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Largest Scotch-Irish population, Tennessee counties

Tennessee counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish ancestry, from the 2024 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Knox County, TNTN511,45313,770−32%

02Davidson County, TNTN745,90411,165−42%

03Shelby County, TNTN910,2267,284−63%

04Hamilton County, TNTN390,8336,074−43%

05Rutherford County, TNTN386,3525,681−26%

06Williamson County, TNTN272,0615,528−38%

07Sullivan County, TNTN163,7594,702−37%

08Sumner County, TNTN215,5383,665−38%

09Blount County, TNTN143,8203,619−53%

10Washington County, TNTN141,1993,288−30%

11Bradley County, TNTN115,4652,790−16%

12Sevier County, TNTN101,3422,775−34%

13Wilson County, TNTN175,0332,483−27%

14Montgomery County, TNTN249,9352,210−36%

15Anderson County, TNTN82,0662,116−35%

16Madison County, TNTN100,7901,791−38%

17Putnam County, TNTN86,6121,633−14%

18Roane County, TNTN57,3951,619−28%

19Maury County, TNTN118,1311,575−20%

20Carter County, TNTN57,3611,459−44%

21Jefferson County, TNTN60,0241,415−25%

22Loudon County, TNTN63,7641,405−37%

23Greene County, TNTN73,8311,368−37%

24Hawkins County, TNTN59,5591,342−28%

25Monroe County, TNTN49,7301,200−14%

26Rhea County, TNTN34,8441,159+6%

27Hamblen County, TNTN68,8431,113−48%

28Franklin County, TNTN45,5791,105−19%

29Cumberland County, TNTN66,3001,066−13%

30Dyer County, TNTN36,3201,039+53%

31Dickson County, TNTN58,6621,003−46%

32Tipton County, TNTN62,287941−25%

33Robertson County, TNTN80,175898−37%

34Johnson County, TNTN18,718868+86%

35Gibson County, TNTN51,779856−41%

36Morgan County, TNTN22,160828+51%

37Coffee County, TNTN62,419789−40%

38Marshall County, TNTN38,071783−6%

39McMinn County, TNTN57,404704−62%

40Giles County, TNTN31,433660−15%

41Henderson County, TNTN28,518642+15%

42Lawrence County, TNTN46,914637−56%

43Warren County, TNTN43,717610−38%

44Lincoln County, TNTN36,853609−54%

45Bedford County, TNTN55,273607−37%

46Fayette County, TNTN45,071579−51%

47Claiborne County, TNTN33,229560−34%

48Marion County, TNTN29,804559−30%

49Cheatham County, TNTN42,778542−60%

50White County, TNTN29,612525+3%

51Campbell County, TNTN40,290469−27%

52Unicoi County, TNTN17,856464−4%

53Cocke County, TNTN37,889462−68%

54Scott County, TNTN22,671461−45%

55Stewart County, TNTN14,439436+99%

56Hickman County, TNTN26,219398−34%

57Union County, TNTN21,450394+3%

58Fentress County, TNTN20,322365+28%

59DeKalb County, TNTN21,873358+91%

60Henry County, TNTN32,896347−72%

61Macon County, TNTN27,663341+24%

62McNairy County, TNTN26,236334−45%

63Polk County, TNTN18,592314−40%

64Grainger County, TNTN25,739309−52%

65Carroll County, TNTN29,200294−58%

66Lewis County, TNTN13,487293+61%

67Hardin County, TNTN27,983278−33%

68Overton County, TNTN23,787264−43%

69Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861255−37%

70Obion County, TNTN30,067253−71%

71Weakley County, TNTN33,261235−75%

72Jackson County, TNTN12,466233−13%

73Van Buren County, TNTN6,874232+87%

74Meigs County, TNTN14,186218−2%

75Smith County, TNTN20,981209−56%

76Chester County, TNTN17,994203−46%

77Humphreys County, TNTN19,646199−67%

78Grundy County, TNTN14,116190−58%

79Trousdale County, TNTN12,623186−8%

80Haywood County, TNTN17,042177−1%

81Crockett County, TNTN14,006176−28%

82Wayne County, TNTN16,416156−47%

83Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617143−69%

84Benton County, TNTN16,183140−71%

85Hardeman County, TNTN25,274140−71%

86Houston County, TNTN8,479123−71%

87Cannon County, TNTN15,296112−78%

88Clay County, TNTN7,82174−41%

89Moore County, TNTN6,92062−74%

90Lake County, TNTN6,24960−10%

91Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92050−91%

92Decatur County, TNTN11,82049−81%

93Perry County, TNTN9,12648−80%

94Pickett County, TNTN5,21940−18%

95Hancock County, TNTN7,07532−78%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES