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Hickman County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 58 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47081

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

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Population
26,219
+1,247 (+5.0%) since 2020
Land area
612.5
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
42.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Centerville
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
Centerville town
Population 3,589.

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 Hickman 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 Hickman 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 710 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 Hickman 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
Population26,21958th of 951,574th of 3,144
Land area612.5 sq mi11th of 951,578th of 3,144
Population density42.8 per sq mi74th of 951,611th of 3,144
Median household income$68,24720th of 951,318th of 3,143

Full data for Hickman County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,219Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,972Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,910Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area612.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.14 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area612.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?42.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,247American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$224,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,435American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,711American 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
-69
275 births, 344 deaths
Net migration
+379
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 Hickman 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
Lewis CountyTennessee24 mi13,487
Perry CountyTennessee22 mi9,126
Humphreys CountyTennessee21 mi19,646
Dickson CountyTennessee20 mi58,662
Maury CountyTennessee19 mi118,131
Williamson CountyTennessee7.8 mi272,061

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.