocke County | 82.54 |
| 43 | Macon County | 82.10 |
| 44 | Campbell County | 81.78 |
| 45 | Franklin County | 77.14 |
| 46 | Claiborne County | 73.73 |
| 47 | Monroe County | 72.75 |
| 48 | White County | 72.61 |
| 49 | Dyer County | 71.83 |
| 50 | Lawrence County | 71.56 |
| 51 | DeKalb County | 65.96 |
| 52 | Meigs County | 65.38 |
| 53 | Smith County | 63.33 |
| 54 | Lincoln County | 61.93 |
| 55 | Chester County | 60.69 |
| 56 | Johnson County | 60.14 |
| 57 | Fayette County | 59.58 |
| 58 | Sequatchie County | 59.53 |
| 59 | Marion County | 57.88 |
| 60 | Henry County | 57.30 |
| 61 | Weakley County | 56.69 |
| 62 | Obion County | 56.51 |
| 63 | Cannon County | 54.61 |
| 64 | Henderson County | 53.54 |
| 65 | Lauderdale County | 53.28 |
| 66 | Crockett County | 52.39 |
| 67 | Overton County | 51.93 |
| 68 | Moore County | 50.00 |
| 69 | Giles County | 49.67 |
| 70 | Carroll County | 47.59 |
| 71 | Hardin County | 46.46 |
| 72 | McNairy County | 45.96 |
| 73 | Lewis County | 44.60 |
| 74 | Lake County | 42.25 |
| 75 | Houston County | 41.35 |
| 76 | Scott County | 41.05 |
| 77 | Hickman County | 40.70 |
| 78 | Polk County | 40.37 |
| 79 | Morgan County | 40.28 |
| 80 | Benton County | 40.23 |
| 81 | Hardeman County | 38.13 |
| 82 | Jackson County | 37.62 |
| 83 | Grundy County | 37.53 |
| 84 | Fentress County | 37.08 |
| 85 | Bledsoe County | 36.68 |
| 86 | Humphreys County | 35.78 |
| 87 | Decatur County | 34.25 |
| 88 | Haywood County | 33.51 |
| 89 | Clay County | 32.05 |
| 90 | Pickett County | 30.69 |
| 91 | Hancock County | 29.97 |
| 92 | Stewart County | 29.70 |
| 93 | Van Buren County | 22.56 |
| 94 | Wayne County | 22.11 |
| 95 | Perry County | 20.17 |
