Medicare in Tennessee by county

Most people with Medicare

Across Tennessee, 1,531,146 people had Medicare in July 2026, 54% of them in Medicare Advantage or another Medicare health plan. The counties with the most:

1. Shelby County 168,074 with Medicare · 48% in Medicare Advantage · 35 Advantage plans with drug coverage
2. Davidson County 106,891 with Medicare · 56% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
3. Knox County 99,888 with Medicare · 54% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
4. Hamilton County 83,177 with Medicare · 56% in Medicare Advantage · 29 Advantage plans with drug coverage
5. Rutherford County 54,009 with Medicare · 51% in Medicare Advantage · 27 Advantage plans with drug coverage
6. Williamson County 46,778 with Medicare · 41% in Medicare Advantage · 33 Advantage plans with drug coverage
7. Sullivan County 45,217 with Medicare · 68% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
8. Sumner County 41,967 with Medicare · 54% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
9. Blount County 35,231 with Medicare · 57% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
10. Washington County 34,769 with Medicare · 61% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage

All 95 counties, A to Z

• Anderson County19,399 with Medicare · 54% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Bedford County10,314 with Medicare · 52% in Medicare Advantage · 14 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Benton County4,955 with Medicare · 49% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Bledsoe County3,606 with Medicare · 58% in Medicare Advantage · 23 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Blount County35,231 with Medicare · 57% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Bradley County25,061 with Medicare · 59% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Campbell County10,344 with Medicare · 68% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Cannon County3,641 with Medicare · 52% in Medicare Advantage · 27 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Carroll County7,790 with Medicare · 44% in Medicare Advantage · 23 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Carter County15,030 with Medicare · 68% in Medicare Advantage · 24 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Cheatham County9,461 with Medicare · 57% in Medicare Advantage · 28 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Chester County3,889 with Medicare · 48% in Medicare Advantage · 23 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Claiborne County9,200 with Medicare · 68% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Clay County2,119 with Medicare · 46% in Medicare Advantage · 28 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Cocke County11,309 with Medicare · 67% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Coffee County14,758 with Medicare · 49% in Medicare Advantage · 18 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Crockett County3,392 with Medicare · 44% in Medicare Advantage · 23 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Cumberland County24,842 with Medicare · 54% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Davidson County106,891 with Medicare · 56% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Decatur County3,569 with Medicare · 49% in Medicare Advantage · 24 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• DeKalb County5,275 with Medicare · 59% in Medicare Advantage · 23 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Dickson County12,676 with Medicare · 55% in Medicare Advantage · 18 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Dyer County8,260 with Medicare · 49% in Medicare Advantage · 19 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Fayette County11,581 with Medicare · 39% in Medicare Advantage · 33 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Fentress County6,433 with Medicare · 48% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Franklin County11,158 with Medicare · 48% in Medicare Advantage · 22 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Gibson County12,357 with Medicare · 45% in Medicare Advantage · 22 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Giles County7,807 with Medicare · 45% in Medicare Advantage · 28 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Grainger County7,112 with Medicare · 67% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Greene County20,978 with Medicare · 61% in Medicare Advantage · 21 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Grundy County4,159 with Medicare · 63% in Medicare Advantage · 29 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hamblen County15,799 with Medicare · 62% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hamilton County83,177 with Medicare · 56% in Medicare Advantage · 29 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hancock County1,788 with Medicare · 67% in Medicare Advantage · 28 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hardeman County6,228 with Medicare · 55% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hardin County7,660 with Medicare · 41% in Medicare Advantage · 24 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hawkins County17,132 with Medicare · 73% in Medicare Advantage · 23 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Haywood County4,337 with Medicare · 56% in Medicare Advantage · 28 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Henderson County6,865 with Medicare · 55% in Medicare Advantage · 21 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Henry County9,659 with Medicare · 45% in Medicare Advantage · 23 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Hickman County5,940 with Medicare · 57% in Medicare Advantage · 25 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Houston County2,243 with Medicare · 46% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Humphreys County4,851 with Medicare · 44% in Medicare Advantage · 25 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Jackson County3,225 with Medicare · 49% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Jefferson County15,494 with Medicare · 60% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Johnson County5,597 with Medicare · 65% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Knox County99,888 with Medicare · 54% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Lake County1,409 with Medicare · 50% in Medicare Advantage · 23 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Lauderdale County5,557 with Medicare · 55% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Lawrence County11,085 with Medicare · 44% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Lewis County3,221 with Medicare · 51% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Lincoln County9,244 with Medicare · 55% in Medicare Advantage · 22 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Loudon County21,249 with Medicare · 51% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Macon County5,252 with Medicare · 52% in Medicare Advantage · 27 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Madison County22,823 with Medicare · 47% in Medicare Advantage · 21 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Marion County7,323 with Medicare · 59% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Marshall County7,803 with Medicare · 53% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Maury County25,763 with Medicare · 47% in Medicare Advantage · 20 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• McMinn County14,432 with Medicare · 56% in Medicare Advantage · 21 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• McNairy County7,264 with Medicare · 44% in Medicare Advantage · 24 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Meigs County4,257 with Medicare · 60% in Medicare Advantage · 28 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Monroe County14,064 with Medicare · 60% in Medicare Advantage · 29 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Montgomery County33,401 with Medicare · 44% in Medicare Advantage · 21 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Moore County1,538 with Medicare · 40% in Medicare Advantage · 25 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Morgan County4,850 with Medicare · 66% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Obion County7,859 with Medicare · 48% in Medicare Advantage · 20 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Overton County6,128 with Medicare · 48% in Medicare Advantage · 25 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Perry County2,308 with Medicare · 54% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Pickett County1,558 with Medicare · 43% in Medicare Advantage · 25 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Polk County5,243 with Medicare · 58% in Medicare Advantage · 29 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Putnam County19,522 with Medicare · 47% in Medicare Advantage · 24 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Rhea County8,927 with Medicare · 57% in Medicare Advantage · 28 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Roane County15,722 with Medicare · 57% in Medicare Advantage · 28 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Robertson County16,096 with Medicare · 57% in Medicare Advantage · 29 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Rutherford County54,009 with Medicare · 51% in Medicare Advantage · 27 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Scott County5,378 with Medicare · 65% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Sequatchie County5,671 with Medicare · 61% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Sevier County25,393 with Medicare · 58% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Shelby County168,074 with Medicare · 48% in Medicare Advantage · 35 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Smith County4,605 with Medicare · 48% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Stewart County3,678 with Medicare · 42% in Medicare Advantage · 27 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Sullivan County45,217 with Medicare · 68% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Sumner County41,967 with Medicare · 54% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Tipton County12,951 with Medicare · 43% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Trousdale County1,999 with Medicare · 53% in Medicare Advantage · 28 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Unicoi County5,512 with Medicare · 67% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Union County4,879 with Medicare · 68% in Medicare Advantage · 31 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Van Buren County1,769 with Medicare · 49% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Warren County10,545 with Medicare · 51% in Medicare Advantage · 30 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Washington County34,769 with Medicare · 61% in Medicare Advantage · 26 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Wayne County3,840 with Medicare · 50% in Medicare Advantage · 22 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Weakley County7,444 with Medicare · 42% in Medicare Advantage · 21 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• White County8,020 with Medicare · 51% in Medicare Advantage · 27 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Williamson County46,778 with Medicare · 41% in Medicare Advantage · 33 Advantage plans with drug coverage
• Wilson County32,270 with Medicare · 52% in Medicare Advantage · 33 Advantage plans with drug coverage

Sources: CMS Medicare Monthly Enrollment, July 2026, and the CMS 2027 plan landscape. Medicare Advantage here includes other Medicare health plans, such as cost plans and PACE. Before you meet any agent, check their Tennessee license.

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