Tennessee Death Rate By County in 2020

Updated on June 26, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2020, the death rate for Tennessee was 10.77, and the top three counties that had the highest death rate were:

  1. Unicoi County: 16.54
  2. Benton County: 16.52
  3. Henry County: 16.31

On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest death rate were:

  1. Williamson County: 6.2
  2. Rutherford County: 6.92
  3. Montgomery County: 6.99

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the death rate for each Tennessee county in 2020. You can also find links to the historical death rate for each county below.

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Tennessee Death Rate By County in 2020
Tennessee Death Rate By County in 2020
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County Death Rate
Anderson 12.94
Bedford 10.07
Benton 16.52
Bledsoe 10.95
Blount 11.49
Bradley 11.04
Campbell 15.78
Cannon 10.74
Carroll 14.71
Carter 14.8
Cheatham 11.03
Chester 10.42
Claiborne 14.26
Clay 14.84
Cocke 15.45
Coffee 11.98
Crockett 13.04
Cumberland 15.13
Davidson 8.6
Decatur 15.77
DeKalb 13.09
Dickson 10.63
Dyer 13.52
Fayette 11.54
Fentress 14.94
Franklin 12.04
Gibson 14.31
Giles 14.17
Grainger 13.46
Greene 14.74
Grundy 14.2
Hamblen 12.63
Hamilton 10.93
Hancock 15.27
Hardeman 12.27
Hardin 15.51
Hawkins 14.82
Haywood 13.49
Henderson 12.97
Henry 16.31
Hickman 11.52
Houston 13.34
Humphreys 13.82
Jackson 15.1
Jefferson 13.18
Johnson 14.43
Knox 10.34
Lake 13.86
Lauderdale 11.56
Lawrence 12.53
Lewis 13.56
Lincoln 12.85
Loudon 12.65
McMinn 13.46
McNairy 14.95
Macon 11.24
Madison 10.68
Marion 12.84
Marshall 11.16
Maury 11.04
Meigs 14.79
Monroe 13.45
Montgomery 6.99
Moore 9.79
Morgan 12.29
Obion 14.64
Overton 15.03
Perry 13.1
Pickett 12.44
Polk 15.6
Putnam 10.47
Rhea 12.75
Roane 14.97
Robertson 10.07
Rutherford 6.92
Scott 13.22
Sequatchie 12.1
Sevier 11.6
Shelby 9.83
Smith 11.93
Stewart 13.93
Sullivan 13.52
Sumner 9.6
Tipton 10.53
Trousdale 7.21
Unicoi 16.54
Union 11.71
Van Buren 11.34
Warren 12.26
Washington 11.54
Wayne 13.09
Weakley 12.01
White 13.4
Williamson 6.2
Wilson 8.97

Historical Death Rate for Counties in Tennessee

Use the links below to find the historical death rate for each county in Tennessee.