The graph below ranks each Tennessee County by total residents according to the 2006 census estimates.
Tennessee total population by county
| County | Total Population |
| Shelby |  911,438 |
| Davidson | 578,698 |
| Knox | 411,967 |
| Hamilton | 312,905 |
| Rutherford | 228,829 |
| Williamson | 160,781 |
| Sullivan | 153,239 |
| Sumner | 149,416 |
| Montgomery | 147,114 |
| Blount | 118,186 |
| Washington | 114,316 |
| Wilson | 104,035 |
| Madison | 95,894 |
| Bradley | 93,538 |
| Sevier | 81,382 |
| Maury | 78,309 |
| Anderson | 73,579 |
| Putnam | 68,284 |
| Greene | 65,945 |
| Robertson | 62,187 |
| Hamblen | 61,026 |
| Carter | 59,157 |
| Tipton | 57,380 |
| Hawkins | 56,850 |
| Roane | 53,293 |
| Cumberland | 52,344 |
| McMinn | 52,020 |
| Coffee | 51,625 |
| Jefferson | 49,372 |
| Gibson | 48,461 |
| Dickson | 46,583 |
| Loudon | 44,566 |
| Monroe | 44,163 |
| Bedford | 43,413 |
| Franklin | 41,319 |
| Lawrence | 40,934 |
| Campbell | 40,848 |
| Warren | 40,016 |
| Cheatham | 39,018 |
| Dyer | 37,886 |
| Fayette | 36,102 |
| Cocke | 35,220 |
| Weakley | 33,357 |
| Lincoln | 32,728 |
| Obion | 32,184 |
| Henry | 31,837 |
| Claiborne | 31,347 |
| Rhea | 30,347 |
| Giles | 29,269 |
| Carroll | 29,096 |
| Marshall | 28,884 |
| Hardeman | 28,176 |
| Marion | 27,942 |
| Henderson | 26,750 |
| Lauderdale | 26,732 |
| Hardin | 26,089 |
| McNairy | 25,722 |
| White | 24,482 |
| Hickman | 23,812 |
| Grainger | 22,453 |
| Scott | 21,926 |
| Macon | 21,726 |
| Overton | 20,740 |
| Morgan | 20,108 |
| Haywood | 19,405 |
| Union | 19,086 |
| Smith | 18,753 |
| Humphreys | 18,394 |
| DeKalb | 18,360 |
| Johnson | 18,043 |
| Unicoi | 17,663 |
| Fentress | 17,480 |
| Wayne | 16,828 |
| Benton | 16,378 |
| Chester | 16,043 |
| Polk | 15,939 |
| Grundy | 14,499 |
| Crockett | 14,392 |
| Cannon | 13,448 |
| Bledsoe | 13,030 |
| Sequatchie | 13,002 |
| Stewart | 12,998 |
| Meigs | 11,698 |
| Lewis | 11,588 |
| Decatur | 11,426 |
| Jackson | 10,918 |
| Houston | 8,076 |
| Clay | 8,055 |
| Trousdale | 7,811 |
| Perry | 7,653 |
| Lake | 7,406 |
| Hancock | 6,713 |
| Moore | 6,070 |
| Van Buren | 5,448 |
| Pickett | 4,855 |