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McMinn County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 29 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47107

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

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Population
57,404
+4,057 (+7.6%) since 2020
Land area
430.1
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
133
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Athens
Seat of county government.
Established
1819
206 years ago
Largest city
Athens city
Population 15,263.

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 McMinn 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 McMinn 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 748 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 McMinn 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
Population57,40429th of 95921st of 3,144
Land area430.1 sq mi53rd of 952,365th of 3,144
Population density133 per sq mi28th of 95753rd of 3,144
Median household income$61,47041st of 951,934th of 3,143

Full data for McMinn County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population57,404Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202053,347Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?53,272Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area430.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area432.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?133 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,470American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$211,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households21,218American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,137American 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
-237
617 births, 854 deaths
Net migration
+914
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 McMinn 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
Monroe CountyTennessee33 mi49,730
Meigs CountyTennessee30 mi14,186
Bradley CountyTennessee19 mi115,465
Polk CountyTennessee14 mi18,592
Loudon CountyTennessee8.8 mi63,764
Roane CountyTennessee2.0 mi57,395

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.