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Rutherford County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 5 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47149

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

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Population
386,352
+43,067 (+12.5%) since 2020
Land area
619.5
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
624
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Murfreesboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1803
222 years ago
Largest city
Murfreesboro city
Population 171,178.

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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 756 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 Rutherford 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
Population386,3525th of 95200th of 3,144
Land area619.5 sq mi8th of 951,555th of 3,144
Population density624 per sq mi5th of 95231st of 3,144
Median household income$85,4706th of 95411th of 3,143

Full data for Rutherford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population386,352Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020343,285Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?341,482Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area619.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area624.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?624 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$85,470American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$382,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households129,431American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units138,929American 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
+2,108
4,641 births, 2,533 deaths
Net migration
+4,135
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 7 areas bordering Rutherford 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
Bedford CountyTennessee39 mi55,273
Williamson CountyTennessee32 mi272,061
Wilson CountyTennessee31 mi175,033
Cannon CountyTennessee23 mi15,296
Davidson CountyTennessee19 mi745,904
Coffee CountyTennessee8.4 mi62,419
Marshall CountyTennessee4.2 mi38,071

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.