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Gibson County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 33 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47053

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

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Population
51,779
+1,336 (+2.6%) since 2020
Land area
602.7
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
85.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Trenton
Seat of county government.
Established
1823
202 years ago
Largest city
Milan city
Population 8,367.

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 Gibson 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 Gibson 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 773 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 Gibson 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
Population51,77933rd of 95985th of 3,144
Land area602.7 sq mi13th of 951,618th of 3,144
Population density85.9 per sq mi43rd of 951,030th of 3,144
Median household income$62,75533rd of 951,826th of 3,143

Full data for Gibson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population51,779Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202050,443Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?50,409Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area602.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.91 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area603.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?85.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,755American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$156,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households20,360American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,617American 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
-116
643 births, 759 deaths
Net migration
+248
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 Gibson 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
Crockett CountyTennessee33 mi14,006
Weakley CountyTennessee31 mi33,261
Carroll CountyTennessee19 mi29,200
Dyer CountyTennessee18 mi36,320
Obion CountyTennessee12 mi30,067
Madison CountyTennessee12 mi100,790

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.