Tennessee county geography overview
Tennessee has 95 counties, which places it 10th among the 50 state and District of Columbia maps in this atlas when ordered by number of county-level units. Their combined 41,224.9 square miles of land place the state 34th by mapped land area.
The average county-level area is 434 square miles, while the median is 436.1 square miles. The median is often the better description of a typical unit because one or two very large areas can pull the average upward. The five largest units together account for about 9% of the state’s mapped land area.
Largest and smallest Tennessee counties
Shelby County is the largest county-level unit by land area at 752.8 square miles. It represents about 2% of all mapped land in Tennessee. At the other end of the range, Trousdale County has 114.3 square miles of land.
Largest by land area
- Shelby County752.8 sq mi
- Wayne County734.1 sq mi
- Fayette County704.1 sq mi
- Cumberland County681.3 sq mi
- Hardeman County667.8 sq mi
Smallest by land area
- Trousdale County114.3 sq mi
- Moore County129.2 sq mi
- Hamblen County161.2 sq mi
- Pickett County163 sq mi
- Lake County165.8 sq mi
Rankings use land area rather than total area. This avoids making coastal or lake counties appear larger solely because their boundaries include extensive water.
Alphabetical list of Tennessee counties
The table is alphabetical, so it works as a name and FIPS-code reference rather than an area ranking. Every identifier begins with the Tennessee state FIPS prefix 47. Land and water figures are rounded to one decimal place.
95 county-level areas
Download county data / numbered map key (CSV)| No. | Name | FIPS code | Land area | Water area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderson County | 47001 | 337.2 sq mi | 7.6 sq mi |
| 2 | Bedford County | 47003 | 473.6 sq mi | 1.2 sq mi |
| 3 | Benton County | 47005 | 394.3 sq mi | 41.9 sq mi |
| 4 | Bledsoe County | 47007 | 406.6 sq mi | 0.3 sq mi |
| 5 | Blount County | 47009 | 558.8 sq mi | 7.8 sq mi |
| 6 | Bradley County | 47011 | 328.8 sq mi | 2.7 sq mi |
| 7 | Campbell County | 47013 | 480.2 sq mi | 17.9 sq mi |
| 8 | Cannon County | 47015 | 265.6 sq mi | 0.1 sq mi |
| 9 | Carroll County | 47017 | 597.7 sq mi | 2.4 sq mi |
| 10 | Carter County | 47019 | 341.3 sq mi | 6.4 sq mi |
| 11 | Cheatham County | 47021 | 302.5 sq mi | 4.6 sq mi |
| 12 | Chester County | 47023 | 285.7 sq mi | 0.2 sq mi |
| 13 | Claiborne County | 47025 | 434.6 sq mi | 6.9 sq mi |
| 14 | Clay County | 47027 | 236.5 sq mi | 22.8 sq mi |
| 15 | Cocke County | 47029 | 436.1 sq mi | 6.9 sq mi |
| 16 | Coffee County | 47031 | 429 sq mi | 5.6 sq mi |
| 17 | Crockett County | 47033 | 265.5 sq mi | 0.2 sq mi |
| 18 | Cumberland County | 47035 | 681.3 sq mi | 3.5 sq mi |
| 19 | Davidson County | 47037 | 503.5 sq mi | 21.8 sq mi |
| 20 | Decatur County | 47039 | 333.9 sq mi | 11 sq mi |
| 21 | DeKalb County | 47041 | 304.4 sq mi | 24.6 sq mi |
