Tennessee Counties (GeoWorld)

County Basics

The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.) The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile), density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.

You can see this information for all fifty states at Reference > North America > USA > Counties. Also, see the Counties home page.

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Name	Seat	Area	(km)	Density	(km)	Pop(2000)	Pop(1990)
Anderson	Clinton	338	874	202	78	71,330	68,250
Bedford	Shelbyville	474	1,227	64	25	37,586	30,411
Benton	Camden	395	1,023	37	14	16,537	14,524
Bledsoe	Pikeville	406	1,052	24	9	12,367	9,669
Blount	Maryville	559	1,447	154	59	105,823	85,969
Bradley	Cleveland	329	852	224	87	87,965	73,712
Campbell	Jacksboro	480	1,243	73	28	39,854	35,079
Cannon	Woodbury	266	688	39	15	12,826	10,467
Carroll	Huntingdon	599	1,552	46	18	29,475	27,514
Carter	Elizabethton	341	883	151	58	56,742	51,505
Cheatham	Ashland City	303	784	90	35	35,912	27,140
Chester	Henderson	289	747	44	17	15,540	12,819
Claiborne	Tazewell	434	1,125	60	23	29,862	26,137
Clay	Celina	236	612	31	12	7,976	7,238
Cocke	Newport	434	1,125	67	26	33,565	29,141
Coffee	Manchester	429	1,111	94	36	48,014	40,339
Crockett	Alamo	265	687	50	20	14,532	13,378
Cumberland	Crossville	682	1,765	51	20	46,802	34,736
Davidson	Nashville	502	1,301	1,017	393	569,891	510,784
Decatur	Smithville	334	865	31	12	11,731	10,472
DeKalb	Decaturville	305	789	47	18	17,423	14,360
Dickson	Charlotte	490	1,269	72	28	43,156	35,061
Dyer	Dyersburg	511	1,322	68	26	37,279	34,854
Fayette	Somerville	705	1,825	36	14	28,806	25,559
Fentress	Jamestown	499	1,292	29	11	16,625	14,669
Franklin	Winchester	553	1,433	63	24	39,270	34,725
Gibson	Trenton	603	1,561	77	30	48,152	46,315
Giles	Pulaski	611	1,582	42	16	29,447	25,741
Grainger	Rutledge	280	726	61	24	20,659	17,095
Greene	Greeneville	622	1,611	90	35	62,909	55,853
Grundy	Altamont	361	934	37	14	14,332	13,362
Hamblen	Morristown	161	417	314	121	58,128	50,480
Hamilton	Chattanooga	543	1,405	526	203	307,896	285,536
Hancock	Sneedville	222	576	30	12	6,786	6,739
Hardeman	Bolivar	668	1,729	35	14	28,105	23,377
Hardin	Savannah	578	1,497	39	15	25,578	22,633
Hawkins	Rogersville	487	1,261	92	35	53,563	44,565
Haywood	Brownsville	533	1,381	37	14	19,797	19,437
Henderson	Lexington	520	1,347	42	16	25,522	21,844
Henry	Paris	562	1,455	50	19	31,115	27,888
Hickman	Centerville	613	1,587	27	11	22,295	16,754
Houston	Erin	200	519	35	14	8,088	7,018
Humphreys	Waverly	532	1,379	30	12	17,929	15,795
