Tennessee Counties
Complete list of all 95 counties in Tennessee with population, area, median income, and county seats — plus a free printable blank map.
Labeled outline map of Tennessee counties. Download a printable version in SVG, PNG, or PDF.
All 95 Tennessee counties
| County | County Seat | Population ▼ | Area | Median Income | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby | — | 923,951 | 763 mi² | $71,497 | 8 |
| Davidson | — | 727,851 | 504 mi² | $80,760 | 8 |
| Knox | — | 504,996 | 508 mi² | $78,722 | 6 |
| Rutherford | — | 359,045 | 619 mi² | $85,324 | 10 |
| Hamilton | — | 355,720 | 542 mi² | $79,098 | 13 |
| Williamson | — | 248,976 | 583 mi² | $136,466 | 8 |
| Montgomery | — | 238,804 | 539 mi² | $75,621 | 6 |
| Sumner | — | 191,189 | 529 mi² | $89,062 | 8 |
| Sullivan | — | 163,515 | 413 mi² | $60,276 | 5 |
| Wilson | — | 153,110 | 571 mi² | $96,155 | 6 |
| Washington | — | 146,067 | 326 mi² | $61,288 | 6 |
| Maury | — | 137,433 | 613 mi² | $83,458 | 6 |
| Blount | — | 130,209 | 559 mi² | $77,242 | 8 |
| Bradley | — | 109,037 | 329 mi² | $66,655 | 3 |
| Madison | — | 106,606 | 557 mi² | $64,020 | 9 |
How many counties does Tennessee have?
Tennessee has 95 counties covering 41,235 square miles and roughly 7,077,882 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1796 as the 16th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.
The largest county by land area is Shelby County at 763 square miles, home to about 923,951 residents.
At the other end of the scale, Moore County has only about 3,166 residents.
Nashville is both the state capital and the largest city in Tennessee.
Related resources
Download a printable outline of Tennessee’s county boundaries from our blank map of Tennessee page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.
Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Tennessee county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.
For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Tennessee address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.
Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Tennessee specifically: the 100-mile radius around Nashville measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Tennessee ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Tennessee’s 95 counties in national context.
Frequently asked questions
Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,143). All sources are public domain.