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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%−22.4 pts

02Haywood County, TNTN17,042-4.6%−6.5 pts

03Obion County, TNTN30,067-2.3%−4.6 pts

04Shelby County, TNTN910,226-2.1%−10.7 pts

05Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617-2.1%−17.5 pts

06Dyer County, TNTN36,320-1.3%−8.3 pts

07Hardeman County, TNTN25,274-0.7%−21.0 pts

08Unicoi County, TNTN17,856-0.4%−7.2 pts

09Crockett County, TNTN14,006+0.7%−7.9 pts

10Weakley County, TNTN33,261+1.1%−8.1 pts

11Wayne County, TNTN16,416+1.1%−19.7 pts

12McNairy County, TNTN26,236+1.4%−8.5 pts

13Carter County, TNTN57,361+1.8%−8.4 pts

14Madison County, TNTN100,790+2.0%−15.8 pts

15Benton County, TNTN16,183+2.0%−11.8 pts

16Tipton County, TNTN62,287+2.2%−34.3 pts

17Henry County, TNTN32,896+2.2%−9.4 pts

18Houston County, TNTN8,479+2.4%−12.9 pts

19Henderson County, TNTN28,518+2.4%−14.4 pts

20Campbell County, TNTN40,290+2.6%−11.0 pts

21Carroll County, TNTN29,200+2.7%−4.5 pts

22Gibson County, TNTN51,779+2.7%−1.3 pts

23Sevier County, TNTN101,342+3.0%−36.4 pts

24Clay County, TNTN7,821+3.2%−7.0 pts

25Marion County, TNTN29,804+3.4%−8.4 pts

26Decatur County, TNTN11,820+3.4%−8.7 pts

27Humphreys County, TNTN19,646+3.5%−10.1 pts

28Sullivan County, TNTN163,759+3.5%−3.0 pts

29Giles County, TNTN31,433+3.6%−10.8 pts

30Claiborne County, TNTN33,229+3.7%−10.6 pts

31Scott County, TNTN22,671+3.8%−11.3 pts

32Chester County, TNTN17,994+3.8%−17.5 pts

33Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+4.2%−28.2 pts

34Davidson County, TNTN745,904+4.2%−7.4 pts

35Johnson County, TNTN18,718+4.3%−22.8 pts

36Hardin County, TNTN27,983+4.3%−8.7 pts

37Grundy County, TNTN14,116+4.3%−2.9 pts

38Lincoln County, TNTN36,853+4.3%−7.0 pts

39Pickett County, TNTN5,219+4.4%−4.4 pts

40Hawkins County, TNTN59,559+5.0%−15.2 pts

41Hickman County, TNTN26,219+5.2%−27.9 pts

42Greene County, TNTN73,831+5.2%−7.4 pts

43Cocke County, TNTN37,889+5.3%−9.9 pts

44Morgan County, TNTN22,160+5.3%−8.9 pts

45Smith County, TNTN20,981+5.4%−19.8 pts

46Cannon County, TNTN15,296+5.4%−17.1 pts

47Overton County, TNTN23,787+5.7%−8.4 pts

48Stewart County, TNTN14,439+5.7%−24.8 pts

49Polk County, TNTN18,592+6.0%−11.7 pts

50Rhea County, TNTN34,844+6.0%−10.7 pts

51Washington County, TNTN141,199+6.2%−10.0 pts

52Hancock County, TNTN7,075+6.2%+5.5 pts

53Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+6.2%−6.9 pts

54Bradley County, TNTN115,465+6.3%−13.0 pts

55Blount County, TNTN143,820+6.3%−16.8 pts

56Anderson County, TNTN82,066+6.4%+1.9 pts

57Franklin County, TNTN45,579+6.6%−6.5 pts

58Hamilton County, TNTN390,833+6.7%−1.1 pts

59Hamblen County, TNTN68,843+6.7%−8.4 pts

60Warren County, TNTN43,717+6.7%−9.3 pts

61Bledsoe County, TNTN15,920+6.8%−21.2 pts

62Knox County, TNTN511,453+6.8%−7.0 pts

63Moore County, TNTN6,920+7.1%−14.5 pts

64Lewis County, TNTN13,487+7.2%−15.7 pts

65Jackson County, TNTN12,466+7.3%−10.8 pts

66Fayette County, TNTN45,071+7.3%−5.4 pts

67Roane County, TNTN57,395+7.5%−2.4 pts

68Monroe County, TNTN49,730+7.5%−20.0 pts

69McMinn County, TNTN57,404+7.7%−7.9 pts

70Coffee County, TNTN62,419+7.8%−11.2 pts

71Dickson County, TNTN58,662+8.0%−15.1 pts

72White County, TNTN29,612+8.3%−6.7 pts

73Union County, TNTN21,450+8.3%−21.7 pts

74Cumberland County, TNTN66,300+8.4%−26.3 pts

75Putnam County, TNTN86,612+8.5%−12.8 pts

76Trousdale County, TNTN12,623+8.7%−13.9 pts

77DeKalb County, TNTN21,873+8.9%−12.4 pts

78Perry County, TNTN9,126+9.1%−6.3 pts

79Grainger County, TNTN25,739+9.4%−11.4 pts

80Macon County, TNTN27,663+9.7%−18.5 pts

81Jefferson County, TNTN60,024+9.8%−24.4 pts

82Sumner County, TNTN215,538+9.8%−16.5 pts

83Williamson County, TNTN272,061+9.8%−46.5 pts

84Fentress County, TNTN20,322+9.9%−3.4 pts

85Bedford County, TNTN55,273+10.0%−13.6 pts

86Robertson County, TNTN80,175+10.1%−21.1 pts

87Marshall County, TNTN38,071+10.9%−13.3 pts

88Meigs County, TNTN14,186+11.2%−26.8 pts

89Van Buren County, TNTN6,874+11.4%−2.2 pts

90Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861+12.9%−15.4 pts

91Rutherford County, TNTN386,352+13.1%−40.4 pts

92Montgomery County, TNTN249,935+13.6%−20.5 pts

93Loudon County, TNTN63,764+16.2%−8.9 pts

94Maury County, TNTN118,131+17.0%−9.8 pts

95Wilson County, TNTN175,033+18.5%−12.8 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES