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Fastest shrinking, Tennessee counties · 2020

Tennessee counties with the steepest population decline from the 2010 census to 2020. 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, TNTN6,249-10.6%−22.1 pts

02Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617-9.6%−25.0 pts

03Hardeman County, TNTN25,274-6.6%−26.8 pts

04Weakley County, TNTN33,261-6.1%−15.2 pts

05Haywood County, TNTN17,042-4.9%−6.8 pts

06Wayne County, TNTN16,416-4.6%−25.5 pts

07Crockett County, TNTN14,006-4.6%−13.3 pts

08Morgan County, TNTN22,160-4.3%−18.5 pts

09Dyer County, TNTN36,320-4.0%−11.0 pts

10Benton County, TNTN16,183-3.8%−17.7 pts

11Clay County, TNTN7,821-3.6%−13.8 pts

12Campbell County, TNTN40,290-3.5%−17.2 pts

13Obion County, TNTN30,067-3.2%−5.5 pts

14Decatur County, TNTN11,820-2.7%−14.8 pts

15Hancock County, TNTN7,075-2.3%−3.0 pts

16Unicoi County, TNTN17,856-2.1%−8.9 pts

17Carter County, TNTN57,361-1.9%−12.0 pts

18Scott County, TNTN22,671-1.7%−16.8 pts

19Houston County, TNTN8,479-1.7%−16.9 pts

20Johnson County, TNTN18,718-1.6%−28.7 pts

21Pickett County, TNTN5,219-1.5%−10.2 pts

22Roane County, TNTN57,395-1.4%−11.4 pts

23Grundy County, TNTN14,116-1.3%−8.5 pts

24McNairy County, TNTN26,236-0.8%−10.8 pts

25Claiborne County, TNTN33,229-0.5%−14.8 pts

26Henry County, TNTN32,896-0.4%−12.0 pts

27Carroll County, TNTN29,200-0.3%−7.4 pts

28Hawkins County, TNTN59,559-0.2%−20.4 pts

29Tipton County, TNTN62,287-0.2%−36.7 pts

30Jackson County, TNTN12,466-0.2%−18.3 pts

31Shelby County, TNTN910,226+0.2%−8.4 pts

32Henderson County, TNTN28,518+0.3%−16.6 pts

33Madison County, TNTN100,790+0.5%−17.2 pts

34Sullivan County, TNTN163,759+0.9%−5.7 pts

35Cocke County, TNTN37,889+0.9%−14.2 pts

36Hickman County, TNTN26,219+1.0%−32.1 pts

37Chester County, TNTN17,994+1.2%−20.0 pts

38Gibson County, TNTN51,779+1.5%−2.5 pts

39Moore County, TNTN6,920+1.6%−20.0 pts

40Greene County, TNTN73,831+1.9%−10.7 pts

41McMinn County, TNTN57,404+1.9%−13.7 pts

42Overton County, TNTN23,787+1.9%−12.1 pts

43Marion County, TNTN29,804+2.1%−9.6 pts

44Humphreys County, TNTN19,646+2.4%−11.1 pts

45Stewart County, TNTN14,439+2.5%−28.0 pts

46Anderson County, TNTN82,066+2.7%−1.9 pts

47Warren County, TNTN43,717+2.8%−13.2 pts

48Giles County, TNTN31,433+2.9%−11.5 pts

49Fentress County, TNTN20,322+3.0%−10.4 pts

50Hardin County, TNTN27,983+3.1%−9.9 pts

51Hamblen County, TNTN68,843+3.1%−12.0 pts

52Rhea County, TNTN34,844+3.3%−13.3 pts

53Lewis County, TNTN13,487+3.5%−19.5 pts

54Union County, TNTN21,450+3.6%−26.4 pts

55Grainger County, TNTN25,739+3.8%−17.0 pts

56Smith County, TNTN20,981+3.9%−21.4 pts

57Monroe County, TNTN49,730+3.9%−23.7 pts

58Franklin County, TNTN45,579+4.2%−8.9 pts

59Polk County, TNTN18,592+4.3%−13.4 pts

60Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+5.0%−27.3 pts

61Cannon County, TNTN15,296+5.1%−17.4 pts

62Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+5.5%−7.6 pts

63Perry County, TNTN9,126+5.7%−9.7 pts

64White County, TNTN29,612+5.8%−9.1 pts

65Lincoln County, TNTN36,853+5.9%−5.4 pts

66Jefferson County, TNTN60,024+6.4%−27.8 pts

67DeKalb County, TNTN21,873+7.2%−14.1 pts

68Washington County, TNTN141,199+8.1%−8.0 pts

69Meigs County, TNTN14,186+8.6%−29.5 pts

70Hamilton County, TNTN390,833+8.8%+1.0 pts

71Cumberland County, TNTN66,300+9.1%−25.7 pts

72Fayette County, TNTN45,071+9.3%−3.4 pts

73Dickson County, TNTN58,662+9.4%−13.7 pts

74Sevier County, TNTN101,342+9.4%−30.0 pts

75Coffee County, TNTN62,419+9.6%−9.4 pts

76Bradley County, TNTN115,465+9.8%−9.6 pts

77Robertson County, TNTN80,175+9.8%−21.3 pts

78Blount County, TNTN143,820+10.0%−13.1 pts

79Putnam County, TNTN86,612+10.4%−10.9 pts

80Knox County, TNTN511,453+10.8%−3.0 pts

81Van Buren County, TNTN6,874+11.2%−2.5 pts

82Bedford County, TNTN55,273+11.5%−12.1 pts

83Marshall County, TNTN38,071+12.1%−12.2 pts

84Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861+12.1%−16.1 pts

85Loudon County, TNTN63,764+13.0%−12.0 pts

86Macon County, TNTN27,663+13.3%−14.8 pts

87Davidson County, TNTN745,904+14.2%+2.7 pts

88Bledsoe County, TNTN15,920+15.8%−12.1 pts

89Sumner County, TNTN215,538+22.2%−4.1 pts

90Maury County, TNTN118,131+24.7%−2.1 pts

91Montgomery County, TNTN249,935+27.7%−6.4 pts

92Wilson County, TNTN175,033+29.6%−1.6 pts

93Rutherford County, TNTN386,352+30.0%−23.5 pts

94Williamson County, TNTN272,061+35.2%−21.1 pts

95Trousdale County, TNTN12,623+47.6%+25.0 pts

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