Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796 as the 16th state. (Visit the Wikipedia article for further information on Tennessee as a state.)
- 1790 – 1800 federal censuses lost for all counties.
- 1810 federal census lost for all counties except Rutherford and some of Grainger.
- 1820 federal census extant for all counties except lost for all counties in East Tennessee: Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamilton, Hawkins, Jefferson, Knox, McMinn, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Rhea, Roane, Sevier, Sullivan, and Washington.
- 1830 – 1940 federal censuses extant for all counties except for 1890.
| Anderson | Bedford | Benton | Bledsoe |
| Blount | Bradley | Campbell | Cannon |
| Carroll | Carter | Cheatham | Chester |
| Claiborne | Clay | Cocke | Coffee |
| Crockett | Cumberland | Davidson | Decatur |
| DeKalb | Dickson | Dyer | Fayette |
| Fentress | Franklin | Gibson | Giles |
| Grainger | Greene | Grundy | Hamblen |
| Hamilton | Hancock | Hardeman | Hardin |
| Hawkins | Haywood | Henderson | Henry |
| Hickman | Houston | Humphreys | Jackson |
| Jefferson | Johnson | Knox | Lake |
| Lauderdale | Lawrence | Lewis | Lincoln |
| Loudon | McMinn | McNairy | Macon |
| Madison | Marion | Marshall | Maury |
| Meigs | Monroe | Montgomery | Moore |
| Morgan | Obion | Overton | Perry |
| Pickett | Polk | Putnam | Rhea |
| Roane | Robertson | Rutherford | Scott |
| Sequatchie | Sevier | Shelby | Smith |
| Stewart | Sullivan | Sumner | Tipton |
| Trousdale | Unicoi | Union | Van Buren |
| Warren | Washington | Wayne | Weakley |
| White | Williamson | Wilson |