Tennessee County Ranking Report for Population Growth
County Population Estimates
Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008
Tennessee Counties are ranked in the table below as percent growth in the highlighted column. Sullivan County growth rate was .56 percent and gained 852 people over an eight year period. Sullivan County rank was 75 and Shelby County rank was 72.
Data is from U.S. Census and you can see data for all states by going to the following link.
| Geographic Area | Population Estimate 07/01/2008 | Change, 2000 to 2008 | Rank | |
| Number | Percent | |||
| Rutherford County | 249,270 | 67,247 | 36.94% | 1 |
| Williamson County | 171,452 | 44,814 | 35.39% | 2 |
| Fayette County | 38,173 | 9,367 | 32.53% | 3 |
| Wilson County | 109,803 | 20,994 | 23.64% | 4 |
| Sequatchie County | 13,580 | 2,210 | 19.44% | 5 |
| Robertson County | 64,898 | 10,465 | 19.23% | 6 |
| Sevier County | 84,835 | 13,665 | 19.20% | 7 |
| Sumner County | 155,474 | 25,025 | 19.18% | 8 |
| Bedford County | 44,696 | 7,110 | 18.92% | 9 |
| Loudon County | 46,445 | 7,359 | 18.83% | 10 |
| Maury County | 81,938 | 12,440 | 17.90% | 11 |
| Monroe County | 45,648 | 6,687 | 17.16% | 12 |
| Jefferson County | 51,074 | 6,780 | 15.31% | 13 |
| Montgomery County | 154,756 | 19,988 | 14.83% | 14 |
| Blount County | 121,511 | 15,688 | 14.82% | 15 |
| Cumberland County | 53,590 | 6,788 | 14.50% | 16 |
| Tipton County | 58,706 | 7,435 | 14.50% | 17 |
| Putnam County | 71,160 | 8,845 | 14.20% | 18 |
| Knox County | 430,019 | 47,987 | 12.56% | 19 |
| Marshall County | 29,731 | 2,964 | 11.07% | 20 |
| Dickson County | 47,884 | 4,728 | 10.96% | 21 |
| Washington County | 118,639 | 11,441 | 10.67% | 22 |
| Grainger County | 22,708 | 2,049 | 9.92% | 23 |
| Davidson County | 626,144 | 56,253 | 9.87% | 24 |
| Cheatham County | 39,396 | 3,484 | 9.70% | 25 |
| Bradley County | 96,472 | 8,507 | 9.67% | 26 |
| Tennessee | 6,214,888 | 525,605 | 9.24% | |
| White County | 25,129 | 2,027 | 8.77% | 27 |
| Coffee County | 52,134 | 4,120 | 8.58% | 28 |
| Rhea County | 30,781 | 2,381 | 8.38% | 29 |
| Hamilton County | 332,848 | 24,952 | 8.10% | 30 |
| Moore County | 6,195 | 455 | 7.93% | 31 |
| Smith County | 19,107 | 1,395 | 7.88% | 32 |
| Trousdale County | 7,822 | 563 | 7.76% | 33 |
| Cannon County | 13,804 | 978 | 7.63% | 34 |
| Hawkins County | 57,477 | 3,914 | 7.31% | 35 |
| DeKalb County | 18,694 | 1,271 | 7.30% | 36 |
| McMinn County | 52,511 | 3,496 | 7.13% | 37 |
| Macon County | 21,838 | 1,452 | 7.12% | 38 |
| Hickman County | 23,841 | 1,546 | 6.93% | 39 |
| Stewart County | 13,226 | 856 | 6.92% | 40 |
| Hamblen County | 62,132 | 4,004 | 6.89% | 41 |
| Union County | 19,008 | 1,200 | 6.74% | 42 |
| Meigs County | 11,790 | 704 | 6.35% | 43 |
| Cocke County | 35,688 | 2,123 | 6.33% | 44 |
| Fentress County | 17,667 | 1,042 | 6.27% | 45 |
| Bledsoe County | 13,142 | 775 | 6.27% | 46 |
| Lincoln County | 33,116 | 1,776 | 5.67% | 47 |
| Henderson County | 26,916 | 1,394 | 5.46% | 48 |
| Greene County | 66,157 | 3,248 | 5.16% | 49 |
| Claiborne County | 31,461 | 1,599 | 5.34% | 50 |
| Chester County | 16,309 | 769 | 4.95% | 51 |
| Madison County | 96,376 | 4,539 | 4.94% | 52 |
| Carter County | 59,492 | 2,750 | 4.85% | 53 |
| Franklin County | 41,165 | 1,895 | 4.83% | 54 |
| Scott County | 22,039 | 912 | 4.32% | 55 |
| McNairy County | 25,724 | 1,071 | 4.34% | 56 |
| Overton County | 20,975 | 857 | 4.26% | 57 |
| Warren County | 39,842 | 1,566 | 4.09% | 58 |
| Anderson County | 74,169 | 2,839 | 3.98% | 59 |
| Johnson County | 18,112 | 613 | 3.50% | 60 |
| Morgan County | 20,404 | 647 | 3.27% | 61 |
| Roane County | 53,430 | 1,520 | 2.93% | 62 |
| Campbell County | 40,936 | 1,082 | 2.72% | 63 |
| Lawrence County | 40,954 | 1,028 | 2.57% | 64 |
| Hardin County | 26,227 | 649 | 2.54% | 65 |
| Gibson County | 49,257 | 1,105 | 2.29% | 66 |
| Henry County | 31,770 | 655 | 2.11% | 67 |
| Lewis County | 11,564 | 197 | 1.73% | 68 |
| Marion County | 28,247 | 471 | 1.70% | 69 |
| Perry County | 7,753 | 122 | 1.60% | 70 |
| Humphreys County | 18,149 | 220 | 1.23% | 71 |
| Shelby County | 906,825 | 9,353 | 1.04% | 72 |
| Dyer County | 37,600 | 321 | 0.86% | 73 |
| Houston County | 8,137 | 49 | 0.61% | 74 |
| Sullivan County | 153,900 | 852 | 0.56% | 75 |
| Unicoi County | 17,718 | 51 | 0.29% | 76 |
| Van Buren County | 5,481 | -27 | -0.49% | 77 |
| Grundy County | 14,220 | -112 | -0.78% | 78 |
| Giles County | 29,184 | -263 | -0.89% | 79 |
| Hardeman County | 27,848 | -257 | -0.91% | 80 |
| Jackson County | 10,847 | -137 | -1.25% | 81 |
| Hancock County | 6,693 | -93 | -1.37% | 82 |
| Wayne County | 16,614 | -228 | -1.35% | 83 |
| Lauderdale County | 26,692 | -409 | -1.51% | 84 |
| Benton County | 16,193 | -344 | -2.08% | 85 |
| Clay County | 7,794 | -182 | -2.28% | 86 |
| Crockett County | 14,186 | -346 | -2.38% | 87 |
| Polk County | 15,671 | -379 | -2.36% | 88 |
| Carroll County | 28,719 | -756 | -2.56% | 89 |
| Pickett County | 4,801 | -144 | -2.91% | 90 |
| Obion County | 31,375 | -1,075 | -3.31% | 91 |
| Decatur County | 11,288 | -443 | -3.78% | 92 |
| Haywood County | 19,024 | -773 | -3.90% | 93 |
| Weakley County | 33,375 | -1,520 | -4.36% | 94 |
| Lake County | 7,323 | -631 | -7.93% | 95 |