RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 95 SHOWN OF 95

Most population lost, Tennessee counties · 2010

Tennessee counties that lost the most residents from the 2000 census to 2010, 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

01Haywood County, TNTN17,042-1,010−381%

02Carroll County, TNTN29,200-953−149%

03Hardeman County, TNTN25,274-852−118%

04Obion County, TNTN30,067-643−188%

05Grundy County, TNTN14,116-629−165%

06Lake County, TNTN6,249-122−115%

07Clay County, TNTN7,821-115−116%

08Benton County, TNTN16,183-48−102%

09Decatur County, TNTN11,820+26−98%

10Hancock County, TNTN7,075+33−30%

11Giles County, TNTN31,433+38−99%

12Van Buren County, TNTN6,874+40−94%

13Crockett County, TNTN14,006+54−95%

14Weakley County, TNTN33,261+126−96%

15Pickett County, TNTN5,219+132−67%

16Wayne County, TNTN16,416+179−94%

17Perry County, TNTN9,126+284−72%

18Houston County, TNTN8,479+338−68%

19Hardin County, TNTN27,983+448−85%

20Marion County, TNTN29,804+461−84%

21Bledsoe County, TNTN15,920+509−81%

22Humphreys County, TNTN19,646+609−71%

23Trousdale County, TNTN12,623+611−54%

24Moore County, TNTN6,920+622−39%

25Unicoi County, TNTN17,856+646−42%

26Jackson County, TNTN12,466+654−61%

27Meigs County, TNTN14,186+667−78%

28Carter County, TNTN57,361+682−87%

29Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617+714−80%

30Johnson County, TNTN18,718+745−80%

31Polk County, TNTN18,592+775−68%

32Lewis County, TNTN13,487+794−63%

33Campbell County, TNTN40,290+862−82%

34Stewart County, TNTN14,439+954−67%

35Cannon County, TNTN15,296+975−59%

36Dyer County, TNTN36,320+1,056−56%

37Scott County, TNTN22,671+1,101−60%

38Henry County, TNTN32,896+1,215−62%

39DeKalb County, TNTN21,873+1,300−58%

40Union County, TNTN21,450+1,301−68%

41Fentress County, TNTN20,322+1,334−32%

42McNairy County, TNTN26,236+1,422−36%

43Smith County, TNTN20,981+1,454−59%

44Gibson County, TNTN51,779+1,531−17%

45Warren County, TNTN43,717+1,563−70%

46Chester County, TNTN17,994+1,591−42%

47Franklin County, TNTN45,579+1,782−61%

48Macon County, TNTN27,663+1,862−58%

49Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+1,943−58%

50Overton County, TNTN23,787+1,965−21%

51Grainger County, TNTN25,739+1,998−44%

52Lincoln County, TNTN36,853+2,021−37%

53Cocke County, TNTN37,889+2,097−53%

54Morgan County, TNTN22,160+2,230−9%

55Henderson County, TNTN28,518+2,247−39%

56Roane County, TNTN57,395+2,271−52%

57Claiborne County, TNTN33,229+2,351−37%

58Hickman County, TNTN26,219+2,395−57%

59White County, TNTN29,612+2,739−9%

60Sequatchie County, TNTN17,861+2,742+9%

61Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+3,193−64%

62McMinn County, TNTN57,404+3,251−51%

63Hawkins County, TNTN59,559+3,270−64%

64Rhea County, TNTN34,844+3,409−16%

65Sullivan County, TNTN163,759+3,775−60%

66Anderson County, TNTN82,066+3,799+23%

67Marshall County, TNTN38,071+3,850−26%

68Hamblen County, TNTN68,843+4,416−42%

69Coffee County, TNTN62,419+4,782−38%

70Monroe County, TNTN49,730+5,558−34%

71Greene County, TNTN73,831+5,922−16%

72Madison County, TNTN100,790+6,457−53%

73Dickson County, TNTN58,662+6,510−20%

74Jefferson County, TNTN60,024+7,113−37%

75Bedford County, TNTN55,273+7,472+4%

76Cumberland County, TNTN66,300+9,251−23%

77Loudon County, TNTN63,764+9,470+21%

78Fayette County, TNTN45,071+9,607+196%

79Tipton County, TNTN62,287+9,810−28%

80Putnam County, TNTN86,612+10,006−9%

81Bradley County, TNTN115,465+10,998−23%

82Maury County, TNTN118,131+11,458−22%

83Robertson County, TNTN80,175+11,850−8%

84Washington County, TNTN141,199+15,781+6%

85Blount County, TNTN143,820+17,187−13%

86Sevier County, TNTN101,342+18,719−7%

87Wilson County, TNTN175,033+25,184+19%

88Hamilton County, TNTN390,833+28,567+28%

89Shelby County, TNTN910,226+30,172−58%

90Sumner County, TNTN215,538+30,196+11%

91Montgomery County, TNTN249,935+37,563+10%

92Knox County, TNTN511,453+50,194+8%

93Williamson County, TNTN272,061+56,544+24%

94Davidson County, TNTN745,904+56,790−4%

95Rutherford County, TNTN386,352+80,581+27%

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