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Pickett County, Tennessee

The least populous of Tennessee's 95 counties.

CountyFIPS 47137

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

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Population
5,219
+217 (+4.3%) since 2020
Land area
163
square miles. A further 6.6% of the total area is water
Population density
32.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Byrdstown
Seat of county government.
Established
1879
146 years ago
Largest city
Byrdstown town
Population 823.

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 Pickett 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 Pickett 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 440 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 Pickett 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
Population5,21995th of 952,804th of 3,144
Land area163 sq mi92nd of 953,046th of 3,144
Population density32.0 per sq mi89th of 951,866th of 3,144
Median household income$49,03085th of 952,828th of 3,143

Full data for Pickett County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,219Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,002Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,005Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area163 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area174.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,030American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$178,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,167American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,360American 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
-46
47 births, 93 deaths
Net migration
+121
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 Pickett 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
Fentress CountyTennessee34 mi20,322
Clinton CountyKentucky17 mi9,139
Overton CountyTennessee16 mi23,787
Wayne CountyKentucky11 mi19,597
Clay CountyTennessee7.5 mi7,821
Scott CountyTennessee6.2 mi22,671

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.