Tennessee Populations: 
Mini-States Organizing Calculations.

Data taken from this web-page:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/tennessee/counties
2022, Tennessee, Total Population: 7,023,788.
7,023,788 / 12 = 585,316.
585,316 = Target-Population For Each Tennessee Mini-State.

Counties with Populations Near or Larger than this number, 
are listed as follows:

1: Mini-State of Shelby County: 	930,164

2: Mini-State of Davidson County: 	733,724

7,023,788 - 930,164 = 6,093,624.
6,093,624 - 733,724 = 5,359,900.
5,359,900 / 10   =   535,990.

535,990 = Target-Population For Each of 
the Ten Remaining Tennessee-Mini-States.

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3: Extreme-Eastern Tennessee Mini-State:
Counties:

Johnson County		17,888	
Carter County			56,142	
Sullivan County		158,431	
Washington County		135,005	
Unicoi County		17,852	
Greene County		70,416	
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Sub-Total:	   		455,734

Hawkins County		56,699	
Hancock County		 6,630
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Sub-Total: 			519,063

Cocke County		36,067	

519,063 + 36,067 = 555.130.	
555,130 - 535,990 = 19,140 Over Target.

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4: Soft-North-Eastern Mini-State:
Counties:

Jefferson County		55,339
Hamblen County		64,891	
Grainger County		23,701	
Claiborne County		32,009	
Union County			19,940	
Campbell County		38,984	
Anderson County		77,521
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Sub-Total:			312,385

Scott County			21,774	
Morgan County		20,845	
Roane County			53,248
Fentress County		18,595	
Pickett County		4,985
Cumberland County		62,163
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Sub-Total:			493,995

Overton County		22,597

493,995 + 22,597 = 	516,592	

535,990 - 516,592 = 19,398 Under Target

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5: Soft-South-Eastern Mini-State:
Counties:

Sevier County			100,078	
Blount County		137,734	
Loudon County		56,152	
Monroe County		46,596	
McMinn County		53,478	
Polk County			17,688	
Bradley County		110,552	
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Sub-Total: 			522,278.

Meigs County			12,958	
522,278 + 12,958 =     	535,236

535,990 - 535,236 = 754 Under Target.

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6: Knox Mini-State:

Knox County, Alone: 	488,319	

535,990 - 488,319 + 47,671 Under Target.

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7: Hamilton Mini-State:

Rhea County			33,082	
Hamilton County		372,155	
Bledsoe County		15,321	
Sequatchie County		16,168	
Marion County		28,957	
Grundy County		13,495	
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Sub-Total:			479,178

Van Buren County		6,292	
Warren County		41,175	
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Sub-Total: 			526,645. 

535,990 - 526,645 = 9,345 Under Target.

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8: Wilson Mini-State:

Clay County			7,525	
Jackson County		11,613
Putnam County		81,360	
White County			27,653	
DeKalb County		20,352	
Smith County			20,052	
Macon County		25,810	
Trousdale County		12,363	
Wilson County		154,485	
Sumner County		203,409	
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Sub-Total:			564,622.

564,622 - 535,990 = 28,632 Over Target.

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9: Rutheford Mini-State

Rutherford County		357,262	
Cannon County		14,646	
Coffee County		58,907	
Franklin County		43,118	
Bedford County		51,273	
Moore County			6,481	
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Sub-Total:			531,687

535,990 - 531,687 = 4,303 Under Target.

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10: Williamson Mini-State:

Williamson County		260,634	
Maury County			104,978	
Marshall County		35,058	
Lincoln County		35,711	
Giles County			30,518	
Lawrence County		44,617
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Sub-Total:			511,516

Lewis County			12,666	
Wayne County		16,074	
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Sub-Total:			540,256.

540,256 - 535,990 = 4,266 Over Target.

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11: Montgomery Min-State:

Montgomery County		229,617	
Robertson County		74,107	
Cheatham County		41,466	
Dickson County		55,245	
Houston County		8,255	
Stewart County		13,723	
Humphreys County		19,080	
Hickman County		24,973	
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Sub-Total:			466,466.

Perry County			8,456	
Benton County		15,740	
Henry County			32,173	
Decatur County		11,371
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Sub-Total:			534,206.

535,990 - 534,206 = 1,784 Under Target.

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12: Madison Mini-State:	

Lake County			6,839
Weakley County		32,478	
Obion County			30,583	
Dyer County			36,495
Gibson County		50,579
Carroll County		28,424
Lauderdale County		24,609
Crockett County		13,775
Tipton County			60,948
Haywood County		17,680	
Fayette County		42,706	
Madison County		98,929	
Hardeman County		25,104
McNairy County		25,824	
Chester County		17,383	
Henderson County		27,856	
Hardin County		26,991
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Sub-Total:			567,203.	

567,203 - 535,990 = 31,213 Over Target.