Comparable demographic information on the nine counties of Northwest Tennessee.
Total Nine-County Population: 254,605
Nine-County Labor Force: 115,920
Action Items for the Northwest Tennessee Regional Economic Development Group.
The Northwest Tennessee region, “Tennessee’s Northwest Passage,” is located near the geographic center of the U.S. population and is connected to the world by a robust mixture of road, rail, air and water corridors. Bordered on the east and west by the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers, Northwest Tennessee offers commercial navigation in Henry, Benton, Lake and Dyer counties. Commercial navigation is provided by way of the river ports at Hickman, KY, New Johnsonville, TN, and Memphis, TN. The new $53 million Port of Cates Landing is now under construction in Lake County. All nine counties are located within 25 miles of an interstate.
- Bethel University
- Dyersburg State Community College
- Camden/Benton County Chamber of Commerce
- Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
- Crockett County Chamber of Commerce
- Dyer County Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Gibson Chamber of Commerce
- Humboldt Chamber of Commerce
- Jackson State Community College
- McKenzie Industrial Board
- Milan Chamber of Commerce
- Obion County Joint Economic Development Council
- Reelfoot Area Chamber of Commerce
- Paris/Henry Economic Development Corporation
- Weakley County Chamber of Commerce
- Weakley County Economic Development Board
- Northwest Tennessee Development District
- Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board / American Job Centers
- Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
- Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
- Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Tennessee Small Business Development Centers
- Tennessee Technology Centers - McKenzie - Newbern - Paris
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- University of Tennessee at Martin
- USDA Rural Development
- West Tennessee Industrial Association
