The United States Census has released its 2022 population estimates for this area.  The table below compares the estimates with results from the 2010 census report. Everyone knows that a large number of people have been migrating into this portion of Tennessee.  What may surprise many is that Bledsoe County appears to have achieved the highest growth rate in our area with a whopping 21.13%.  On the other end of the scale, 5 area counties actually saw drops in their population.