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Grainger County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 59 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47057

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

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Population
25,739
+2,167 (+9.2%) since 2020
Land area
280.6
square miles. A further 7.2% of the total area is water
Population density
91.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Rutledge
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Bean Station city
Population 3,180 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Grainger 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 Grainger 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 717 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 Grainger 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
Population25,73959th of 951,598th of 3,144
Land area280.6 sq mi78th of 952,847th of 3,144
Population density91.7 per sq mi40th of 95978th of 3,144
Median household income$50,53879th of 952,744th of 3,143

Full data for Grainger County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,739Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,572Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,532Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area280.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area21.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area302.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?91.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,538American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,660American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,835American 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
-92
260 births, 352 deaths
Net migration
+740
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 Grainger 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
Claiborne CountyTennessee33 mi33,229
Jefferson CountyTennessee32 mi60,024
Hamblen CountyTennessee25 mi68,843
Union CountyTennessee18 mi21,450
Knox CountyTennessee9.9 mi511,453
Hawkins CountyTennessee9.1 mi59,559
Hancock CountyTennessee8.8 mi7,075

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.