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Most sparsely populated, Tennessee counties · 2010

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, TNTN9,12619+4%

02Van Buren County, TNTN6,87420+1%

03Wayne County, TNTN16,41623+1%

04Stewart County, TNTN14,43929+8%

05Hancock County, TNTN7,07531+0%

06Pickett County, TNTN5,21931+3%

07Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92032+4%

08Clay County, TNTN7,82133−1%

09Humphreys County, TNTN19,64635+3%

10Decatur County, TNTN11,82035+0%

11Haywood County, TNTN17,04235−5%

12Fentress County, TNTN20,32236+8%

13Jackson County, TNTN12,46638+6%

14Grundy County, TNTN14,11638−4%

15Polk County, TNTN18,59239+5%

16Hickman County, TNTN26,21940+11%

17Hardeman County, TNTN25,27441−3%

18Scott County, TNTN22,67142+5%

19Benton County, TNTN16,18342−0%

20Houston County, TNTN8,47942+4%

21Morgan County, TNTN22,16042+11%

22Lewis County, TNTN13,48743+7%

23Hardin County, TNTN27,98345+2%

24McNairy County, TNTN26,23646+6%

25Lake County, TNTN6,24947−2%

26Carroll County, TNTN29,20048−3%

27Giles County, TNTN31,43348+0%

28Moore County, TNTN6,92049+11%

29Overton County, TNTN23,78751+10%

30Cannon County, TNTN15,29652+8%

31Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86153+24%

32Henderson County, TNTN28,51853+9%

33Fayette County, TNTN45,07155+33%

34Crockett County, TNTN14,00655+0%

35Marion County, TNTN29,80457+2%

36Henry County, TNTN32,89658+4%

37Obion County, TNTN30,06758−2%

38Lincoln County, TNTN36,85358+6%

39Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61759+3%

40Chester County, TNTN17,99460+10%

41Meigs County, TNTN14,18660+6%

42Weakley County, TNTN33,26160+0%

43Smith County, TNTN20,98161+8%

44Johnson County, TNTN18,71861+4%

45DeKalb County, TNTN21,87362+7%

46Lawrence County, TNTN46,91468+5%

47White County, TNTN29,61269+12%

48Trousdale County, TNTN12,62369+8%

49Monroe County, TNTN49,73070+14%

50Macon County, TNTN27,66372+9%

51Franklin County, TNTN45,57974+5%

52Claiborne County, TNTN33,22974+8%

53Dyer County, TNTN36,32075+3%

54Grainger County, TNTN25,73981+10%

55Marshall County, TNTN38,07182+14%

56Cocke County, TNTN37,88982+6%

57Cumberland County, TNTN66,30082+20%

58Gibson County, TNTN51,77982+3%

59Campbell County, TNTN40,29085+2%

60Union County, TNTN21,45085+7%

61Warren County, TNTN43,71792+4%

62Bedford County, TNTN55,27395+20%

63Unicoi County, TNTN17,85698+4%

64Rhea County, TNTN34,844101+12%

65Dickson County, TNTN58,662101+15%

66Greene County, TNTN73,831111+9%

67Hawkins County, TNTN59,559117+6%

68McMinn County, TNTN57,404122+7%

69Coffee County, TNTN62,419123+10%

70Cheatham County, TNTN42,778129+9%

71Maury County, TNTN118,131132+16%

72Tipton County, TNTN62,287134+19%

73Robertson County, TNTN80,175139+22%

74Roane County, TNTN57,395150+4%

75Sevier County, TNTN101,342152+26%

76Carter County, TNTN57,361168+1%

77Madison County, TNTN100,790176+7%

78Putnam County, TNTN86,612180+16%

79Jefferson County, TNTN60,024187+16%

80Wilson County, TNTN175,033200+28%

81Loudon County, TNTN63,764212+24%

82Blount County, TNTN143,820220+16%

83Anderson County, TNTN82,066223+5%

84Bradley County, TNTN115,465301+13%

85Sumner County, TNTN215,538303+23%

86Williamson County, TNTN272,061314+45%

87Montgomery County, TNTN249,935320+28%

88Washington County, TNTN141,199377+15%

89Sullivan County, TNTN163,759379+2%

90Hamblen County, TNTN68,843388+8%

91Rutherford County, TNTN386,352424+44%

92Hamilton County, TNTN390,833621+9%

93Knox County, TNTN511,453850+13%

94Shelby County, TNTN910,2261,219+3%

95Davidson County, TNTN745,9041,245+10%

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