Tennessee abortions and live births by county of residence, 1999-2017

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 February 2020

Reported abortions (including spontaneous fetal deaths) by county of residence, 1999-2017

Note: Tennessee has reported abortions by county for years 2000, 2004, and 2005, as given below. For all other years, Tennessee reports combined totals for abortions and fetal deaths. By health region, fetal deaths are typically 1-6% of these totals. Figures below for these remaining years are estimates for abortions only based on health region-level ratios of fetal deaths to abortions.

county 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 county

Anderson 155 153 139 118 119 109 109 109 101 93 96 95 110 92 85 Anderson

Bedford 80 85 64 75 80 67 74 62 75 68 69 64 53 45 65 Bedford

Benton 24 18 15 15 17 11 14 16 13 20 16 11 7 10 9 Benton

Bledsoe 6 4 9 5 7 2 7 2 5 10 6 7 6 4 2 Bledsoe

Blount 220 208 209 206 200 218 170 197 176 152 179 150 139 141 139 Blount

Bradley 116 104 112 134 115 106 98 83 80 95 85 85 74 89 61 Bradley

Campbell 54 40 38 50 40 35 39 36 22 31 25 23 28 24 26 Campbell

Cannon 12 8 12 12 11 18 14 17 11 6 9 8 12 12 8 Cannon

Carroll 49 33 30 27 34 36 36 41 43 36 37 40 22 30 23 Carroll

Carter 67 74 71 61 61 54 41 32 27 35 35 31 15 10 12 Carter

Cheatham 55 52 81 69 54 60 53 57 57 63 54 38 43 45 51 Cheatham

Chester 22 12 10 18 16 16 15 16 14 21 16 14 21 18 11 Chester

Claiborne 48 41 27 27 26 30 40 34 31 28 21 32 19 25 28 Claiborne

Clay 8 9 4 5 2 4 8 6 6 2 4 7 4 1 2 Clay

Cocke 56 45 59 44 51 38 47 49 53 49 50 46 44 28 35 Cocke

Coffee 78 72 85 69 74 72 73 65 65 70 66 55 53 56 50 Coffee

Crockett 20 19 26 19 21 18 12 24 22 15 15 15 11 12 18 Crockett

Cumberland 47 54 43 52 45 47 42 43 40 37 40 37 42 36 33 Cumberland

Davidson 2,476 2,639 2,632 2,749 2,570 2,570 2,368 2,454 2,557 2,523 2,372 2,202 2,161 2,235 2,081 2,123 1,994 1,927 1,632 Davidson

Decatur 14 11 13 8 6 10 6 19 6 10 11 8 12 12 4 Decatur

Dekalb 17 26 21 16 11 8 18 13 13 12 12 9 12 17 16 Dekalb

Dickson 74 82 74 60 67 64 61 62 62 85 79 66 63 63 55 Dickson

Dyer 58 66 53 51 54 30 51 39 53 42 47 59 52 47 42 Dyer

Fayette 73 87 72 79 75 69 61 71 54 85 73 68 79 73 68 Fayette

Fentress 12 6 11 9 8 12 2 2 11 12 6 6 9 15 10 Fentress

Franklin 53 31 56 37 53 33 34 38 53 40 28 29 38 27 30 Franklin

Gibson 74 81 61 70 54 56 53 57 64 61 55 60 60 57 46 Gibson

Giles 44 47 44 35 37 37 42 37 39 32 50 30 33 34 47 Giles

Grainger 26 21 27 12 20 23 10 19 12 16 14 17 11 10 10 Grainger

Greene 85 83 95 90 69 69 70 58 47 47 44 51 42 34 37 Greene

Grundy 20 13 10 5 7 4 6 7 7 6 8 6 5 4 4 Grundy

Hamblen 98 99 96 116 100 83 91 105 93 101 51 57 73 55 64 Hamblen

Hamilton 607 628 600 674 676 691 416 442 336 321 346 301 306 307 258 224 151 355 90 Hamilton

Hancock 2 2 5 5 5 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 Hancock

Hardeman 64 48 50 49 42 34 49 47 62 53 54 47 47 52 32 Hardeman

Hardin 24 21 23 18 28 29 14 17 16 27 24 21 17 20 15 Hardin

Hawkins 71 58 56 60 62 52 44 32 31 34 43 28 22 19 13 Hawkins

Haywood 42 51 51 47 57 35 41 43 44 49 40 47 37 30 33 Haywood

Henderson 37 40 46 31 34 29 28 24 27 21 21 25 31 33 24 Henderson

Henry 26 40 49 31 45 34 38 35 44 41 28 31 27 28 28 Henry

Hickman 21 26 24 38 32 31 32 37 36 30 26 30 16 15 21 Hickman

Houston 11 10 10 4 3 6 8 5 8 4 6 7 4 10 4 Houston

Humphreys 16 25 20 22 19 14 19 16 14 19 17 10 15 13 12 Humphreys

Jackson 15 11 16 14 12 19 6 3 6 13 6 6 4 6 4 Jackson

Jefferson 83 62 61 56 52 72 46 67 77 59 67 59 45 41 43 Jefferson

Johnson 17 14 18 13 12 17 5 5 5 4 9 6 0 2 3 Johnson

Knox 1,098 1,112 1,001 1,037 995 954 942 1,022 999 991 1,009 853 844 806 761 714 719 716 636 Knox

Lake 7 7 13 7 4 5 4 5 3 6 9 5 8 6 1 Lake

Lauderdale 50 52 63 43 50 34 33 46 48 38 47 45 40 25 33 Lauderdale

Lawrence 35 39 30 47 37 21 24 30 33 31 32 28 31 36 31 Lawrence

Lewis 15 9 10 9 14 7 4 11 2 5 9 6 6 5 8 Lewis

Lincoln 57 35 49 44 38 23 23 24 23 51 26 33 29 40 29 Lincoln

Loudon 68 66 67 47 59 69 67 53 74 54 55 42 33 44 58 Loudon

Macon 9 19 23 18 15 19 11 15 8 11 10 13 9 9 14 Macon

Madison 243 254 244 224 237 210 202 238 227 244 212 230 188 195 182 144 121 111 138 Madison

Marion 36 30 25 37 29 31 19 14 17 25 23 12 14 17 16 Marion

Marshall 37 49 60 50 42 40 42 43 50 46 34 30 30 34 33 Marshall

Maury 177 168 160 168 163 135 125 148 186 173 151 129 106 122 117 Maury

McMinn 76 68 45 57 55 43 58 61 70 53 39 36 43 31 35 McMinn

McNairy 26 22 25 29 24 21 18 23 29 17 28 22 23 21 27 McNairy

Meigs 14 14 10 8 10 5 9 6 9 11 8 7 7 12 7 Meigs

Monroe 53 44 48 34 35 43 37 39 41 43 49 32 45 31 18 Monroe

Montgomery 421 398 472 421 417 463 458 458 473 461 508 440 491 487 421 Montgomery

Moore 2 6 2 4 3 5 3 4 5 9 0 0 4 1 0 Moore

Morgan 14 21 12 9 18 11 14 13 12 14 6 8 8 16 9 Morgan

Obion 35 37 35 29 32 26 24 22 24 33 20 31 26 29 22 Obion

Overton 19 12 12 19 16 8 17 16 14 12 10 11 10 9 10 Overton

Perry 5 9 9 6 6 7 4 5 6 5 5 3 5 5 5 Perry

Pickett 5 6 8 2 4 8 2 4 2 2 2 1 7 0 0 Pickett

Polk 14 13 6 12 9 9 8 10 13 5 8 4 5 6 4 Polk

Putnam 126 123 108 122 111 118 102 119 101 95 106 84 83 73 96 Putnam

Rhea 29 37 30 41 38 40 33 34 33 31 28 32 35 19 22 Rhea

Roane 69 62 88 70 82 70 64 54 72 55 71 58 57 39 37 Roane

Robertson 95 90 100 102 108 103 91 111 115 84 101 85 99 71 103 Robertson

Rutherford 513 480 555 562 536 542 546 604 697 607 559 563 511 561 512 Rutherford

Scott 11 13 16 12 10 13 11 9 12 13 9 16 3 13 13 Scott

Sequatchie 12 10 13 16 11 16 12 8 10 12 10 6 6 7 9 Sequatchie

Sevier 143 144 136 154 154 149 157 161 163 142 137 113 132 109 121 Sevier

Shelby 5,405 5,524 5,326 5,232 4,948 4,336 4,353 4,977 5,043 5,103 4,937 4,583 4,595 4,450 3,849 2,914 2,800 2,999 3,190 Shelby

Smith 18 20 19 11 21 18 14 28 12 15 14 12 13 11 13 Smith

Stewart 14 14 14 10 10 17 12 13 11 13 9 13 18 12 11 Stewart

Sullivan 220 220 231 221 205 151 146 125 90 95 83 77 33 31 31 34 30 98 95 Sullivan

Sumner 249 259 268 281 275 271 233 246 276 291 239 221 235 225 228 Sumner

Tipton 112 113 71 100 117 85 73 108 117 110 105 82 71 90 86 Tipton

Trousdale 9 10 9 12 10 9 11 5 7 17 13 8 7 8 8 Trousdale

Unicoi 23 26 22 11 22 14 11 9 13 9 6 6 5 4 4 Unicoi

Union 23 26 15 14 18 18 16 20 10 8 14 11 17 5 6 Union

Van Buren 4 0 3 6 5 0 4 4 1 0 4 3 2 0 1 Van Buren

Warren 35 53 45 46 39 44 51 41 39 29 32 32 34 30 30 Warren

Washington 244 222 248 219 227 167 148 152 124 142 116 103 41 53 53 Washington

Wayne 12 12 10 14 12 11 12 10 14 6 11 11 8 7 7 Wayne

Weakley 44 52 50 35 37 39 27 43 43 40 36 25 33 38 30 Weakley

White 26 26 20 26 21 18 23 23 27 20 28 16 28 19 20 White

Williamson 222 193 183 209 230 218 198 202 218 226 218 195 217 189 223 Williamson

Wilson 186 173 151 155 193 165 143 157 146 160 144 154 146 133 118 Wilson

TENNESSEE UNKNOWN 11 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 68 171 TENNESSEE UNKNOWN

TENNESSEE TOTAL 15,650 15,775 15,488 15,448 14,933 13,902 13,154 14,218 14,376 14,245 13,691 12,573 12,368 12,122 11,134 9,861 9,113 9,732 TENNESSEE TOTAL

Reported abortions by health region of residence, 1999-2017

region 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 region

Davidson 2,639 2,632 2,690 2,570 2,570 2,368 2,454 2,557 2,523 2,372 2,202 2,161 2,235 2,081 2,123 1,994 1,927 1,632 Davidson

Hamilton 628 600 660 676 691 416 442 336 321 346 301 306 307 258 224 151 355 90 Hamilton

Knox 1,112 1,001 1,015 995 954 942 1,022 999 991 1,009 853 844 806 761 714 719 716 636 Knox

Madison 254 244 219 237 210 202 238 227 244 212 230 188 195 182 144 121 111 138 Madison

Shelby 5,524 5,326 5,120 4,948 4,336 4,353 4,977 5,043 5,103 4,937 4,583 4,595 4,450 3,849 2,914 2,800 2,999 3,190 Shelby

Sullivan 220 231 216 205 151 146 125 90 95 83 77 33 31 31 34 30 98 95 Sullivan

East Tennessee HR 1,045 1,038 950 985 981 918 965 915 858 844 760 764 672 694 667 601 580 479 East Tennessee HR

Mid-Cumberland HR 1,786 1,937 1,866 1,921 1,932 1,833 1,936 2,084 2,033 1,945 1,800 1,849 1,815 1,746 1,683 1,476 1,510 1,269 Mid-Cumberland HR

Northeast HR 479 514 450 459 374 323 290 247 272 254 227 127 125 123 137 107 214 175 Northeast HR

Northwest HR 353 333 278 298 255 259 282 306 294 263 277 245 258 219 171 151 144 142 Northwest HR

South Central HR 557 547 547 538 456 458 476 514 526 479 419 373 399 411 381 325 298 224 South Central HR

Southeast HR 324 316 344 331 289 284 263 268 288 246 222 235 216 190 185 134 189 98 Southeast HR

Southwest HR 457 424 413 449 362 338 414 373 431 420 378 379 374 332 241 236 219 241 Southwest HR

Upper Cumberland HR 373 345 347 321 341 314 334 240 266 281 244 269 239 257 243 200 201 137 Upper Cumberland HR

TENNESSEE UNKNOWN 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 177 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 171 90 TENNESSEE UNKNOWN

TENNESSEE TOTAL 15,775 15,488 15,115 14,933 13,902 13,154 14,218 14,376 14,245 13,691 12,573 12,368 12,122 11,134 9,861 9,113 9,732 8,636 TENNESSEE TOTAL

Reported live births by county of residence, 1999-2016

county 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 county

Anderson 785 796 768 807 824 845 882 803 953 871 799 832 803 817 765 802 789 794 Anderson

Bedford 557 614 591 581 605 655 722 710 734 653 679 642 598 619 603 640 586 637 Bedford

Benton 176 178 161 159 164 162 172 162 167 181 178 155 172 152 168 141 174 144 Benton

Bledsoe 132 138 122 130 123 133 125 131 155 121 115 132 125 116 109 119 136 138 Bledsoe

Blount 1,196 1,313 1,259 1,307 1,308 1,333 1,306 1,331 1,361 1,388 1,306 1,189 1,293 1,272 1,307 1,322 1,232 1,230 Blount

Bradley 1,205 1,184 1,171 1,179 1,172 1,201 1,214 1,239 1,246 1,188 1,173 1,131 1,147 1,169 1,241 1,206 1,147 1,207 Bradley

Campbell 519 478 504 436 535 482 491 478 513 455 451 404 424 415 420 421 431 437 Campbell

Cannon 162 130 161 154 133 135 150 160 172 169 132 140 138 155 130 142 168 157 Cannon

Carroll 389 359 372 360 351 329 355 347 351 386 337 322 313 330 305 308 316 304 Carroll

Carter 577 591 581 574 627 635 609 633 561 619 582 568 574 517 501 532 531 488 Carter

Cheatham 526 488 490 479 465 491 496 455 517 519 461 410 429 443 429 469 443 490 Cheatham

Chester 188 175 184 182 198 185 163 186 204 181 181 184 192 180 204 208 160 183 Chester

Claiborne 347 360 363 332 372 356 389 350 334 359 350 328 304 301 315 330 279 297 Claiborne

Clay 92 96 81 83 64 112 92 92 80 104 105 81 81 94 75 74 80 68 Clay

Cocke 417 414 399 414 439 402 416 442 451 429 402 361 401 387 382 398 391 371 Cocke

Coffee 664 660 660 645 638 709 660 776 732 754 659 661 612 633 661 693 711 672 Coffee

Crockett 184 198 194 194 193 158 210 168 225 184 194 175 170 192 166 182 162 155 Crockett

