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Largest Scotch-Irish population, Tennessee counties · 2020

Tennessee counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Knox County, TNTN511,45317,633−14%

02Davidson County, TNTN745,90411,539−40%

03Shelby County, TNTN910,22610,928−44%

04Sullivan County, TNTN163,7596,323−15%

05Rutherford County, TNTN386,3526,216−19%

06Hamilton County, TNTN390,8336,212−42%

07Williamson County, TNTN272,0615,765−35%

08Blount County, TNTN143,8204,898−37%

09Sevier County, TNTN101,3424,350+4%

10Sumner County, TNTN215,5383,945−33%

11Washington County, TNTN141,1993,529−25%

12Wilson County, TNTN175,0332,773−19%

13Anderson County, TNTN82,0662,699−17%

14Montgomery County, TNTN249,9352,506−27%

15Bradley County, TNTN115,4652,338−30%

16Madison County, TNTN100,7902,009−31%

17Jefferson County, TNTN60,0241,935+3%

18Maury County, TNTN118,1311,934−2%

19Roane County, TNTN57,3951,642−27%

20Carter County, TNTN57,3611,616−38%

21Putnam County, TNTN86,6121,558−18%

22Hamblen County, TNTN68,8431,496−31%

23Hawkins County, TNTN59,5591,468−22%

24Greene County, TNTN73,8311,382−37%

25Loudon County, TNTN63,7641,272−43%

26Robertson County, TNTN80,1751,268−11%

27Cumberland County, TNTN66,3001,145−7%

28Franklin County, TNTN45,5791,082−21%

29Campbell County, TNTN40,2901,049+62%

30Tipton County, TNTN62,2871,022−18%

31Dyer County, TNTN36,3201,010+49%

32Monroe County, TNTN49,7301,005−28%

33Lawrence County, TNTN46,914870−40%

34Gibson County, TNTN51,779864−41%

35McMinn County, TNTN57,404860−54%

36Marshall County, TNTN38,071850+2%

37Bedford County, TNTN55,273811−16%

38Johnson County, TNTN18,718799+71%

39Fayette County, TNTN45,071745−37%

40Lincoln County, TNTN36,853740−44%

41Dickson County, TNTN58,662706−62%

42Coffee County, TNTN62,419677−49%

43Morgan County, TNTN22,160674+23%

44Grainger County, TNTN25,739672+5%

45Giles County, TNTN31,433668−14%

46Scott County, TNTN22,671664−21%

47Rhea County, TNTN34,844564−48%

48Cocke County, TNTN37,889535−63%

49Unicoi County, TNTN17,856520+8%

50Marion County, TNTN29,804514−36%

51White County, TNTN29,612513+1%

52Cheatham County, TNTN42,778511−62%

53Carroll County, TNTN29,200495−30%

54Warren County, TNTN43,717438−56%

55Fentress County, TNTN20,322437+53%

56Claiborne County, TNTN33,229422−50%

57Stewart County, TNTN14,439421+92%

58Macon County, TNTN27,663419+52%

59Union County, TNTN21,450415+8%

60McNairy County, TNTN26,236408−33%

61Humphreys County, TNTN19,646403−33%

62Henderson County, TNTN28,518385−31%

63Polk County, TNTN18,592381−27%

64Bledsoe County, TNTN15,920376−36%

65Obion County, TNTN30,067374−57%

66Smith County, TNTN20,981358−25%

67Weakley County, TNTN33,261341−63%

68Henry County, TNTN32,896327−74%

69Jackson County, TNTN12,466309+15%

70DeKalb County, TNTN21,873295+58%

71Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861284−30%

72Hickman County, TNTN26,219280−54%

73Hardin County, TNTN27,983274−34%

74Cannon County, TNTN15,296270−47%

75Overton County, TNTN23,787235−49%

76Hardeman County, TNTN25,274228−53%

77Benton County, TNTN16,183213−56%

78Lewis County, TNTN13,487197+8%

79Grundy County, TNTN14,116196−57%

80Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617184−60%

81Chester County, TNTN17,994181−52%

82Meigs County, TNTN14,186179−20%

83Wayne County, TNTN16,416172−41%

84Clay County, TNTN7,821143+13%

85Crockett County, TNTN14,006142−42%

86Perry County, TNTN9,126132−45%

87Decatur County, TNTN11,820107−59%

88Van Buren County, TNTN6,87490−27%

89Lake County, TNTN6,24986+28%

90Haywood County, TNTN17,04284−53%

91Trousdale County, TNTN12,62363−69%

92Houston County, TNTN8,47961−86%

93Moore County, TNTN6,92058−75%

94Pickett County, TNTN5,21952+6%

95Hancock County, TNTN7,07546−68%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS