Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Updated on February 7, 2023.
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated Tennessee county as at April 2020 was Shelby County (929.74K), followed by Davidson County (715.88K), and Knox County (478.97K).
The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of Tennessee.
You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.
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Related Topics: Tennessee Census 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Population |
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| 1 | Shelby County | 929744 |
| 2 | Davidson County | 715884 |
| 3 | Knox County | 478971 |
| 4 | Hamilton County | 366207 |
| 5 | Rutherford County | 341486 |
| 6 | Williamson County | 247726 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 220069 |
| 8 | Sumner County | 196281 |
| 9 | Sullivan County | 158163 |
| 10 | Wilson County | 147737 |
| 11 | Blount County | 135280 |
| 12 | Washington County | 133001 |
| 13 | Bradley County | 108620 |
| 14 | Maury County | 100974 |
| 15 | Madison County | 98823 |
| 16 | Sevier County | 98380 |
| 17 | Putnam County | 79854 |
| 18 | Anderson County | 77123 |
| 19 | Robertson County | 72803 |
| 20 | Greene County | 70152 |
| 21 | Hamblen County | 64499 |
| 22 | Cumberland County | 61145 |
| 23 | Tipton County | 60970 |
| 24 | Coffee County | 57889 |
| 25 | Hawkins County | 56721 |
| 26 | Carter County | 56356 |
| 27 | Loudon County | 54886 |
| 28 | Jefferson County | 54683 |
| 29 | Dickson County | 54315 |
| 30 | Roane County | 53404 |
| 31 | McMinn County | 53276 |
| 32 | Gibson County | 50429 |
| 33 | Bedford County | 50237 |
| 34 | Monroe County | 46250 |
| 35 | Lawrence County | 44159 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 42774 |
| 37 | Fayette County | 41990 |
| 38 | Cheatham County | 41072 |
| 39 | Warren County | 40953 |
| 40 | Campbell County | 39272 |
| 41 | Dyer County | 36801 |
| 42 | Cocke County | 35999 |
| 43 | Lincoln County | 35319 |
| 44 | Marshall County | 34318 |
| 45 | Weakley County | 32902 |
| 46 | Rhea County | 32870 |
| 47 | Henry County | 32199 |
| 48 | Claiborne County | 32043 |
| 49 | Obion County | 30787 |
| 50 | Giles County | 30346 |
| 51 | Marion County | 28837 |
| 52 | Carroll County | 28440 |
| 53 | Henderson County | 27842 |
| 54 | White County | 27351 |
| 55 | Hardin County | 26831 |
| 56 | McNairy County | 25866 |
| 57 | Hardeman County | 25462 |
| 58 | Macon County | 25216 |
| 59 | Lauderdale County | 25143 |
| 60 | Hickman County | 24925 |
| 61 | Grainger County | 23527 |
| 62 | Overton County | 22511 |
| 63 | Scott County | 21850 |
| 64 | Morgan County | 21035 |
| 65 | DeKalb County | 20080 |
| 66 | Smith County | 19904 |
| 67 | Union County | 19802 |
| 68 | Humphreys County | 18990 |
| 69 | Fentress County | 18489 |
| 70 | Johnson County | 17948 |
| 71 | Unicoi County | 17928 |
| 72 | Haywood County | 17864 |
| 73 | Polk County | 17544 |
| 74 | Chester County | 17341 |
| 75 | Wayne County | 16232 |
| 76 | Benton County | 15864 |
| 77 | Sequatchie County | 15826 |
| 78 | Bledsoe County | 14913 |
| 79 | Cannon County | 14506 |
| 80 | Crockett County | 13911 |
| 81 | Stewart County | 13657 |
| 82 | Grundy County | 13529 |
| 83 | Meigs County | 12758 |
| 84 | Lewis County | 12582 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 11617 |
| 86 | Trousdale County | 11615 |
| 87 | Decatur County | 11435 |
| 88 | Perry County | 8366 |
| 89 | Houston County | 8283 |
| 90 | Clay County | 7581 |
| 91 | Lake County | 7005 |
| 92 | Hancock County | 6662 |
| 93 | Moore County | 6461 |
| 94 | Van Buren County | 6168 |
| 95 | Pickett County | 5001 |