Cumberland 505 478 526 494 513 515 526 528 544 577 572 580 566 573 527 548 573 526 Cumberland

Davidson 8,524 8,981 8,773 8,778 8,900 9,005 9,409 9,966 9,991 10,100 9,774 9,557 9,601 9,721 9,911 10,275 10,322 10,021 Davidson

Decatur 145 145 119 135 120 116 143 122 152 125 132 105 100 101 136 141 112 118 Decatur

Dekalb 237 201 219 207 232 246 246 274 258 268 200 232 222 230 222 235 246 190 Dekalb

Dickson 621 634 630 630 628 643 689 706 669 697 590 660 582 570 619 625 636 568 Dickson

Dyer 458 515 537 500 476 501 487 551 520 534 504 469 499 496 452 467 471 471 Dyer

Fayette 427 394 395 402 406 406 459 469 530 515 526 454 419 425 411 424 431 409 Fayette

Fentress 219 209 197 215 193 208 206 204 205 206 206 182 192 185 187 196 185 199 Fentress

Franklin 476 463 450 457 473 445 437 427 425 444 393 378 390 399 406 399 379 404 Franklin

Gibson 621 667 615 615 586 604 608 660 636 615 616 597 652 607 610 623 621 590 Gibson

Giles 392 353 336 334 345 315 330 329 389 330 352 290 287 294 317 303 359 332 Giles

Grainger 234 237 263 279 283 234 262 269 285 264 258 237 223 220 216 247 207 251 Grainger

Greene 720 781 702 730 739 714 741 711 753 713 724 616 605 601 643 651 646 690 Greene

Grundy 199 187 201 199 208 195 179 185 196 164 161 165 155 139 177 151 157 150 Grundy

Hamblen 810 869 814 802 825 835 877 880 901 886 794 786 792 793 760 799 756 755 Hamblen

Hamilton 3,798 4,028 4,042 3,882 3,943 3,979 3,961 4,267 4,332 4,317 4,211 4,107 4,047 4,171 4,170 4,144 4,287 4,288 Hamilton

Hancock 65 80 78 61 70 94 87 78 86 77 82 61 65 84 62 67 67 79 Hancock

Hardeman 361 364 337 329 330 331 316 360 330 333 316 267 292 266 274 273 265 257 Hardeman

Hardin 276 280 277 269 281 273 296 305 279 292 285 272 307 255 282 257 306 297 Hardin

Hawkins 646 655 637 641 653 655 636 619 635 629 591 542 546 577 523 538 557 537 Hawkins

Haywood 279 301 293 276 310 263 246 287 278 222 240 240 216 223 237 220 191 194 Haywood

Henderson 352 344 348 361 369 336 384 357 411 373 332 352 312 327 319 328 312 335 Henderson

Henry 381 377 376 372 315 372 391 376 391 366 368 334 342 324 352 305 345 333 Henry

Hickman 298 300 321 248 287 265 265 286 286 269 256 244 270 270 284 283 288 267 Hickman

Houston 104 94 112 94 100 109 95 112 101 97 102 105 78 74 73 96 82 96 Houston

Humphreys 217 219 225 214 209 235 212 214 233 177 216 207 203 219 198 187 207 190 Humphreys

Jackson 99 126 101 91 107 124 102 103 113 100 100 103 107 113 86 90 104 111 Jackson

Jefferson 555 536 516 539 510 523 575 587 613 602 547 534 530 541 500 546 531 488 Jefferson

Johnson 183 152 148 154 158 166 187 168 188 172 164 166 147 131 144 189 154 154 Johnson

Knox 4,740 4,796 4,816 4,691 5,058 5,085 5,025 5,387 5,339 5,492 5,323 5,090 5,143 5,285 5,113 5,255 5,358 5,269 Knox

Lake 75 76 72 79 80 70 69 69 68 77 70 65 80 65 63 60 70 67 Lake

Lauderdale 406 421 417 391 400 363 357 384 376 367 390 310 320 303 288 290 298 332 Lauderdale

Lawrence 501 593 598 606 584 561 534 597 615 575 562 547 568 559 560 582 570 554 Lawrence

Lewis 154 142 116 142 182 170 136 149 139 168 144 105 120 147 118 155 129 139 Lewis

Lincoln 394 379 365 406 387 432 428 436 422 429 393 345 354 375 334 339 377 329 Lincoln

Loudon 493 479 477 482 496 510 470 533 553 540 545 473 558 543 543 510 526 561 Loudon

Macon 269 268 272 247 268 267 299 306 288 289 318 305 305 313 311 342 351 290 Macon

Madison 1,352 1,395 1,296 1,317 1,337 1,340 1,388 1,372 1,465 1,398 1,365 1,243 1,271 1,294 1,256 1,249 1,250 1,209 Madison

Marion 336 371 344 310 372 325 325 351 340 328 346 286 290 304 315 324 331 310 Marion

Marshall 340 351 394 368 361 358 376 402 420 405 357 371 372 353 350 380 375 384 Marshall

Maury 985 1,020 1,025 941 1,042 1,000 1,020 1,091 1,201 1,199 1,150 1,133 1,136 1,060 1,045 1,130 1,146 1,170 Maury

McMinn 610 587 660 619 573 615 618 601 605 636 577 534 578 559 589 553 576 568 McMinn

McNairy 332 349 337 337 329 343 325 272 293 321 297 291 283 315 269 260 254 288 McNairy

Meigs 157 153 159 147 127 117 112 117 144 154 126 117 101 112 136 102 145 115 Meigs

Monroe 527 517 534 546 543 555 533 539 579 540 508 486 482 469 535 527 485 469 Monroe

Montgomery 2,394 2,515 2,352 2,358 2,298 2,358 2,890 2,584 3,129 2,836 2,987 3,204 3,042 3,620 3,220 3,453 3,441 3,437 Montgomery

Moore 60 64 57 60 51 61 58 57 61 47 45 48 47 49 59 52 50 46 Moore

Morgan 210 221 229 217 222 215 226 226 247 220 186 209 180 186 199 209 227 198 Morgan

Obion 425 415 446 390 410 412 374 325 416 390 365 345 350 376 334 315 364 367 Obion

Overton 203 246 219 230 238 268 257 245 250 247 240 241 268 235 219 227 232 218 Overton

Perry 107 91 85 102 90 98 75 103 87 104 106 91 102 87 100 121 84 104 Perry

Pickett 70 55 53 47 55 63 47 71 50 45 39 52 39 35 29 49 54 42 Pickett

Polk 187 223 206 195 188 200 189 177 173 199 166 170 137 135 167 177 150 181 Polk

Putnam 818 859 808 870 851 924 943 953 990 905 948 890 898 880 888 862 919 867 Putnam

Rhea 398 392 386 408 396 393 440 433 441 388 389 380 409 364 402 384 379 385 Rhea

Roane 581 609 582 551 528 499 512 531 592 553 486 522 495 478 476 433 453 485 Roane

Robertson 783 867 845 858 914 955 996 1,046 1,088 1,064 1,006 850 931 921 872 884 860 884 Robertson

Rutherford 2,716 2,794 3,040 2,980 3,088 3,334 3,491 3,641 3,976 4,075 3,697 3,766 3,648 3,631 3,742 4,001 3,958 4,129 Rutherford

Scott 302 287 321 343 317 317 345 302 307 283 276 251 249 275 296 280 277 272 Scott

Sequatchie 151 144 135 152 163 159 163 178 208 170 160 156 175 115 163 152 154 152 Sequatchie

Sevier 885 966 893 923 958 977 990 1,107 1,168 1,138 1,109 1,062 1,019 1,023 1,003 1,075 1,058 1,086 Sevier

Shelby 14,740 14,742 14,395 14,201 14,155 14,252 14,480 15,167 15,234 15,046 14,409 13,781 13,993 13,898 13,760 13,842 13,377 13,219 Shelby

Smith 246 236 190 222 220 213 236 226 232 253 202 205 231 210 241 237 210 262 Smith

Stewart 130 139 158 157 141 147 155 121 131 136 127 141 133 137 123 130 128 146 Stewart

Sullivan 1,656 1,811 1,681 1,570 1,644 1,534 1,706 1,686 1,707 1,686 1,599 1,613 1,511 1,596 1,587 1,575 1,525 1,488 Sullivan

Sumner 1,831 1,778 1,803 1,792 1,886 1,845 1,902 2,031 2,073 2,158 1,995 1,875 1,922 1,932 2,000 2,122 2,106 2,053 Sumner

Tipton 695 742 732 679 682 744 741 789 798 820 793 775 738 738 757 710 730 723 Tipton

Trousdale 98 93 90 86 95 90 88 91 99 95 91 89 94 80 98 97 106 101 Trousdale

Unicoi 171 176 170 179 169 190 195 185 180 180 167 163 163 160 166 147 154 162 Unicoi

Union 234 219 232 249 246 230 265 231 279 248 213 218 216 252 185 170 225 213 Union

Van Buren 60 47 64 58 62 49 68 52 52 66 50 63 48 54 62 61 78 58 Van Buren

Warren 517 581 548 588 544 523 527 570 514 523 497 493 467 456 507 477 463 464 Warren

Washington 1,337 1,342 1,227 1,304 1,363 1,354 1,304 1,368 1,415 1,372 1,356 1,318 1,331 1,393 1,327 1,302 1,341 1,291 Washington

Wayne 164 180 173 151 161 169 169 168 155 161 148 137 132 177 132 153 132 137 Wayne

Weakley 395 418 387 359 350 327 373 340 323 359 408 383 354 349 349 348 343 359 Weakley

White 272 305 293 285 302 294 339 289 303 330 275 272 306 290 317 304 291 302 White

Williamson 1,696 1,699 1,716 1,682 1,867 1,943 2,012 2,156 2,254 2,049 2,067 1,971 2,012 1,933 2,096 2,149 2,263 2,268 Williamson

Wilson 1,240 1,244 1,271 1,234 1,268 1,294 1,345 1,387 1,396 1,389 1,317 1,353 1,338 1,360 1,374 1,459 1,468 1,528 Wilson

TENNESSEE UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TENNESSEE UNKNOWN

TENNESSEE TOTAL 77,761 79,539 78,318 77,433 78,841 79,572 81,720 84,308 86,661 85,480 82,109 79,345 79,462 80,202 79,954 81,609 81,374 80,755 TENNESSEE TOTAL

county	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	county
Anderson	785	796	768	807	824	845	882	803	953	871	799	832	803	817	765	802	789	794	Anderson
Bedford	557	614	591	581	605	655	722	710	734	653	679	642	598	619	603	640	586	637	Bedford
Benton	176	178	161	159	164	162	172	162	167	181	178	155	172	152	168	141	174	144	Benton
Bledsoe	132	138	122	130	123	133	125	131	155	121	115	132	125	116	109	119	136	138	Bledsoe
Blount	1,196	1,313	1,259	1,307	1,308	1,333	1,306	1,331	1,361	1,388	1,306	1,189	1,293	1,272	1,307	1,322	1,232	1,230	Blount
Bradley	1,205	1,184	1,171	1,179	1,172	1,201	1,214	1,239	1,246	1,188	1,173	1,131	1,147	1,169	1,241	1,206	1,147	1,207	Bradley
Campbell	519	478	504	436	535	482	491	478	513	455	451	404	424	415	420	421	431	437	Campbell
Cannon	162	130	161	154	133	135	150	160	172	169	132	140	138	155	130	142	168	157	Cannon
Carroll	389	359	372	360	351	329	355	347	351	386	337	322	313	330	305	308	316	304	Carroll
Carter	577	591	581	574	627	635	609	633	561	619	582	568	574	517	501	532	531	488	Carter
Cheatham	526	488	490	479	465	491	496	455	517	519	461	410	429	443	429	469	443	490	Cheatham
Chester	188	175	184	182	198	185	163	186	204	181	181	184	192	180	204	208	160	183	Chester
Claiborne	347	360	363	332	372	356	389	350	334	359	350	328	304	301	315	330	279	297	Claiborne
Clay	92	96	81	83	64	112	92	92	80	104	105	81	81	94	75	74	80	68	Clay
Cocke	417	414	399	414	439	402	416	442	451	429	402	361	401	387	382	398	391	371	Cocke
Coffee	664	660	660	645	638	709	660	776	732	754	659	661	612	633	661	693	711	672	Coffee
Crockett	184	198	194	194	193	158	210	168	225	184	194	175	170	192	166	182	162	155	Crockett
Cumberland	505	478	526	494	513	515	526	528	544	577	572	580	566	573	527	548	573	526	Cumberland
Davidson	8,524	8,981	8,773	8,778	8,900	9,005	9,409	9,966	9,991	10,100	9,774	9,557	9,601	9,721	9,911	10,275	10,322	10,021	Davidson
Decatur	145	145	119	135	120	116	143	122	152	125	132	105	100	101	136	141	112	118	Decatur
Dekalb	237	201	219	207	232	246	246	274	258	268	200	232	222	230	222	235	246	190	Dekalb
Dickson	621	634	630	630	628	643	689	706	669	697	590	660	582	570	619	625	636	568	Dickson
Dyer	458	515	537	500	476	501	487	551	520	534	504	469	499	496	452	467	471	471	Dyer
Fayette	427	394	395	402	406	406	459	469	530	515	526	454	419	425	411	424	431	409	Fayette
Fentress	219	209	197	215	193	208	206	204	205	206	206	182	192	185	187	196	185	199	Fentress
Franklin	476	463	450	457	473	445	437	427	425	444	393	378	390	399	406	399	379	404	Franklin
Gibson	621	667	615	615	586	604	608	660	636	615	616	597	652	607	610	623	621	590	Gibson
Giles	392	353	336	334	345	315	330	329	389	330	352	290	287	294	317	303	359	332	Giles
Grainger	234	237	263	279	283	234	262	269	285	264	258	237	223	220	216	247	207	251	Grainger
Greene	720	781	702	730	739	714	741	711	753	713	724	616	605	601	643	651	646	690	Greene
Grundy	199	187	201	199	208	195	179	185	196	164	161	165	155	139	177	151	157	150	Grundy
Hamblen	810	869	814	802	825	835	877	880	901	886	794	786	792	793	760	799	756	755	Hamblen
Hamilton	3,798	4,028	4,042	3,882	3,943	3,979	3,961	4,267	4,332	4,317	4,211	4,107	4,047	4,171	4,170	4,144	4,287	4,288	Hamilton
Hancock	65	80	78	61	70	94	87	78	86	77	82	61	65	84	62	67	67	79	Hancock
Hardeman	361	364	337	329	330	331	316	360	330	333	316	267	292	266	274	273	265	257	Hardeman
Hardin	276	280	277	269	281	273	296	305	279	292	285	272	307	255	282	257	306	297	Hardin
Hawkins	646	655	637	641	653	655	636	619	635	629	591	542	546	577	523	538	557	537	Hawkins
Haywood	279	301	293	276	310	263	246	287	278	222	240	240	216	223	237	220	191	194	Haywood
Henderson	352	344	348	361	369	336	384	357	411	373	332	352	312	327	319	328	312	335	Henderson
Henry	381	377	376	372	315	372	391	376	391	366	368	334	342	324	352	305	345	333	Henry
Hickman	298	300	321	248	287	265	265	286	286	269	256	244	270	270	284	283	288	267	Hickman
Houston	104	94	112	94	100	109	95	112	101	97	102	105	78	74	73	96	82	96	Houston
Humphreys	217	219	225	214	209	235	212	214	233	177	216	207	203	219	198	187	207	190	Humphreys
Jackson	99	126	101	91	107	124	102	103	113	100	100	103	107	113	86	90	104	111	Jackson
Jefferson	555	536	516	539	510	523	575	587	613	602	547	534	530	541	500	546	531	488	Jefferson
Johnson	183	152	148	154	158	166	187	168	188	172	164	166	147	131	144	189	154	154	Johnson
Knox	4,740	4,796	4,816	4,691	5,058	5,085	5,025	5,387	5,339	5,492	5,323	5,090	5,143	5,285	5,113	5,255	5,358	5,269	Knox
Lake	75	76	72	79	80	70	69	69	68	77	70	65	80	65	63	60	70	67	Lake
Lauderdale	406	421	417	391	400	363	357	384	376	367	390	310	320	303	288	290	298	332	Lauderdale
