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Fastest shrinking, Tennessee counties · 2000

Tennessee counties with the steepest population decline since the prior decennial census. This list covers the 95 counties in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Hancock County, TNTN7,075+0.7%+0%

02Haywood County, TNTN17,042+1.9%+0%

03Obion County, TNTN30,067+2.3%+0%

04Gibson County, TNTN51,779+4.0%+0%

05Anderson County, TNTN82,066+4.5%+0%

06Sullivan County, TNTN163,759+6.6%+0%

07Unicoi County, TNTN17,856+6.8%+0%

08Dyer County, TNTN36,320+7.0%+0%

09Carroll County, TNTN29,200+7.1%+0%

10Grundy County, TNTN14,116+7.3%+0%

11Hamilton County, TNTN390,833+7.8%+0%

12Shelby County, TNTN910,226+8.6%+0%

13Crockett County, TNTN14,006+8.6%+0%

14Pickett County, TNTN5,219+8.7%+0%

15Weakley County, TNTN33,261+9.1%+0%

16Roane County, TNTN57,395+9.9%+0%

17McNairy County, TNTN26,236+10.0%+0%

18Carter County, TNTN57,361+10.2%+0%

19Clay County, TNTN7,821+10.2%+0%

20Lincoln County, TNTN36,853+11.3%+0%

21Henry County, TNTN32,896+11.6%+0%

22Davidson County, TNTN745,904+11.6%+0%

23Lake County, TNTN6,249+11.6%+0%

24Marion County, TNTN29,804+11.7%+0%

25Decatur County, TNTN11,820+12.0%+0%

26Greene County, TNTN73,831+12.6%+0%

27Fayette County, TNTN45,071+12.7%+0%

28Hardin County, TNTN27,983+13.0%+0%

29Franklin County, TNTN45,579+13.1%+0%

30Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+13.1%+0%

31Fentress County, TNTN20,322+13.3%+0%

32Humphreys County, TNTN19,646+13.5%+0%

33Campbell County, TNTN40,290+13.6%+0%

34Van Buren County, TNTN6,874+13.7%+0%

35Knox County, TNTN511,453+13.8%+0%

36Benton County, TNTN16,183+13.9%+0%

37Overton County, TNTN23,787+14.1%+0%

38Morgan County, TNTN22,160+14.2%+0%

39Claiborne County, TNTN33,229+14.3%+0%

40Giles County, TNTN31,433+14.4%+0%

41White County, TNTN29,612+15.0%+0%

42Scott County, TNTN22,671+15.1%+0%

43Hamblen County, TNTN68,843+15.2%+0%

44Cocke County, TNTN37,889+15.2%+0%

45Houston County, TNTN8,479+15.2%+0%

46Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617+15.4%+0%

47Perry County, TNTN9,126+15.4%+0%

48McMinn County, TNTN57,404+15.6%+0%

49Warren County, TNTN43,717+16.0%+0%

50Washington County, TNTN141,199+16.1%+0%

51Rhea County, TNTN34,844+16.7%+0%

52Henderson County, TNTN28,518+16.8%+0%

53Polk County, TNTN18,592+17.6%+0%

54Madison County, TNTN100,790+17.8%+0%

55Jackson County, TNTN12,466+18.1%+0%

56Coffee County, TNTN62,419+19.0%+0%

57Bradley County, TNTN115,465+19.3%+0%

58Hawkins County, TNTN59,559+20.2%+0%

59Hardeman County, TNTN25,274+20.2%+0%

60Grainger County, TNTN25,739+20.8%+0%

61Wayne County, TNTN16,416+20.9%+0%

62Chester County, TNTN17,994+21.2%+0%

63Putnam County, TNTN86,612+21.3%+0%

64DeKalb County, TNTN21,873+21.3%+0%

65Moore County, TNTN6,920+21.6%+0%

66Cannon County, TNTN15,296+22.5%+0%

67Trousdale County, TNTN12,623+22.6%+0%

68Lewis County, TNTN13,487+22.9%+0%

69Dickson County, TNTN58,662+23.1%+0%

70Blount County, TNTN143,820+23.1%+0%

71Bedford County, TNTN55,273+23.6%+0%

72Marshall County, TNTN38,071+24.3%+0%

73Loudon County, TNTN63,764+25.1%+0%

74Smith County, TNTN20,981+25.2%+0%

75Sumner County, TNTN215,538+26.3%+0%

76Maury County, TNTN118,131+26.8%+0%

77Johnson County, TNTN18,718+27.1%+0%

78Monroe County, TNTN49,730+27.6%+0%

79Bledsoe County, TNTN15,920+27.9%+0%

80Macon County, TNTN27,663+28.2%+0%

81Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861+28.3%+0%

82Union County, TNTN21,450+30.0%+0%

83Stewart County, TNTN14,439+30.5%+0%

84Robertson County, TNTN80,175+31.2%+0%

85Wilson County, TNTN175,033+31.2%+0%

86Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+32.3%+0%

87Hickman County, TNTN26,219+33.1%+0%

88Montgomery County, TNTN249,935+34.1%+0%

89Jefferson County, TNTN60,024+34.2%+0%

90Cumberland County, TNTN66,300+34.7%+0%

91Tipton County, TNTN62,287+36.5%+0%

92Meigs County, TNTN14,186+38.0%+0%

93Sevier County, TNTN101,342+39.4%+0%

94Rutherford County, TNTN386,352+53.5%+0%

95Williamson County, TNTN272,061+56.3%+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES