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Most population gained, Tennessee counties · 2020

Tennessee counties that added the most residents from the 2010 census to 2020, 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

01Davidson County, TNTN745,904+89,203+51%

02Rutherford County, TNTN386,352+78,882+24%

03Williamson County, TNTN272,061+64,544+41%

04Montgomery County, TNTN249,935+47,738+39%

05Knox County, TNTN511,453+46,745+1%

06Sumner County, TNTN215,538+35,636+31%

07Wilson County, TNTN175,033+33,744+60%

08Hamilton County, TNTN390,833+29,744+33%

09Maury County, TNTN118,131+20,018+36%

10Blount County, TNTN143,820+12,270−38%

11Washington County, TNTN141,199+10,022−33%

12Bradley County, TNTN115,465+9,657−32%

13Sevier County, TNTN101,342+8,491−58%

14Putnam County, TNTN86,612+7,533−31%

15Robertson County, TNTN80,175+6,520−50%

16Loudon County, TNTN63,764+6,330−19%

17Bedford County, TNTN55,273+5,179−28%

18Coffee County, TNTN62,419+5,093−34%

19Cumberland County, TNTN66,300+5,092−58%

20Dickson County, TNTN58,662+4,649−43%

21Trousdale County, TNTN12,623+3,745+180%

22Marshall County, TNTN38,071+3,701−29%

23Fayette County, TNTN45,071+3,577+10%

24Jefferson County, TNTN60,024+3,276−71%

25Macon County, TNTN27,663+2,968−34%

26Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+2,290−50%

27Shelby County, TNTN910,226+2,100−97%

28Bledsoe County, TNTN15,920+2,037−24%

29Anderson County, TNTN82,066+1,994−35%

30Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+1,967−78%

31Lincoln County, TNTN36,853+1,958−38%

32Hamblen County, TNTN68,843+1,955−74%

33Monroe County, TNTN49,730+1,731−79%

34Franklin County, TNTN45,579+1,722−62%

35Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861+1,714−32%

36White County, TNTN29,612+1,510−50%

37DeKalb County, TNTN21,873+1,357−56%

38Sullivan County, TNTN163,759+1,340−86%

39Greene County, TNTN73,831+1,321−81%

40Warren County, TNTN43,717+1,114−79%

41Rhea County, TNTN34,844+1,061−74%

42McMinn County, TNTN57,404+1,010−85%

43Meigs County, TNTN14,186+1,005−67%

44Grainger County, TNTN25,739+870−76%

45Giles County, TNTN31,433+861−77%

46Hardin County, TNTN27,983+805−73%

47Gibson County, TNTN51,779+746−59%

48Smith County, TNTN20,981+738−79%

49Polk County, TNTN18,592+719−70%

50Cannon County, TNTN15,296+705−70%

51Union County, TNTN21,450+693−83%

52Van Buren County, TNTN6,874+620−6%

53Marion County, TNTN29,804+600−79%

54Fentress County, TNTN20,322+530−73%

55Madison County, TNTN100,790+529−96%

56Humphreys County, TNTN19,646+452−79%

57Perry County, TNTN9,126+451−56%

58Overton County, TNTN23,787+428−83%

59Lewis County, TNTN13,487+421−80%

60Cocke County, TNTN37,889+337−92%

61Stewart County, TNTN14,439+333−88%

62Hickman County, TNTN26,219+235−96%

63Chester County, TNTN17,994+210−92%

64Moore County, TNTN6,920+99−90%

65Henderson County, TNTN28,518+73−98%

66Jackson County, TNTN12,466-21−101%

67Pickett County, TNTN5,219-76−119%

68Carroll County, TNTN29,200-82−104%

69Tipton County, TNTN62,287-111−101%

70Hawkins County, TNTN59,559-112−101%

71Henry County, TNTN32,896-131−104%

72Houston County, TNTN8,479-143−113%

73Hancock County, TNTN7,075-157−434%

74Claiborne County, TNTN33,229-170−105%

75Grundy County, TNTN14,116-174−118%

76McNairy County, TNTN26,236-209−109%

77Clay County, TNTN7,821-280−138%

78Johnson County, TNTN18,718-296−108%

79Decatur County, TNTN11,820-322−126%

80Scott County, TNTN22,671-378−114%

81Unicoi County, TNTN17,856-385−134%

82Benton County, TNTN16,183-625−131%

83Crockett County, TNTN14,006-675−158%

84Roane County, TNTN57,395-777−117%

85Wayne County, TNTN16,416-789−127%

86Lake County, TNTN6,249-827−200%

87Haywood County, TNTN17,042-923−356%

88Morgan County, TNTN22,160-952−139%

89Obion County, TNTN30,067-1,020−239%

90Carter County, TNTN57,361-1,068−120%

91Campbell County, TNTN40,290-1,444−130%

92Dyer County, TNTN36,320-1,534−163%

93Hardeman County, TNTN25,274-1,791−138%

94Weakley County, TNTN33,261-2,119−172%

95Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617-2,672−174%

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