Is Lincoln County, TN's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 138 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 0.38% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Lincoln County, TN’s population grew by 9.6%.
+138
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.38%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Lincoln County, TN’s population increased 22 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2019 and 2020, when Lincoln County, TN gained 896 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2013 and 2014 when there were 50 fewer residents.
Lincoln County, TN gained 138 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Lincoln County, TN?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in Lincoln County, TN, with deaths exceeding births by 27.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Lincoln County, TN’s population change from immigration was positive with about eight more people coming from another country directly to Lincoln County, TN than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Lincoln County, TN’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about 156 more people coming from any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population growth in Lincoln County, TN.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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