Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Tennessee counties, Knox County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (400.70K), followed by Davidson County (388.83K), and Shelby County (300.72K).

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.

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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2023
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Rutherford
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Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2023
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Rank County Non-Hispanic White Population
1 Knox County 400697
2 Davidson County 388830
3 Shelby County 300721
4 Hamilton County 264095
5 Rutherford County 235909
6 Williamson County 217706
7 Sumner County 166371
8 Sullivan County 149203
9 Montgomery County 142830
10 Wilson County 131370
11 Blount County 126360
12 Washington County 120134
13 Bradley County 92450
14 Sevier County 85241
15 Maury County 85212
16 Putnam County 71801
17 Anderson County 70192
18 Greene County 66266
19 Robertson County 60880
20 Cumberland County 60380
21 Hawkins County 55076
22 Madison County 53129
23 Carter County 52957
24 Jefferson County 52450
25 Loudon County 51835
26 Coffee County 51809
27 Hamblen County 51530
28 Roane County 51412
29 Dickson County 49783
30 McMinn County 49105
31 Tipton County 46516
32 Monroe County 43816
33 Lawrence County 42661
34 Franklin County 39261
35 Gibson County 38801
36 Bedford County 38535
37 Campbell County 38488
38 Cheatham County 37725
39 Warren County 35625
40 Cocke County 34339
41 Marshall County 30883
42 Lincoln County 30881
43 Claiborne County 30793
44 Rhea County 30003
45 Fayette County 29249
46 Dyer County 28302
47 Henry County 28231
48 Weakley County 28097
49 Marion County 26519
50 White County 26463
51 Giles County 25801
52 Hardin County 24929
53 Obion County 24574
54 Carroll County 24187
55 Henderson County 24133
56 Macon County 23863
57 McNairy County 23291
58 Grainger County 23040
59 Hickman County 22967
60 Overton County 22071
61 Scott County 21370
62 Morgan County 19840
63 Union County 19673
64 Smith County 18741
65 Fentress County 18707
66 DeKalb County 18522
67 Humphreys County 17442
68 Polk County 17044
69 Johnson County 16919
70 Unicoi County 16057
71 Sequatchie County 15673
72 Chester County 14826
73 Benton County 14699
74 Lauderdale County 14633
75 Wayne County 14267
76 Cannon County 13824
77 Hardeman County 13728
78 Bledsoe County 13271
79 Grundy County 13087
80 Stewart County 12918
81 Meigs County 12674
82 Lewis County 11935
83 Jackson County 11533
84 Decatur County 10587
85 Crockett County 10034
86 Trousdale County 10027
87 Perry County 8082
88 Houston County 7558
89 Haywood County 7387
90 Clay County 7201
91 Hancock County 6665
92 Moore County 6223
93 Van Buren County 6112
94 Pickett County 4908
95 Lake County 4222