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Most population gained, Tennessee counties

Tennessee counties that added the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 95 counties in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Rutherford County, TNTN386,352+44,866−29%

02Knox County, TNTN511,453+32,482−30%

03Davidson County, TNTN745,904+30,020−49%

04Montgomery County, TNTN249,935+29,866−13%

05Wilson County, TNTN175,033+27,296+29%

06Hamilton County, TNTN390,833+24,626+10%

07Williamson County, TNTN272,061+24,335−47%

08Sumner County, TNTN215,538+19,257−29%

09Maury County, TNTN118,131+17,157+17%

10Loudon County, TNTN63,764+8,878+13%

11Blount County, TNTN143,820+8,540−57%

12Washington County, TNTN141,199+8,198−45%

13Robertson County, TNTN80,175+7,372−43%

14Bradley County, TNTN115,465+6,845−52%

15Putnam County, TNTN86,612+6,758−38%

16Sullivan County, TNTN163,759+5,596−41%

17Jefferson County, TNTN60,024+5,341−53%

18Cumberland County, TNTN66,300+5,155−57%

19Bedford County, TNTN55,273+5,036−30%

20Anderson County, TNTN82,066+4,943+60%

21Coffee County, TNTN62,419+4,530−41%

22Dickson County, TNTN58,662+4,347−46%

23Hamblen County, TNTN68,843+4,344−43%

24McMinn County, TNTN57,404+4,128−38%

25Roane County, TNTN57,395+3,991−15%

26Marshall County, TNTN38,071+3,753−28%

27Greene County, TNTN73,831+3,679−48%

28Monroe County, TNTN49,730+3,480−59%

29Fayette County, TNTN45,071+3,081−5%

30Sevier County, TNTN101,342+2,962−85%

31Hawkins County, TNTN59,559+2,838−68%

32Franklin County, TNTN45,579+2,805−38%

33Warren County, TNTN43,717+2,764−48%

34Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+2,755−40%

35Macon County, TNTN27,663+2,447−45%

36White County, TNTN29,612+2,261−25%

37Grainger County, TNTN25,739+2,212−38%

38Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861+2,035−19%

39Rhea County, TNTN34,844+1,974−51%

40Madison County, TNTN100,790+1,967−86%

41Cocke County, TNTN37,889+1,890−57%

42Fentress County, TNTN20,322+1,833−6%

43DeKalb County, TNTN21,873+1,793−41%

44Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+1,706−81%

45Union County, TNTN21,450+1,648−60%

46Lincoln County, TNTN36,853+1,534−52%

47Meigs County, TNTN14,186+1,428−53%

48Gibson County, TNTN51,779+1,350−27%

49Tipton County, TNTN62,287+1,317−90%

50Hickman County, TNTN26,219+1,294−77%

51Overton County, TNTN23,787+1,276−49%

52Claiborne County, TNTN33,229+1,186−68%

53Hardin County, TNTN27,983+1,152−61%

54Morgan County, TNTN22,160+1,125−54%

55Giles County, TNTN31,433+1,087−71%

56Smith County, TNTN20,981+1,077−70%

57Polk County, TNTN18,592+1,048−56%

58Campbell County, TNTN40,290+1,018−79%

59Trousdale County, TNTN12,623+1,008−25%

60Bledsoe County, TNTN15,920+1,007−63%

61Carter County, TNTN57,361+1,005−81%

62Marion County, TNTN29,804+967−67%

63Lewis County, TNTN13,487+905−57%

64Jackson County, TNTN12,466+849−50%

65Scott County, TNTN22,671+821−70%

66Cannon County, TNTN15,296+790−67%

67Stewart County, TNTN14,439+782−73%

68Johnson County, TNTN18,718+770−79%

69Carroll County, TNTN29,200+760−61%

70Perry County, TNTN9,126+760−25%

71Van Buren County, TNTN6,874+706+7%

72Henry County, TNTN32,896+697−78%

73Henderson County, TNTN28,518+676−82%

74Humphreys County, TNTN19,646+656−69%

75Chester County, TNTN17,994+653−76%

76Grundy County, TNTN14,116+587−39%

77Moore County, TNTN6,920+459−55%

78Hancock County, TNTN7,075+413+779%

79Decatur County, TNTN11,820+385−69%

80McNairy County, TNTN26,236+370−83%

81Weakley County, TNTN33,261+359−88%

82Benton County, TNTN16,183+319−84%

83Clay County, TNTN7,821+240−67%

84Pickett County, TNTN5,219+218−45%

85Houston County, TNTN8,479+196−82%

86Wayne County, TNTN16,416+184−94%

87Crockett County, TNTN14,006+95−92%

88Unicoi County, TNTN17,856-72−106%

89Hardeman County, TNTN25,274-188−104%

90Dyer County, TNTN36,320-481−120%

91Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617-526−115%

92Obion County, TNTN30,067-720−198%

93Lake County, TNTN6,249-756−192%

94Haywood County, TNTN17,042-822−328%

95Shelby County, TNTN910,226-19,518−127%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES