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Hancock County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 91 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47067

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

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Population
7,075
+447 (+6.7%) since 2020
Land area
222.3
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
31.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sneedville
Seat of county government.
Established
1844
181 years ago
Largest city
Sneedville town
Population 1,349.

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 Hancock 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 Hancock 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 376 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 Hancock 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
Population7,07591st of 952,650th of 3,144
Land area222.3 sq mi87th of 952,965th of 3,144
Population density31.8 per sq mi91st of 951,871st of 3,144
Median household income$34,96094th of 953,118th of 3,143

Full data for Hancock County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,075Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,628Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,661Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area222.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area223.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?31.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$34,960American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$134,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,828American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,675American 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
-45
57 births, 102 deaths
Net migration
+75
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 Hancock 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
Hawkins CountyTennessee37 mi59,559
Lee CountyVirginia27 mi21,642
Claiborne CountyTennessee15 mi33,229
Grainger CountyTennessee8.8 mi25,739
Scott CountyVirginia8.6 mi21,200

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.