Lawrence	501	593	598	606	584	561	534	597	615	575	562	547	568	559	560	582	570	554	Lawrence
Lewis	154	142	116	142	182	170	136	149	139	168	144	105	120	147	118	155	129	139	Lewis
Lincoln	394	379	365	406	387	432	428	436	422	429	393	345	354	375	334	339	377	329	Lincoln
Loudon	493	479	477	482	496	510	470	533	553	540	545	473	558	543	543	510	526	561	Loudon
Macon	269	268	272	247	268	267	299	306	288	289	318	305	305	313	311	342	351	290	Macon
Madison	1,352	1,395	1,296	1,317	1,337	1,340	1,388	1,372	1,465	1,398	1,365	1,243	1,271	1,294	1,256	1,249	1,250	1,209	Madison
Marion	336	371	344	310	372	325	325	351	340	328	346	286	290	304	315	324	331	310	Marion
Marshall	340	351	394	368	361	358	376	402	420	405	357	371	372	353	350	380	375	384	Marshall
Maury	985	1,020	1,025	941	1,042	1,000	1,020	1,091	1,201	1,199	1,150	1,133	1,136	1,060	1,045	1,130	1,146	1,170	Maury
McMinn	610	587	660	619	573	615	618	601	605	636	577	534	578	559	589	553	576	568	McMinn
McNairy	332	349	337	337	329	343	325	272	293	321	297	291	283	315	269	260	254	288	McNairy
Meigs	157	153	159	147	127	117	112	117	144	154	126	117	101	112	136	102	145	115	Meigs
Monroe	527	517	534	546	543	555	533	539	579	540	508	486	482	469	535	527	485	469	Monroe
Montgomery	2,394	2,515	2,352	2,358	2,298	2,358	2,890	2,584	3,129	2,836	2,987	3,204	3,042	3,620	3,220	3,453	3,441	3,437	Montgomery
Moore	60	64	57	60	51	61	58	57	61	47	45	48	47	49	59	52	50	46	Moore
Morgan	210	221	229	217	222	215	226	226	247	220	186	209	180	186	199	209	227	198	Morgan
Obion	425	415	446	390	410	412	374	325	416	390	365	345	350	376	334	315	364	367	Obion
Overton	203	246	219	230	238	268	257	245	250	247	240	241	268	235	219	227	232	218	Overton
Perry	107	91	85	102	90	98	75	103	87	104	106	91	102	87	100	121	84	104	Perry
Pickett	70	55	53	47	55	63	47	71	50	45	39	52	39	35	29	49	54	42	Pickett
Polk	187	223	206	195	188	200	189	177	173	199	166	170	137	135	167	177	150	181	Polk
Putnam	818	859	808	870	851	924	943	953	990	905	948	890	898	880	888	862	919	867	Putnam
Rhea	398	392	386	408	396	393	440	433	441	388	389	380	409	364	402	384	379	385	Rhea
Roane	581	609	582	551	528	499	512	531	592	553	486	522	495	478	476	433	453	485	Roane
Robertson	783	867	845	858	914	955	996	1,046	1,088	1,064	1,006	850	931	921	872	884	860	884	Robertson
Rutherford	2,716	2,794	3,040	2,980	3,088	3,334	3,491	3,641	3,976	4,075	3,697	3,766	3,648	3,631	3,742	4,001	3,958	4,129	Rutherford
Scott	302	287	321	343	317	317	345	302	307	283	276	251	249	275	296	280	277	272	Scott
Sequatchie	151	144	135	152	163	159	163	178	208	170	160	156	175	115	163	152	154	152	Sequatchie
Sevier	885	966	893	923	958	977	990	1,107	1,168	1,138	1,109	1,062	1,019	1,023	1,003	1,075	1,058	1,086	Sevier
Shelby	14,740	14,742	14,395	14,201	14,155	14,252	14,480	15,167	15,234	15,046	14,409	13,781	13,993	13,898	13,760	13,842	13,377	13,219	Shelby
Smith	246	236	190	222	220	213	236	226	232	253	202	205	231	210	241	237	210	262	Smith
Stewart	130	139	158	157	141	147	155	121	131	136	127	141	133	137	123	130	128	146	Stewart
Sullivan	1,656	1,811	1,681	1,570	1,644	1,534	1,706	1,686	1,707	1,686	1,599	1,613	1,511	1,596	1,587	1,575	1,525	1,488	Sullivan
Sumner	1,831	1,778	1,803	1,792	1,886	1,845	1,902	2,031	2,073	2,158	1,995	1,875	1,922	1,932	2,000	2,122	2,106	2,053	Sumner
Tipton	695	742	732	679	682	744	741	789	798	820	793	775	738	738	757	710	730	723	Tipton
Trousdale	98	93	90	86	95	90	88	91	99	95	91	89	94	80	98	97	106	101	Trousdale
Unicoi	171	176	170	179	169	190	195	185	180	180	167	163	163	160	166	147	154	162	Unicoi
Union	234	219	232	249	246	230	265	231	279	248	213	218	216	252	185	170	225	213	Union
Van Buren	60	47	64	58	62	49	68	52	52	66	50	63	48	54	62	61	78	58	Van Buren
Warren	517	581	548	588	544	523	527	570	514	523	497	493	467	456	507	477	463	464	Warren
Washington	1,337	1,342	1,227	1,304	1,363	1,354	1,304	1,368	1,415	1,372	1,356	1,318	1,331	1,393	1,327	1,302	1,341	1,291	Washington
Wayne	164	180	173	151	161	169	169	168	155	161	148	137	132	177	132	153	132	137	Wayne
Weakley	395	418	387	359	350	327	373	340	323	359	408	383	354	349	349	348	343	359	Weakley
White	272	305	293	285	302	294	339	289	303	330	275	272	306	290	317	304	291	302	White
Williamson	1,696	1,699	1,716	1,682	1,867	1,943	2,012	2,156	2,254	2,049	2,067	1,971	2,012	1,933	2,096	2,149	2,263	2,268	Williamson
Wilson	1,240	1,244	1,271	1,234	1,268	1,294	1,345	1,387	1,396	1,389	1,317	1,353	1,338	1,360	1,374	1,459	1,468	1,528	Wilson
TENNESSEE UNKNOWN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	TENNESSEE UNKNOWN
TENNESSEE TOTAL	77,761	79,539	78,318	77,433	78,841	79,572	81,720	84,308	86,661	85,480	82,109	79,345	79,462	80,202	79,954	81,609	81,374	80,755	TENNESSEE TOTAL

