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Fastest shrinking, Tennessee counties

Tennessee counties with the steepest population decline from the 2020 census to 2025. This list covers the 95 counties in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Lake County, TNTN6,249-10.8%−193%

02Haywood County, TNTN17,042-4.6%−348%

03Obion County, TNTN30,067-2.3%−201%

04Shelby County, TNTN910,226-2.1%−124%

05Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617-2.1%−114%

06Dyer County, TNTN36,320-1.3%−119%

07Hardeman County, TNTN25,274-0.7%−104%

08Unicoi County, TNTN17,856-0.4%−106%

09Crockett County, TNTN14,006+0.7%−92%

10Weakley County, TNTN33,261+1.1%−88%

11Wayne County, TNTN16,416+1.1%−95%

12McNairy County, TNTN26,236+1.4%−86%

13Carter County, TNTN57,361+1.8%−82%

14Madison County, TNTN100,790+2.0%−89%

15Benton County, TNTN16,183+2.0%−85%

16Tipton County, TNTN62,287+2.2%−94%

17Henry County, TNTN32,896+2.2%−81%

18Houston County, TNTN8,479+2.4%−84%

19Henderson County, TNTN28,518+2.4%−86%

20Campbell County, TNTN40,290+2.6%−81%

21Carroll County, TNTN29,200+2.7%−63%

22Gibson County, TNTN51,779+2.7%−33%

23Sevier County, TNTN101,342+3.0%−92%

24Clay County, TNTN7,821+3.2%−69%

25Marion County, TNTN29,804+3.4%−71%

26Decatur County, TNTN11,820+3.4%−72%

27Humphreys County, TNTN19,646+3.5%−74%

28Sullivan County, TNTN163,759+3.5%−46%

29Giles County, TNTN31,433+3.6%−75%

30Claiborne County, TNTN33,229+3.7%−74%

31Scott County, TNTN22,671+3.8%−75%

32Chester County, TNTN17,994+3.8%−82%

33Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+4.2%−87%

34Davidson County, TNTN745,904+4.2%−64%

35Johnson County, TNTN18,718+4.3%−84%

36Hardin County, TNTN27,983+4.3%−67%

37Grundy County, TNTN14,116+4.3%−40%

38Lincoln County, TNTN36,853+4.3%−62%

39Pickett County, TNTN5,219+4.4%−50%

40Hawkins County, TNTN59,559+5.0%−75%

41Hickman County, TNTN26,219+5.2%−84%

42Greene County, TNTN73,831+5.2%−58%

43Cocke County, TNTN37,889+5.3%−65%

44Morgan County, TNTN22,160+5.3%−62%

45Smith County, TNTN20,981+5.4%−79%

46Cannon County, TNTN15,296+5.4%−76%

47Overton County, TNTN23,787+5.7%−60%

48Stewart County, TNTN14,439+5.7%−81%

49Polk County, TNTN18,592+6.0%−66%

50Rhea County, TNTN34,844+6.0%−64%

51Washington County, TNTN141,199+6.2%−62%

52Hancock County, TNTN7,075+6.2%+789%

53Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+6.2%−52%

54Bradley County, TNTN115,465+6.3%−67%

55Blount County, TNTN143,820+6.3%−73%

56Anderson County, TNTN82,066+6.4%+42%

57Franklin County, TNTN45,579+6.6%−50%

58Hamilton County, TNTN390,833+6.7%−14%

59Hamblen County, TNTN68,843+6.7%−56%

60Warren County, TNTN43,717+6.7%−58%

61Bledsoe County, TNTN15,920+6.8%−76%

62Knox County, TNTN511,453+6.8%−51%

63Moore County, TNTN6,920+7.1%−67%

64Lewis County, TNTN13,487+7.2%−69%

65Jackson County, TNTN12,466+7.3%−60%

66Fayette County, TNTN45,071+7.3%−42%

67Roane County, TNTN57,395+7.5%−25%

68Monroe County, TNTN49,730+7.5%−73%

69McMinn County, TNTN57,404+7.7%−50%

70Coffee County, TNTN62,419+7.8%−59%

71Dickson County, TNTN58,662+8.0%−65%

72White County, TNTN29,612+8.3%−45%

73Union County, TNTN21,450+8.3%−72%

74Cumberland County, TNTN66,300+8.4%−76%

75Putnam County, TNTN86,612+8.5%−60%

76Trousdale County, TNTN12,623+8.7%−62%

77DeKalb County, TNTN21,873+8.9%−58%

78Perry County, TNTN9,126+9.1%−41%

79Grainger County, TNTN25,739+9.4%−55%

80Macon County, TNTN27,663+9.7%−66%

81Jefferson County, TNTN60,024+9.8%−71%

82Sumner County, TNTN215,538+9.8%−63%

83Williamson County, TNTN272,061+9.8%−83%

84Fentress County, TNTN20,322+9.9%−26%

85Bedford County, TNTN55,273+10.0%−58%

86Robertson County, TNTN80,175+10.1%−68%

87Marshall County, TNTN38,071+10.9%−55%

88Meigs County, TNTN14,186+11.2%−71%

89Van Buren County, TNTN6,874+11.4%−16%

90Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861+12.9%−55%

91Rutherford County, TNTN386,352+13.1%−75%

92Montgomery County, TNTN249,935+13.6%−60%

93Loudon County, TNTN63,764+16.2%−35%

94Maury County, TNTN118,131+17.0%−37%

95Wilson County, TNTN175,033+18.5%−41%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES