Counties in Tennessee by business revenue: transportation and warehousing (Economic Census)

Shelby County had the highest business revenue: transportation and warehousing (Economic Census) of 70 counties in 2017, at $9.98 billion. Bledsoe County had the lowest, at $615,000. The median was $42.97 million and the figure for Tennessee was $22.87 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest9,979.9Shelby County
Median4370 counties
Tennessee22,870.8History

Map of counties, 2017

Anderson County: 62.5 USD millionBedford County: 375 USD millionBenton County: 16.8 USD millionBledsoe County: 0.6 USD millionBlount County: 377.7 USD millionBradley County: 173.3 USD millionCampbell County: 14.2 USD millionCannon County: 26.3 USD millionCarroll County: 3.5 USD millionCheatham County: 75.4 USD millionCocke County: 9 USD millionCoffee County: 44.4 USD millionCumberland County: 123.6 USD millionDavidson County: 3,825.4 USD millionDecatur County: 5.6 USD millionDickson County: 21.4 USD millionDyer County: 78.6 USD millionFentress County: 14.6 USD millionFranklin County: 16.8 USD millionGibson County: 150.9 USD millionGiles County: 18.1 USD millionGrainger County: 28.5 USD millionGreene County: 182.7 USD millionGrundy County: 2.7 USD millionHamblen County: 107.2 USD millionHamilton County: 1,533.5 USD millionHardeman County: 31.2 USD millionHawkins County: 47.6 USD millionHaywood County: 14 USD millionHenderson County: 43.1 USD millionHenry County: 38.7 USD millionHickman County: 10 USD millionHumphreys County: 20.8 USD millionJefferson County: 176.6 USD millionJohnson County: 119.5 USD millionKnox County: 1,109.2 USD millionLauderdale County: 49.6 USD millionLawrence County: 88.7 USD millionLewis County: 6.5 USD millionLincoln County: 16.2 USD millionLoudon County: 147.1 USD millionMcMinn County: 24.4 USD millionMcNairy County: 50.7 USD millionMacon County: 12.5 USD millionMadison County: 160.7 USD millionMarshall County: 23.8 USD millionMaury County: 269.2 USD millionMonroe County: 23.5 USD millionMorgan County: 6.4 USD millionPerry County: 8.4 USD millionPolk County: 5.5 USD millionPutnam County: 71 USD millionRhea County: 13 USD millionRoane County: 136.3 USD millionRobertson County: 55.7 USD millionRutherford County: 904.4 USD millionScott County: 12.3 USD millionSevier County: 35.3 USD millionShelby County: 9,979.9 USD millionStewart County: 5.3 USD millionSullivan County: 233.7 USD millionSumner County: 232.9 USD millionTipton County: 51.4 USD millionUnion County: 6.4 USD millionWarren County: 31.4 USD millionWashington County: 45.9 USD millionWeakley County: 42.8 USD millionWhite County: 32.3 USD millionWilliamson County: 414.3 USD millionWilson County: 443.7 USD million
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USD million, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Shelby County: 9,979.9 USD millionShelby County9,979.9Davidson County: 3,825.4 USD millionDavidson County3,825.4Hamilton County: 1,533.5 USD millionHamilton County1,533.5Knox County: 1,109.2 USD millionKnox County1,109.2Rutherford County: 904.4 USD millionRutherford County904.4Wilson County: 443.7 USD millionWilson County443.7Williamson County: 414.3 USD millionWilliamson County414.3Blount County: 377.7 USD millionBlount County377.7Bedford County: 375 USD millionBedford County375Maury County: 269.2 USD millionMaury County269.2Sullivan County: 233.7 USD millionSullivan County233.7Sumner County: 232.9 USD millionSumner County232.9Greene County: 182.7 USD millionGreene County182.7Jefferson County: 176.6 USD millionJefferson County176.6Bradley County: 173.3 USD millionBradley County173.3Madison County: 160.7 USD millionMadison County160.7Gibson County: 150.9 USD millionGibson County150.9Loudon County: 147.1 USD millionLoudon County147.1Roane County: 136.3 USD millionRoane County136.3Cumberland County: 123.6 USD millionCumberland County123.6Johnson County: 119.5 USD millionJohnson County119.5Hamblen County: 107.2 USD millionHamblen County107.2Lawrence County: 88.7 USD millionLawrence County88.7Dyer County: 78.6 USD millionDyer County78.6Cheatham County: 75.4 USD millionCheatham County75.4Putnam County: 71 USD millionPutnam County71Anderson County: 62.5 USD millionAnderson County62.5Robertson County: 55.7 USD millionRobertson County55.7Tipton County: 51.4 USD millionTipton County51.4McNairy County: 50.7 USD millionMcNairy County50.7Lauderdale County: 49.6 USD millionLauderdale County49.6Hawkins County: 47.6 USD millionHawkins County47.6Washington County: 45.9 USD millionWashington County45.9Coffee County: 44.4 USD millionCoffee County44.4Henderson County: 43.1 USD millionHenderson County43.1Weakley County: 42.8 USD millionWeakley County42.8Henry County: 38.7 USD millionHenry County38.7Sevier County: 35.3 USD millionSevier County35.3White County: 32.3 USD millionWhite County32.3Warren County: 31.4 USD millionWarren County31.4Shelby County: 9,979.9 USD millionShelby County9,979.9Davidson County: 3,825.4 USD millionDavidson County3,825.4Hamilton County: 1,533.5 USD millionHamilton County1,533.5Knox County: 1,109.2 USD millionKnox County1,109.2Rutherford County: 904.4 USD millionRutherford County904.4Wilson County: 443.7 USD millionWilson County443.7Williamson County: 414.3 USD millionWilliamson County414.3Blount County: 377.7 USD millionBlount County377.7Bedford County: 375 USD millionBedford County375Maury County: 269.2 USD millionMaury County269.2Sullivan County: 233.7 USD millionSullivan County233.7Sumner County: 232.9 USD millionSumner County232.9Greene County: 182.7 USD millionGreene County182.7Jefferson County: 176.6 USD millionJefferson County176.6Bradley County: 173.3 USD millionBradley County173.3Madison County: 160.7 USD millionMadison County160.7Gibson County: 150.9 USD millionGibson County150.9Loudon County: 147.1 USD millionLoudon County147.1Roane County: 136.3 USD millionRoane County136.3Cumberland County: 123.6 USD millionCumberland County123.6Johnson County: 119.5 USD millionJohnson County119.5Hamblen County: 107.2 USD millionHamblen County107.2Lawrence County: 88.7 USD millionLawrence County88.7Dyer County: 78.6 USD millionDyer County78.6Cheatham County: 75.4 USD millionCheatham County75.4Putnam County: 71 USD millionPutnam County71Anderson County: 62.5 USD millionAnderson County62.5Robertson County: 55.7 USD millionRobertson County55.7Tipton County: 51.4 USD millionTipton County51.4McNairy County: 50.7 USD millionMcNairy County50.7Lauderdale County: 49.6 USD millionLauderdale County49.6Hawkins County: 47.6 USD millionHawkins County47.6Washington County: 45.9 USD millionWashington County45.9Coffee County: 44.4 USD millionCoffee County44.4Henderson County: 43.1 USD millionHenderson County43.1Weakley County: 42.8 USD millionWeakley County42.8Henry County: 38.7 USD millionHenry County38.7Sevier County: 35.3 USD millionSevier County35.3White County: 32.3 USD millionWhite County32.3Warren County: 31.4 USD millionWarren County31.4
USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census. Excludes rail transportation (NAICS 482) and the Postal Service (491).

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 12 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all establishments (Counties in Tennessee by business revenue: transportation and warehousing (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all establishments, Counties in Tennessee by business revenue: transportation and warehousing (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-transportation-warehousing/tennessee-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest business revenue: transportation and warehousing (Economic Census)?

Shelby County, with $9.98 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: transportation and warehousing (Economic Census)?

Bledsoe County, with $615,000 in 2017.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 12 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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