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region	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	region
Davidson	2,639	2,632	2,690	2,570	2,570	2,368	2,454	2,557	2,523	2,372	2,202	2,161	2,235	2,081	2,123	1,994	1,927	1,632	Davidson
Hamilton	628	600	660	676	691	416	442	336	321	346	301	306	307	258	224	151	355	90	Hamilton
Knox	1,112	1,001	1,015	995	954	942	1,022	999	991	1,009	853	844	806	761	714	719	716	636	Knox
Madison	254	244	219	237	210	202	238	227	244	212	230	188	195	182	144	121	111	138	Madison
Shelby	5,524	5,326	5,120	4,948	4,336	4,353	4,977	5,043	5,103	4,937	4,583	4,595	4,450	3,849	2,914	2,800	2,999	3,190	Shelby
Sullivan	220	231	216	205	151	146	125	90	95	83	77	33	31	31	34	30	98	95	Sullivan
East Tennessee HR	1,045	1,038	950	985	981	918	965	915	858	844	760	764	672	694	667	601	580	479	East Tennessee HR
Mid-Cumberland HR	1,786	1,937	1,866	1,921	1,932	1,833	1,936	2,084	2,033	1,945	1,800	1,849	1,815	1,746	1,683	1,476	1,510	1,269	Mid-Cumberland HR
Northeast HR	479	514	450	459	374	323	290	247	272	254	227	127	125	123	137	107	214	175	Northeast HR
Northwest HR	353	333	278	298	255	259	282	306	294	263	277	245	258	219	171	151	144	142	Northwest HR
South Central HR	557	547	547	538	456	458	476	514	526	479	419	373	399	411	381	325	298	224	South Central HR
Southeast HR	324	316	344	331	289	284	263	268	288	246	222	235	216	190	185	134	189	98	Southeast HR
Southwest HR	457	424	413	449	362	338	414	373	431	420	378	379	374	332	241	236	219	241	Southwest HR
Upper Cumberland HR	373	345	347	321	341	314	334	240	266	281	244	269	239	257	243	200	201	137	Upper Cumberland HR
TENNESSEE UNKNOWN	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	177	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	171	90	TENNESSEE UNKNOWN
TENNESSEE TOTAL	15,775	15,488	15,115	14,933	13,902	13,154	14,218	14,376	14,245	13,691	12,573	12,368	12,122	11,134	9,861	9,113	9,732	8,636	TENNESSEE TOTAL