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Haywood County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 75 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47075

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

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Population
17,042
-785 (-4.4%) since 2020
Land area
533.1
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
32.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Brownsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1823
202 years ago
Largest city
Brownsville city
Population 9,301.

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 Haywood 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 Haywood 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 676 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 Haywood 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
Population17,04275th of 951,976th of 3,144
Land area533.1 sq mi29th of 951,956th of 3,144
Population density32.0 per sq mi89th of 951,866th of 3,144
Median household income$50,47280th of 952,746th of 3,143

Full data for Haywood County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,042Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,827Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,864Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area533.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.96 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area534.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,472American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$152,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,167American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,260American 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
-20
213 births, 233 deaths
Net migration
-148
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Haywood 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 CountyTennessee25 mi14,006
Lauderdale CountyTennessee25 mi24,617
Madison CountyTennessee18 mi100,790
Fayette CountyTennessee17 mi45,071
Tipton CountyTennessee16 mi62,287
Hardeman CountyTennessee8.3 mi25,274

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.