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Tennessee: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity

By Kevin Schwaner, Founder; Chief Marketing OfficerUpdated

Tennessee recorded 83,223 births in 2024 across 95 counties, served by 55 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 10 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 2,231 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.

Births, 2024
83,223+4.7% since 2021
Delivering hospitals
5510 more not reported
Offices of Lawyers
2,231CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
Births per lawyer office
37.3national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3

Births by county

Births by county in Tennessee, 2024A choropleth of Tennessee counties shaded by births recorded in 2024.
Births, 2024 ≤ 249 > 8,086

Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.

Tennessee births, 2021 to 2024. Four-year births series for Tennessee alongside the national total. Tennessee 83,223 +4.7% 2021→2024 United States 3,605,563 +0.6% 2021→2024 Delivering hospitals 55 +0.0% 2024 only Lawyer offices 2,231 +0.0% CBP 2023
Figure 2 — Tennessee against the national series. Only the first two series are time series; the third and fourth are single-vintage values shown flat, and are labelled as such rather than being interpolated into a trend. National births detail. Sources: Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (components of change), released June 2025; Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 541110 Offices of Lawyers, released May 2025; CMS Care Compare, Maternal Health · Hospital, reporting period 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2024.

Every county

All 95 counties in Tennessee. Sorted by births. Copy it into a spreadsheet — it is a real table.
CountyPopulation 2024Births 2024Lawyer officesBirths per officeDelivering hospitalsStatus unknown
Shelby County910,53012,44031639.452
Davidson County729,50510,19743523.450
Knox County506,7485,46824222.641
Rutherford County376,9964,5088652.421
Hamilton County386,2564,43816327.220
Montgomery County246,0253,8414096.010
Sumner County211,7212,3734552.720
Williamson County269,1362,36811919.910
Wilson County169,9481,8934146.210
Sullivan County162,7031,5195627.120
Maury County113,4111,3552067.810
Blount County142,2111,3302847.510
Washington County139,6421,2704329.520
Madison County100,4091,2264229.210
Bradley County113,7821,2112450.510
Sevier County100,1841,0862543.410
Robertson County78,4599251561.710
Putnam County84,8949194023.010
Anderson County81,4498571750.410
Hamblen County67,7157882137.510
Bedford County54,2287261260.500
Tipton County62,1876971163.410
Coffee County61,2856821545.510
Dickson County57,6416551254.610
Greene County73,3986261834.810
McMinn County56,7546231156.610
Gibson County51,4226171061.700
Lawrence County46,467592698.710
Loudon County62,1295623187.300
Warren County43,6195431054.310
Cumberland County65,6185411245.110
Hawkins County59,3715291052.900
Jefferson County59,217512773.100
Monroe County49,154501955.710
Roane County56,742489954.300
Carter County57,434481860.100
Marshall County37,847465677.500
Lincoln County36,7514621238.510
Cheatham County42,604446949.601
Franklin County45,1374441237.010
Dyer County36,4034411431.510
Fayette County44,476433586.600
Campbell County40,238413851.600
Rhea County34,759402580.401
Cocke County37,596366752.310
Giles County30,9713521035.210
Claiborne County33,070350750.000
Macon County27,189348569.601
Obion County30,261340937.810
Carroll County29,107337937.400
Weakley County33,162336748.010
Marion County29,826325565.000
Henderson County28,183321745.900
White County29,108305838.100
Henry County32,8833011225.100
McNairy County26,103291741.600
Hardin County27,6172871126.110
Hickman County25,859285395.000
Hardeman County25,434280393.300
Lauderdale County24,630278469.501
DeKalb County21,747272738.900
Scott County22,517272468.001
Grainger County25,073244381.300
Overton County23,551230638.310
Smith County20,783216730.910
Chester County17,876211370.300
Union County21,0641900undefined00
Fentress County20,129188631.300
Humphreys County19,5541870undefined00
Haywood County17,097179535.800
Grundy County14,1481740undefined00
Cannon County15,1421730undefined00
Crockett County13,973167533.400
Sequatchie County17,620166355.300
Morgan County21,954164354.700
Johnson County18,506163354.300
Benton County16,173162354.000
Unicoi County17,8721520undefined00
Polk County18,3381480undefined00
Lewis County13,4181470undefined00
Stewart County14,3651310undefined00
Wayne County15,974130343.301
Meigs County13,9371260undefined00
Decatur County11,800121430.300
Jackson County12,3761150undefined00
Trousdale County12,1591110undefined00
Bledsoe County15,5911100undefined00
Perry County8,9871070undefined00
Lake County6,422800undefined00
Houston County8,538740undefined00
Clay County7,857720undefined00
Van Buren County6,686720undefined00
Moore County6,773660undefined00
Hancock County7,038630undefined00
Pickett County5,108440undefined00

50 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 12,401 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence — not access to care.

Hospitals with obstetric services

65 Tennessee hospitals reporting an obstetric service status. Facilities confirming they do not provide labour and delivery are excluded from this table and counted on the national page.
HospitalCityCountyOwnershipLabour & deliveryBirthing Friendly
Affiliate Of Vitruvian HealthClevelandBradleyProprietaryYesDesignated
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashvilleDavidsonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphisShelbyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovingtonTiptonVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion CityObionVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Big South Fork Medical CenterOneidaScottProprietaryNot reported—
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryvilleBlountGovernment - LocalYesDesignated
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookevillePutnamGovernment - LocalYesDesignated
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossvilleCumberlandVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Delta Specialty HospitalMemphisShelbyProprietaryNot reported—
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburgDyerProprietaryYesDesignated
East Tennessee Childrens HospitalKnoxvilleKnoxVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanoogaHamiltonGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesDesignated
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxvilleKnoxVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson CityWashingtonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Greeneville Community HospitalGreenevilleGreeneVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Hardin Medical CenterSavannahHardinGovernment - LocalYesDesignated
Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint ThCarthageSmithProprietaryYesDesignated
Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint ThomaGallatinSumnerProprietaryYesDesignated
Indian Path Community HospitalKingsportSullivanVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJacksonMadisonGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesDesignated
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson CityWashingtonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Lauderdale Community HospitalRipleyLauderdaleProprietaryNot reported—
Leconte Medical CenterSeviervilleSevierVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Lincoln Medical CenterFayettevilleLincolnGovernment - LocalYesDesignated
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingstonOvertonProprietaryYesDesignated
Macon Community HospitalLafayetteMaconVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Maury Regional HospitalColumbiaMauryGovernment - LocalYesDesignated
Methodist Hospitals Of MemphisMemphisShelbyVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Methodist Medical Center Of Oak RidgeOak RidgeAndersonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Metro Nashville General HospitalNashvilleDavidsonGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesNo
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristownHamblenGovernment - LocalYesDesignated
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanoogaHamiltonProprietaryYesDesignated
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxvilleKnoxVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowellKnoxProprietaryYesDesignated
Regional One HealthMemphisShelbyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesDesignated
Rhea Medical CenterDaytonRheaGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlettShelbyProprietaryYesNo
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcminnvilleWarrenVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboroRutherfordVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburgLawrenceVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System PulaskiPulaskiGilesProprietaryYesDesignated
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchesterFranklinProprietaryYesDesignated
St Francis HospitalMemphisShelbyProprietaryYesDesignated
St Jude Childrens Research HospitalMemphisShelbyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthensMc MinnProprietaryYesDesignated
Sweetwater Hospital AssociationSweetwaterMonroeVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical CenterNewportCockeProprietaryYesDesignated
Tristar Ashland City Medical CenterAshland CityCheathamProprietaryNot reported—
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashvilleDavidsonProprietaryYesDesignated
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonvilleSumnerProprietaryYesDesignated
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDicksonDicksonProprietaryYesDesignated
Tristar Northcrest Medical CenterSpringfieldRobertsonVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrnaRutherfordProprietaryYesDesignated
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitageDavidsonProprietaryYesDesignated
Trustpoint HospitalMurfreesboroRutherfordProprietaryNot reported—
University Health System, IncKnoxvilleKnoxVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksvilleMontgomeryProprietaryYesDesignated
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahomaCoffeeVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleDavidsonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanonWilsonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Volunteer Community HospitalMartinWeakleyProprietaryYesDesignated
Wayne Medical CenterWaynesboroWayneVoluntary non-profit - OtherNot reported—
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristolSullivanGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesDesignated
Williamson Medical CenterFranklinWilliamsonGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesDesignated

Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024 — see the blackout.

A limit we will not cross. Nothing on this page links a clinical outcome rate to a legal claim. Adverse-event rates measure medicine. Litigation measures a legal process. They are different quantities, they are collected by different agencies for different reasons, and correlating them would be the fastest way to publish something false. Where we present clinical data and legal data together, it is to describe a market — never to imply that one causes, predicts, or justifies the other.

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau — County Population Totals and Components of Change, Vintage 2024 — births by county, 2021–2024
  2. U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns, 2023 — NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
  3. CMS Care Compare — Maternal Health · Hospital — PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
  4. CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information — ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
  5. U.S. Census Bureau — Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000) — county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time

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Birth Injury Marketing. “Tennessee: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/tennessee/

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Related

No commercial page for Tennessee. Our rule is that a state gets one only where this data lets us say something true of that state and not of everywhere else, and Tennessee did not clear it. The rule, and every state it excludes, is published. We still work there.

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