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Hamblen County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 21 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47063

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

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Population
68,843
+4,290 (+6.6%) since 2020
Land area
161.2
square miles. A further 8.3% of the total area is water
Population density
427
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Morristown
Seat of county government.
Established
1870
155 years ago
Largest city
Morristown city
Population 33,513 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 Hamblen 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 Hamblen 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 690 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 Hamblen 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
Population68,84321st of 95803rd of 3,144
Land area161.2 sq mi93rd of 953,049th of 3,144
Population density427 per sq mi9th of 95327th of 3,144
Median household income$55,45460th of 952,439th of 3,143

Full data for Hamblen County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population68,843Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202064,553Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?64,507Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area161.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area175.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?427 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,454American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$210,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,146American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units28,095American 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
-128
813 births, 941 deaths
Net migration
+792
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 5 areas bordering Hamblen 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
Grainger CountyTennessee25 mi25,739
Hawkins CountyTennessee25 mi59,559
Jefferson CountyTennessee19 mi60,024
Cocke CountyTennessee16 mi37,889
Greene CountyTennessee7.8 mi73,831

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.