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Most sparsely populated, Tennessee counties · 2000

Tennessee counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 95 counties in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Perry County, TNTN9,12618+0%

02Van Buren County, TNTN6,87420+0%

03Wayne County, TNTN16,41623+0%

04Stewart County, TNTN14,43927+0%

05Pickett County, TNTN5,21930+0%

06Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92030+0%

07Hancock County, TNTN7,07531+0%

08Fentress County, TNTN20,32233+0%

09Clay County, TNTN7,82134+0%

10Humphreys County, TNTN19,64634+0%

11Decatur County, TNTN11,82035+0%

12Jackson County, TNTN12,46636+0%

13Hickman County, TNTN26,21936+0%

14Polk County, TNTN18,59237+0%

15Haywood County, TNTN17,04237+0%

16Morgan County, TNTN22,16038+0%

17Scott County, TNTN22,67140+0%

18Grundy County, TNTN14,11640+0%

19Lewis County, TNTN13,48740+0%

20Houston County, TNTN8,47940+0%

21Fayette County, TNTN45,07141+0%

22Benton County, TNTN16,18342+0%

23Hardeman County, TNTN25,27442+0%

24Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86143+0%

25McNairy County, TNTN26,23644+0%

26Hardin County, TNTN27,98344+0%

27Moore County, TNTN6,92044+0%

28Overton County, TNTN23,78746+0%

29Lake County, TNTN6,24948+0%

30Giles County, TNTN31,43348+0%

31Cannon County, TNTN15,29648+0%

32Henderson County, TNTN28,51849+0%

33Carroll County, TNTN29,20049+0%

34Chester County, TNTN17,99454+0%

35Crockett County, TNTN14,00655+0%

36Lincoln County, TNTN36,85355+0%

37Henry County, TNTN32,89655+0%

38Marion County, TNTN29,80456+0%

39Smith County, TNTN20,98156+0%

40Meigs County, TNTN14,18657+0%

41DeKalb County, TNTN21,87357+0%

42Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61757+0%

43Johnson County, TNTN18,71859+0%

44Obion County, TNTN30,06760+0%

45Weakley County, TNTN33,26160+0%

46Monroe County, TNTN49,73061+0%

47White County, TNTN29,61261+0%

48Trousdale County, TNTN12,62363+0%

49Lawrence County, TNTN46,91465+0%

50Macon County, TNTN27,66366+0%

51Cumberland County, TNTN66,30069+0%

52Claiborne County, TNTN33,22969+0%

53Franklin County, TNTN45,57971+0%

54Marshall County, TNTN38,07171+0%

55Dyer County, TNTN36,32073+0%

56Grainger County, TNTN25,73974+0%

57Cocke County, TNTN37,88977+0%

58Bedford County, TNTN55,27379+0%

59Union County, TNTN21,45080+0%

60Gibson County, TNTN51,77980+0%

61Campbell County, TNTN40,29083+0%

62Dickson County, TNTN58,66288+0%

63Warren County, TNTN43,71788+0%

64Rhea County, TNTN34,84490+0%

65Unicoi County, TNTN17,85695+0%

66Greene County, TNTN73,831101+0%

67Hawkins County, TNTN59,559110+0%

68Coffee County, TNTN62,419112+0%

69Tipton County, TNTN62,287113+0%

70Maury County, TNTN118,131113+0%

71McMinn County, TNTN57,404114+0%

72Robertson County, TNTN80,175114+0%

73Cheatham County, TNTN42,778119+0%

74Sevier County, TNTN101,342120+0%

75Roane County, TNTN57,395144+0%

76Putnam County, TNTN86,612155+0%

77Wilson County, TNTN175,033156+0%

78Jefferson County, TNTN60,024161+0%

79Madison County, TNTN100,790165+0%

80Carter County, TNTN57,361166+0%

81Loudon County, TNTN63,764170+0%

82Blount County, TNTN143,820189+0%

83Anderson County, TNTN82,066212+0%

84Williamson County, TNTN272,061217+0%

85Sumner County, TNTN215,538246+0%

86Montgomery County, TNTN249,935250+0%

87Bradley County, TNTN115,465268+0%

88Rutherford County, TNTN386,352294+0%

89Washington County, TNTN141,199328+0%

90Hamblen County, TNTN68,843361+0%

91Sullivan County, TNTN163,759370+0%

92Hamilton County, TNTN390,833568+0%

93Knox County, TNTN511,453752+0%

94Davidson County, TNTN745,9041,132+0%

95Shelby County, TNTN910,2261,179+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES