Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Tennessee counties, Davidson County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (387.64K), followed by Knox County (380.75K), and Shelby County (336.20K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.

See this for other years:
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2017
Davidson
Knox
Shelby
Hamilton
Rutherford
Williamson
Sumner
Sullivan
Montgomery
Blount
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2017
0 of 0
Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Davidson County 387636
2 Knox County 380746
3 Shelby County 336196
4 Hamilton County 257188
5 Rutherford County 224747
6 Williamson County 191806
7 Sumner County 155051
8 Sullivan County 147005
9 Montgomery County 127291
10 Blount County 118423
11 Wilson County 116616
12 Washington County 113380
13 Bradley County 90842
14 Sevier County 87778
15 Maury County 73280
16 Putnam County 68329
17 Anderson County 67970
18 Greene County 64094
19 Robertson County 58677
20 Cumberland County 55837
21 Madison County 54492
22 Hawkins County 53862
23 Carter County 53553
24 Hamblen County 52387
25 Jefferson County 49639
26 Roane County 49211
27 Coffee County 48911
28 Dickson County 47327
29 McMinn County 47164
30 Tipton County 46476
31 Loudon County 45874
32 Monroe County 42018
33 Lawrence County 40681
34 Campbell County 38394
35 Gibson County 37813
36 Cheatham County 37528
37 Bedford County 37148
38 Franklin County 36912
39 Warren County 34704
40 Cocke County 33144
41 Claiborne County 30156
42 Dyer County 29935
43 Rhea County 29591
44 Lincoln County 29469
45 Weakley County 28989
46 Marshall County 28298
47 Henry County 28274
48 Fayette County 27340
49 Marion County 26065
50 Obion County 25179
51 White County 25067
52 Giles County 24744
53 Henderson County 24419
54 Hardin County 23614
55 Carroll County 23553
56 McNairy County 23381
57 Hickman County 22453
58 Macon County 21952
59 Grainger County 21829
60 Scott County 21382
61 Overton County 21162
62 Morgan County 20101
63 Union County 18682
64 Smith County 18345
65 Fentress County 17586
66 DeKalb County 17477
67 Humphreys County 17149
68 Unicoi County 16583
69 Johnson County 16581
70 Polk County 15927
71 Lauderdale County 15876
72 Wayne County 14925
73 Benton County 14872
74 Chester County 14653
75 Hardeman County 13832
76 Sequatchie County 13816
77 Cannon County 13311
78 Bledsoe County 13154
79 Grundy County 12789
80 Stewart County 12317
81 Meigs County 11379
82 Lewis County 11246
83 Jackson County 11163
84 Decatur County 10766
85 Crockett County 10684
86 Trousdale County 9098
87 Haywood County 7697
88 Houston County 7514
89 Perry County 7303
90 Clay County 7244
91 Hancock County 6393
92 Moore County 5924
93 Van Buren County 5514
94 Lake County 4969
95 Pickett County 4889