| 22 | Dickson County | 47043 | 489.9 sq mi | 1.4 sq mi |
| 23 | Dyer County | 47045 | 512.4 sq mi | 13.8 sq mi |
| 24 | Fayette County | 47047 | 704.1 sq mi | 1.4 sq mi |
| 25 | Fentress County | 47049 | 498.6 sq mi | 0.3 sq mi |
| 26 | Franklin County | 47051 | 554.5 sq mi | 21.3 sq mi |
| 27 | Gibson County | 47053 | 602.7 sq mi | 0.9 sq mi |
| 28 | Giles County | 47055 | 610.9 sq mi | 0.2 sq mi |
| 29 | Grainger County | 47057 | 280.6 sq mi | 21.9 sq mi |
| 30 | Greene County | 47059 | 622.2 sq mi | 2 sq mi |
| 31 | Grundy County | 47061 | 360.4 sq mi | 0.7 sq mi |
| 32 | Hamblen County | 47063 | 161.2 sq mi | 14.6 sq mi |
| 33 | Hamilton County | 47065 | 542.2 sq mi | 33.5 sq mi |
| 34 | Hancock County | 47067 | 222.3 sq mi | 1.2 sq mi |
| 35 | Hardeman County | 47069 | 667.8 sq mi | 2.6 sq mi |
| 36 | Hardin County | 47071 | 577.5 sq mi | 18.8 sq mi |
| 37 | Hawkins County | 47073 | 487.1 sq mi | 12.6 sq mi |
| 38 | Haywood County | 47075 | 533.1 sq mi | 1 sq mi |
| 39 | Henderson County | 47077 | 520 sq mi | 5.9 sq mi |
| 40 | Henry County | 47079 | 561.9 sq mi | 31.5 sq mi |
| 41 | Hickman County | 47081 | 612.5 sq mi | 0.1 sq mi |
| 42 | Houston County | 47083 | 200.3 sq mi | 6.7 sq mi |
| 43 | Humphreys County | 47085 | 530.8 sq mi | 25.9 sq mi |
| 44 | Jackson County | 47087 | 308.8 sq mi | 10.7 sq mi |
| 45 | Jefferson County | 47089 | 275.2 sq mi | 39.2 sq mi |
| 46 | Johnson County | 47091 | 298.4 sq mi | 4.3 sq mi |
| 47 | Knox County | 47093 | 508.3 sq mi | 17.6 sq mi |
| 48 | Lake County | 47095 | 165.8 sq mi | 28.1 sq mi |
| 49 | Lauderdale County | 47097 | 471.9 sq mi | 31 sq mi |
| 50 | Lawrence County | 47099 | 617.1 sq mi | 0.9 sq mi |
| 51 | Lewis County | 47101 | 282.1 sq mi | 0.4 sq mi |
| 52 | Lincoln County | 47103 | 570.3 sq mi | 0.4 sq mi |
| 53 | Loudon County | 47105 | 229.3 sq mi | 18.1 sq mi |
| 54 | Macon County | 47111 | 307.1 sq mi | 0.1 sq mi |
| 55 | Madison County | 47113 | 557.2 sq mi | 1.5 sq mi |
| 56 | Marion County | 47115 | 498.3 sq mi | 14.1 sq mi |
| 57 | Marshall County | 47117 | 375.5 sq mi | 0.7 sq mi |
| 58 | Maury County | 47119 | 613.1 sq mi | 2.4 sq mi |
| 59 | McMinn County | 47107 | 430.1 sq mi | 2.1 sq mi |
| 60 | McNairy County | 47109 | 562.8 sq mi | 0.8 sq mi |
| 61 | Meigs County | 47121 | 195.1 sq mi | 21.5 sq mi |
| 62 | Monroe County | 47123 | 635.8 sq mi | 16.8 sq mi |
| 63 | Montgomery County | 47125 | 539.2 sq mi | 4.7 sq mi |
| 64 | Moore County | 47127 | 129.2 sq mi | 1.2 sq mi |
| 65 | Morgan County | 47129 | 522.2 sq mi | 0.3 sq mi |
| 66 | Obion County | 47131 | 544.9 sq mi | 10.6 sq mi |
| 67 | Overton County | 47133 | 433.5 sq mi | 1.3 sq mi |
| 68 | Perry County | 47135 | 414.8 sq mi | 8.1 sq mi |
| 69 | Pickett County | 47137 | 163 sq mi | 11.5 sq mi |
| 70 | Polk County | 47139 | 434.6 sq mi | 7.7 sq mi |
| 71 | Putnam County | 47141 | 401.1 sq mi | 1.5 sq mi |
| 72 | Rhea County | 47143 | 315.5 sq mi | 21 sq mi |
| 73 | Roane County | 47145 | 360.8 sq mi | 34.2 sq mi |
