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Fayette County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 37 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47047

Within Tennessee
Fayette County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Somerville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
45,071
+3,203 (+7.7%) since 2020
Land area
704.1
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
64.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Somerville
Seat of county government.
Established
1824
201 years ago
Largest city
Oakland town
Population 10,835.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Fayette County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Fayette County, Tennessee from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 739 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Fayette County ranks

Position among the 95 counties of Tennessee, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn TennesseeNationally
Population45,07137th of 951,096th of 3,144
Land area704.1 sq mi3rd of 951,316th of 3,144
Population density64.0 per sq mi56th of 951,255th of 3,144
Median household income$88,4565th of 95340th of 3,143

Full data for Fayette County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,071Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202041,868Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?41,717Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area704.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area705.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?64.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$88,456American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$340,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,210American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,494American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-82
460 births, 542 deaths
Net migration
+615
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Fayette County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Hardeman CountyTennessee28 mi25,274
Shelby CountyTennessee27 mi910,226
Marshall CountyMississippi17 mi34,654
Haywood CountyTennessee17 mi17,042
Tipton CountyTennessee13 mi62,287
Benton CountyMississippi8.8 mi7,502

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 95 counties of Tennessee

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.