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Fastest shrinking, Tennessee counties · 2010

Tennessee counties with the steepest population decline from the 2000 census to 2010. 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

01Haywood County, TNTN17,042-5.1%−7.0 pts

02Grundy County, TNTN14,116-4.4%−11.6 pts

03Carroll County, TNTN29,200-3.2%−10.4 pts

04Hardeman County, TNTN25,274-3.0%−23.3 pts

05Obion County, TNTN30,067-2.0%−4.3 pts

06Lake County, TNTN6,249-1.5%−13.1 pts

07Clay County, TNTN7,821-1.4%−11.6 pts

08Benton County, TNTN16,183-0.3%−14.2 pts

09Giles County, TNTN31,433+0.1%−14.3 pts

10Decatur County, TNTN11,820+0.2%−11.8 pts

11Weakley County, TNTN33,261+0.4%−8.8 pts

12Crockett County, TNTN14,006+0.4%−8.3 pts

13Hancock County, TNTN7,075+0.5%−0.2 pts

14Van Buren County, TNTN6,874+0.7%−12.9 pts

15Wayne County, TNTN16,416+1.1%−19.8 pts

16Carter County, TNTN57,361+1.2%−9.0 pts

17Marion County, TNTN29,804+1.7%−10.1 pts

18Hardin County, TNTN27,983+1.8%−11.3 pts

19Campbell County, TNTN40,290+2.2%−11.4 pts

20Sullivan County, TNTN163,759+2.5%−4.1 pts

21Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617+2.6%−12.7 pts

22Pickett County, TNTN5,219+2.7%−6.1 pts

23Dyer County, TNTN36,320+2.8%−4.1 pts

24Gibson County, TNTN51,779+3.2%−0.8 pts

25Shelby County, TNTN910,226+3.4%−5.2 pts

26Humphreys County, TNTN19,646+3.4%−10.1 pts

27Unicoi County, TNTN17,856+3.7%−3.1 pts

28Perry County, TNTN9,126+3.7%−11.7 pts

29Henry County, TNTN32,896+3.9%−7.7 pts

30Warren County, TNTN43,717+4.1%−11.9 pts

31Bledsoe County, TNTN15,920+4.1%−23.8 pts

32Houston County, TNTN8,479+4.2%−11.1 pts

33Johnson County, TNTN18,718+4.3%−22.9 pts

34Roane County, TNTN57,395+4.4%−5.5 pts

35Franklin County, TNTN45,579+4.5%−8.6 pts

36Polk County, TNTN18,592+4.8%−12.8 pts

37Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+4.9%−8.2 pts

38Scott County, TNTN22,671+5.2%−9.9 pts

39Anderson County, TNTN82,066+5.3%+0.8 pts

40McNairy County, TNTN26,236+5.8%−4.2 pts

41Jackson County, TNTN12,466+6.0%−12.2 pts

42Meigs County, TNTN14,186+6.0%−32.0 pts

43Hawkins County, TNTN59,559+6.1%−14.1 pts

44Cocke County, TNTN37,889+6.2%−8.9 pts

45Lincoln County, TNTN36,853+6.4%−4.9 pts

46McMinn County, TNTN57,404+6.6%−9.0 pts

47Lewis County, TNTN13,487+7.0%−15.9 pts

48Madison County, TNTN100,790+7.0%−10.7 pts

49Union County, TNTN21,450+7.3%−22.7 pts

50DeKalb County, TNTN21,873+7.5%−13.9 pts

51Hamblen County, TNTN68,843+7.6%−7.6 pts

52Cannon County, TNTN15,296+7.6%−14.9 pts

53Stewart County, TNTN14,439+7.7%−22.8 pts

54Claiborne County, TNTN33,229+7.9%−6.4 pts

55Fentress County, TNTN20,322+8.0%−5.3 pts

56Smith County, TNTN20,981+8.2%−17.0 pts

57Trousdale County, TNTN12,623+8.4%−14.2 pts

58Henderson County, TNTN28,518+8.8%−8.0 pts

59Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+8.9%−23.4 pts

60Macon County, TNTN27,663+9.1%−19.0 pts

61Hamilton County, TNTN390,833+9.3%+1.4 pts

62Greene County, TNTN73,831+9.4%−3.2 pts

63Grainger County, TNTN25,739+9.7%−11.2 pts

64Overton County, TNTN23,787+9.8%−4.3 pts

65Coffee County, TNTN62,419+10.0%−9.1 pts

66Davidson County, TNTN745,904+10.0%−1.6 pts

67Chester County, TNTN17,994+10.2%−11.0 pts

68Hickman County, TNTN26,219+10.7%−22.3 pts

69Moore County, TNTN6,920+10.8%−10.7 pts

70Morgan County, TNTN22,160+11.3%−2.9 pts

71White County, TNTN29,612+11.9%−3.1 pts

72Rhea County, TNTN34,844+12.0%−4.7 pts

73Bradley County, TNTN115,465+12.5%−6.8 pts

74Knox County, TNTN511,453+13.1%−0.6 pts

75Monroe County, TNTN49,730+14.3%−13.3 pts

76Marshall County, TNTN38,071+14.4%−9.9 pts

77Washington County, TNTN141,199+14.7%−1.4 pts

78Dickson County, TNTN58,662+15.1%−8.0 pts

79Putnam County, TNTN86,612+16.1%−5.2 pts

80Jefferson County, TNTN60,024+16.1%−18.1 pts

81Blount County, TNTN143,820+16.2%−6.9 pts

82Maury County, TNTN118,131+16.5%−10.3 pts

83Tipton County, TNTN62,287+19.1%−17.3 pts

84Cumberland County, TNTN66,300+19.8%−15.0 pts

85Bedford County, TNTN55,273+19.9%−3.7 pts

86Robertson County, TNTN80,175+21.8%−9.4 pts

87Sumner County, TNTN215,538+23.1%−3.2 pts

88Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861+24.1%−4.2 pts

89Loudon County, TNTN63,764+24.2%−0.8 pts

90Sevier County, TNTN101,342+26.3%−13.1 pts

91Montgomery County, TNTN249,935+27.9%−6.2 pts

92Wilson County, TNTN175,033+28.4%−2.9 pts

93Fayette County, TNTN45,071+33.4%+20.6 pts

94Rutherford County, TNTN386,352+44.3%−9.2 pts

95Williamson County, TNTN272,061+44.7%−11.7 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS