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Franklin County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 36 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47051

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

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Population
45,579
+2,737 (+6.4%) since 2020
Land area
554.5
square miles. A further 3.7% of the total area is water
Population density
82.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Winchester
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
Winchester city
Population 10,438.

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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 800 by 781 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 Franklin 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
Population45,57936th of 951,086th of 3,144
Land area554.5 sq mi25th of 951,873rd of 3,144
Population density82.2 per sq mi45th of 951,055th of 3,144
Median household income$63,49430th of 951,755th of 3,143

Full data for Franklin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,579Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202042,842Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?42,767Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area554.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area21.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area575.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?82.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,494American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$236,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,445American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,110American 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
-151
441 births, 592 deaths
Net migration
+541
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 7 areas bordering Franklin 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
Coffee CountyTennessee31 mi62,419
Moore CountyTennessee29 mi6,920
Jackson CountyAlabama25 mi54,281
Marion CountyTennessee17 mi29,804
Lincoln CountyTennessee9.4 mi36,853
Grundy CountyTennessee5.1 mi14,116
Madison CountyAlabama0.4 mi433,516

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.