Jackson	Gainesboro	309	800	30	12	10,984	9,297
Jefferson	Dandridge	274	709	121	47	44,294	33,016
Johnson	Mountain City	299	773	46	18	17,499	13,766
Knox	Knoxville	509	1,317	660	255	382,032	335,749
Lake	Tiptonville	163	423	44	17	7,954	7,129
Lauderdale	Ripley	471	1,219	50	19	27,101	23,491
Lawrence	Lawrenceburg	617	1,599	57	22	39,926	35,303
Lewis	Hohenwald	282	731	33	13	11,367	9,247
Lincoln	Fayetteville	570	1,477	49	19	31,340	28,157
Loudon	Loudon	229	592	137	53	39,086	31,255
Macon	Athens	430	1,115	99	38	20,386	42,383
Madison	Selmer	560	1,451	40	16	91,837	22,422
Marion	Lafayette	307	796	52	20	27,776	15,906
Marshall	Jackson	557	1,443	140	54	26,767	77,982
Maury	Jasper	500	1,295	50	19	69,498	24,860
McMinn	Lewisburg	375	972	57	22	49,015	21,539
McNairy	Columbia	613	1,588	89	35	24,653	54,812
Meigs	Decatur	195	505	41	16	11,086	8,033
Monroe	Madisonville	635	1,645	48	19	38,961	30,541
Montgomery	Clarksville	539	1,396	186	72	134,768	100,498
Moore	Lynchburg	129	335	37	14	5,740	4,721
Morgan	Wartburg	522	1,352	33	13	19,757	17,300
Obion	Union City	545	1,411	58	23	32,450	31,717
Overton	Livingston	433	1,122	41	16	20,118	17,636
Perry	Linden	415	1,075	16	6	7,631	6,612
Pickett	Byrdstown	163	422	28	11	4,945	4,548
Polk	Benton	435	1,127	31	12	16,050	13,643
Putnam	Cookeville	401	1,039	128	50	62,315	51,373
Rhea	Dayton	316	818	77	30	28,400	24,344
Roane	Kingston	361	935	131	51	51,910	47,227
Roane	Kingston	361	935	131	51	51,910	47,227
Robertson	Springfield	477	1,234	87	34	54,433	41,494
Rutherford	Murfreesboro	619	1,603	192	74	182,023	118,570
Scott	Huntsville	532	1,378	35	13	21,127	18,358
Sequatchie	Dunlap	266	689	33	13	11,370	8,863
Sevier	Sevierville	592	1,534	86	33	71,170	51,043
Shelby	Memphis	755	1,955	1,095	423	897,472	826,330
Smith	Carthage	314	814	45	17	17,712	14,143
Stewart	Dover	458	1,185	21	8	12,370	9,479
Sullivan	Blountville	413	1,070	348	134	153,048	143,596
Sumner	Gallatin	529	1,371	195	75	130,449	103,281
Tipton	Covington	459	1,190	82	32	51,271	37,568
Trousdale	Hartsville	114	296	52	20	7,259	5,920
Unicoi	Erwin	186	482	89	34	17,667	16,549
Union	Maynardville	224	579	61	24	17,808	13,694
Van Buren	Spencer	274	708	18	7	5,508	4,846
Warren	McMinnville	433	1,121	76	29	38,276	32,992
Washington	Jonesboro	326	845	283	109	107,198	92,315
Wayne	Waynesboro	734	1,901	19	7	16,842	13,935
Weakley	Dresden	580	1,503	55	21	34,895	31,972
White	Sparta	377	976	53	21	23,102	20,090
Williamson	Franklin	583	1,509	139	54	126,638	81,021
Wilson	Lebanon	571	1,478	119	46	88,809	67,675

