Sevier County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 15 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47155

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

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Population
101,342
+2,494 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
592.5
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
171
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sevierville
Seat of county government.
Established
1794
231 years ago
Largest city
Sevierville city
Population 19,010.

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 Sevier 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 Sevier 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 737 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 Sevier 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
Population101,34215th of 95618th of 3,144
Land area592.5 sq mi15th of 951,653rd of 3,144
Population density171 per sq mi21st of 95626th of 3,144
Median household income$62,58135th of 951,840th of 3,143

Full data for Sevier County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population101,342Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202098,848Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?98,677Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area592.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area597.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?171 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,581American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$299,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households40,344American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units58,967American 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
-131
1,112 births, 1,243 deaths
Net migration
+243
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 Sevier 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
Jefferson CountyTennessee32 mi60,024
Swain CountyNorth Carolina31 mi14,024
Blount CountyTennessee30 mi143,820
Cocke CountyTennessee21 mi37,889
Knox CountyTennessee18 mi511,453
Haywood CountyNorth Carolina1.7 mi63,369

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.