| 74 | Robertson County | 47147 | 476.3 sq mi | 0.2 sq mi |
| 75 | Rutherford County | 47149 | 619.5 sq mi | 4.5 sq mi |
| 76 | Scott County | 47151 | 532.3 sq mi | 0.9 sq mi |
| 77 | Sequatchie County | 47153 | 265.9 sq mi | 0.2 sq mi |
| 78 | Sevier County | 47155 | 592.5 sq mi | 5.2 sq mi |
| 79 | Shelby County | 47157 | 752.8 sq mi | 28.8 sq mi |
| 80 | Smith County | 47159 | 314.3 sq mi | 11.1 sq mi |
| 81 | Stewart County | 47161 | 459.8 sq mi | 33.2 sq mi |
| 82 | Sullivan County | 47163 | 413.5 sq mi | 16.2 sq mi |
| 83 | Sumner County | 47165 | 529.5 sq mi | 13.8 sq mi |
| 84 | Tipton County | 47167 | 455.6 sq mi | 12.6 sq mi |
| 85 | Trousdale County | 47169 | 114.3 sq mi | 2.3 sq mi |
| 86 | Unicoi County | 47171 | 186.1 sq mi | 0.3 sq mi |
| 87 | Union County | 47173 | 223.6 sq mi | 23.6 sq mi |
| 88 | Van Buren County | 47175 | 273.4 sq mi | 1.1 sq mi |
| 89 | Warren County | 47177 | 432.7 sq mi | 1.4 sq mi |
| 90 | Washington County | 47179 | 326.5 sq mi | 3.3 sq mi |
| 91 | Wayne County | 47181 | 734.1 sq mi | 1.6 sq mi |
| 92 | Weakley County | 47183 | 580.4 sq mi | 1.4 sq mi |
| 93 | White County | 47185 | 376.7 sq mi | 2.7 sq mi |
| 94 | Williamson County | 47187 | 582.9 sq mi | 1.2 sq mi |
| 95 | Wilson County | 47189 | 571.1 sq mi | 12.5 sq mi |
How to read and use this map
County lines are administrative boundaries, not postal routes. A mailing address can use a city name associated with a neighboring area, and ZIP codes can cross county lines. When you need to identify a county for an address, confirm it with an official geocoder or local government source.
For classroom or planning use, download a PDF from the controls above. Labelled exports use numbered callouts for crowded areas; numbered quiz maps match the alphabetical county list. SVG files keep the boundary lines sharp at larger paper sizes.
Frequently asked questions
How many counties are in Tennessee?
Tennessee has 95 counties in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2025 cartographic boundary file.
Can I print this Tennessee county map?
Yes. Choose Download / print and select PDF for a landscape Letter page, PNG for an image, or SVG for editable vector artwork. Because the map is SVG, its boundary lines stay sharp when scaled.
What is the largest county in Tennessee?
Shelby County is the largest by land area in this dataset at 752.8 square miles. This is an area ranking, not a population ranking.
What is the smallest county in Tennessee?
Trousdale County is the smallest by land area in this dataset at 114.3 square miles.
Are these legal survey boundaries?
No. This is a generalized reference map. Property, parcel, election, and legal boundary questions should be checked with the relevant state or local agency.
Map source
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary File, Counties, 1:5,000,000. Land and water area fields are supplied in the same file and converted from square meters to square miles. Accessed September 27, 2026.