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Race

The table below lists the population of various ethnic and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American, Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two or more races, and Hispanic.

County	Native	White	Black	Asian	PI	Other	Race2	Hisp
Anderson	226	66,593	2,766	593	9	274	869	787
Bedford	105	32,640	3,189	170	20	1,025	437	2,811
Benton	54	15,948	348	40	0	33	114	157
Bledsoe	47	11,680	458	14	3	23	142	138
Blount	308	100,241	3,077	759	27	363	1,048	1,120
Bradley	250	81,792	3,511	501	14	784	1,113	1,822
Campbell	123	39,109	120	62	15	62	363	269
Cannon	42	12,424	187	15	3	51	104	157
Carroll	72	25,843	3,050	47	6	134	323	386
Carter	112	55,316	566	146	5	153	444	504
Cheatham	135	34,783	532	63	17	130	252	437
Chester	35	13,696	1,558	36	0	48	167	150
Claiborne	72	29,202	224	85	3	56	220	192
Clay	26	7,717	115	11	9	19	79	108
Cocke	135	32,277	669	52	5	106	321	354
Coffee	146	44,858	1,724	353	15	438	480	1,051
Crockett	29	11,910	2,088	8	0	406	91	793
Cumberland	118	45,917	59	113	12	211	372	578
Davidson	1,679	381,783	147,696	13,275	403	13,816	11,239	26,091
Decatur	27	11,041	407	23	3	141	89	229
DeKalb	48	16,653	250	24	3	282	163	633
Dickson	172	40,243	1,978	116	5	204	438	484
Dyer	82	31,835	4,795	124	9	160	274	434
Fayette	56	17,997	10,355	63	2	113	220	298
Fentress	25	16,499	18	16	0	5	62	90
Franklin	78	36,206	2,157	162	13	237	417	620
Gibson	94	37,878	9,497	67	8	240	368	540
Giles	87	25,454	3,476	103	3	62	262	266
Grainger	32	20,330	67	18	5	82	125	226
Greene	112	60,659	1,329	169	15	272	353	641
Grundy	43	14,093	20	24	0	50	102	141
Hamblen	130	52,732	2,396	335	33	1,927	575	3,299
Hamilton	900	235,000	62,005	3,924	196	2,356	3,515	5,481
Hancock	16	6,644	33	5	1	23	64	25
Hardeman	74	16,116	11,516	88	5	85	221	273
Hardin	50	24,277	944	42	4	77	184	260
Hawkins	90	52,086	830	124	8	124	301	417
Haywood	24	9,252	10,106	18	10	273	114	524
Henderson	33	23,085	2,042	35	3	84	240	247
Henry	59	27,757	2,787	86	9	122	295	311
Hickman	108	20,893	1,009	18	3	64	200	222
Houston	15	7,650	268	10	5	63	77	101
Humphreys	48	17,125	527	46	2	29	152	148
Jackson	37	10,834	16	7	3	13	74	89
Jefferson	138	42,370	1,027	118	18	280	343	588
Johnson	60	16,869	424	21	4	40	81	150
Knox	1,007	336,571	32,987	4,937	111	1,902	4,517	4,803
Lake	31	5,300	2,481	11	0	49	82	109
Lauderdale	169	17,295	9,236	43	5	142	211	314
Lawrence	128	38,660	587	96	9	156	290	399
Lewis	23	11,034	165	21	0	33	91	136
Lincoln	155	28,289	2,304	100	10	108	374	321
Loudon	126	37,482	447	84	6	558	383	894
Macon	85	19,949	44	48	14	157	89	349
Madison	150	59,877	29,810	578	13	616	793	1,572
Marion	72	26,201	1,149	58	3	76	217	202
Marshall	66	23,935	2,081	84	4	392	205	767
Maury	214	57,262	9,904	232	14	1,003	869	2,264
McMinn	133	45,445	2,195	344	12	367	519	884
McNairy	50	22,734	1,537	32	0	59	241	229
Meigs	23	10,826	138	20	0	12	67	63
Monroe	142	36,962	884	140	6	335	492	684
Montgomery	709	98,611	25,848	2,455	287	2,939	3,919	6,960
Moore	11	5,501	156	8	0	29	35	45
Morgan	40	19,109	440	23	1	27	117	120
Obion	44	28,607	3,196	61	15	296	231	616
Overton	56	19,834	56	19	10	45	98	138
Perry	26	7,368	130	7	11	25	64	61
Pickett	8	4,903	5	2	0	5	22	41
Polk	44	15,785	22	19	3	15	162	117
Putnam	127	58,903	1,064	581	56	996	588	1,891
Rhea	111	27,097	580	83	10	213	306	474
Roane	112	49,440	1,409	210	15	87	637	359
Robertson	154	48,518	4,691	169	12	451	438	1,447
Rutherford	522	156,050	17,312	3,467	74	2,408	2,190	5,065
Scott	52	20,817	19	25	0	22	192	120
Sequatchie	38	11,218	22	15	3	19	55	93
Sevier	229	69,230	396	394	14	299	608	884
Shelby	1,789	424,834	435,824	14,694	334	10,802	9,195	23,364
Smith	65	16,900	448	30	1	104	164	200
Stewart	75	11,785	159	180	6	29	136	124
Sullivan	334	147,771	2,888	652	21	319	1,063	1,090
Sumner	373	119,344	7,540	856	38	1,047	1,251	2,291
Tipton	197	39,920	10,202	190	31	197	534	622
Trousdale	17	6,284	824	8	2	72	52	110
Unicoi	44	17,307	12	15	5	167	117	342
Union	41	17,534	18	29	3	30	153	140
Van Buren	10	5,454	7	4	0	5	28	18
Warren	79	35,083	1,211	160	18	1,364	361	1,885
Washington	252	100,466	4,091	782	20	545	1,042	1,482
Wayne	33	15,482	1,145	42	2	32	106	142
Weakley	52	31,501	2,424	462	2	182	272	402
White	46	22,323	378	54	12	106	183	239
Williamson	248	115,941	6,564	1,583	32	1,226	1,044	3,197
Wilson	288	81,261	5,563	426	24	428	819	1,127

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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