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Largest German population, Tennessee counties · 2020

Tennessee counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 95 counties in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 95 is 2,209.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Davidson County, TNTN745,90459,129−3%

02Knox County, TNTN511,45354,259−19%

03Shelby County, TNTN910,22642,494−28%

04Hamilton County, TNTN390,83332,946−3%

05Williamson County, TNTN272,06132,656+10%

06Rutherford County, TNTN386,35230,301+8%

07Montgomery County, TNTN249,93525,525+20%

08Sumner County, TNTN215,53819,687−5%

09Sullivan County, TNTN163,75919,457+5%

10Wilson County, TNTN175,03317,271+29%

11Blount County, TNTN143,82015,500−9%

12Washington County, TNTN141,19914,465+1%

13Sevier County, TNTN101,34212,290+13%

14Bradley County, TNTN115,46511,354−6%

15Cumberland County, TNTN66,3008,874+11%

16Robertson County, TNTN80,1757,726+25%

17Maury County, TNTN118,1317,620−14%

18Anderson County, TNTN82,0667,557−28%

19Putnam County, TNTN86,6127,328+30%

20Jefferson County, TNTN60,0246,979+18%

21Loudon County, TNTN63,7646,554+2%

22Greene County, TNTN73,8316,466−36%

23McMinn County, TNTN57,4046,430+8%

24Carter County, TNTN57,3615,833−23%

25Roane County, TNTN57,3955,661−22%

26Coffee County, TNTN62,4195,217−2%

27Monroe County, TNTN49,7305,191+2%

28Madison County, TNTN100,7905,182−24%

29Tipton County, TNTN62,2875,078+13%

30Hamblen County, TNTN68,8435,033−15%

31Dickson County, TNTN58,6625,016−17%

32Lawrence County, TNTN46,9144,6020%

33Hawkins County, TNTN59,5594,492−13%

34Bedford County, TNTN55,2734,205+18%

35Franklin County, TNTN45,5794,187−14%

36Campbell County, TNTN40,2903,838+21%

37Cheatham County, TNTN42,7783,603−34%

38Rhea County, TNTN34,8443,332−5%

39Gibson County, TNTN51,7793,314−7%

40Warren County, TNTN43,7173,095+38%

41Fayette County, TNTN45,0712,943−17%

42Dyer County, TNTN36,3202,8900%

43Cocke County, TNTN37,8892,748−30%

44Morgan County, TNTN22,1602,744−18%

45Giles County, TNTN31,4332,463+2%

46Henry County, TNTN32,8962,303−39%

47Marshall County, TNTN38,0712,256−19%

48Obion County, TNTN30,0672,209−10%

49Hickman County, TNTN26,2192,201−24%

50Weakley County, TNTN33,2612,120−37%

51Claiborne County, TNTN33,2292,083−18%

52Polk County, TNTN18,5922,048+17%

53White County, TNTN29,6122,040−14%

54Lincoln County, TNTN36,8531,980−38%

55Grainger County, TNTN25,7391,941+2%

56Stewart County, TNTN14,4391,921+6%

57Union County, TNTN21,4501,917−3%

58Johnson County, TNTN18,7181,905−6%

59Fentress County, TNTN20,3221,904+42%

60Henderson County, TNTN28,5181,881+8%

61Hardin County, TNTN27,9831,834−14%

62Carroll County, TNTN29,2001,802−27%

63Lauderdale County, TNTN24,6171,714−9%

64Marion County, TNTN29,8041,685−46%

65Unicoi County, TNTN17,8561,676+55%

66Sequatchie County, TNTN17,8611,531+7%

67Overton County, TNTN23,7871,502−9%

68Macon County, TNTN27,6631,483+2%

69Wayne County, TNTN16,4161,483+10%

70Cannon County, TNTN15,2961,447+51%

71McNairy County, TNTN26,2361,371−46%

72Benton County, TNTN16,1831,262−23%

73Smith County, TNTN20,9811,254−13%

74Chester County, TNTN17,9941,238−7%

75Grundy County, TNTN14,1161,225−21%

76Scott County, TNTN22,6711,221+31%

77DeKalb County, TNTN21,8731,215−33%

78Meigs County, TNTN14,1861,184−7%

79Hardeman County, TNTN25,2741,071−37%

80Bledsoe County, TNTN15,9201,046−20%

81Jackson County, TNTN12,466993+50%

82Lewis County, TNTN13,487965−39%

83Decatur County, TNTN11,820951+12%

84Crockett County, TNTN14,006849+32%

85Trousdale County, TNTN12,623790−23%

86Perry County, TNTN9,126755+11%

87Houston County, TNTN8,479701−29%

88Humphreys County, TNTN19,646614−67%

89Lake County, TNTN6,249519−4%

90Moore County, TNTN6,920505−33%

91Clay County, TNTN7,821491+10%

92Haywood County, TNTN17,042478−46%

93Hancock County, TNTN7,075394−8%

94Van Buren County, TNTN6,874365+48%

95Pickett County, TNTN5,219225−43%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS