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Tipton County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 25 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47167

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

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Population
62,287
+1,237 (+2.0%) since 2020
Land area
455.6
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
137
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Covington
Seat of county government.
Established
1823
202 years ago
Largest city
Atoka town
Population 10,645.

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 Tipton 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 Tipton 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 433 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 Tipton 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
Population62,28725th of 95874th of 3,144
Land area455.6 sq mi47th of 952,248th of 3,144
Population density137 per sq mi27th of 95739th of 3,144
Median household income$74,12716th of 95902nd of 3,143

Full data for Tipton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population62,287Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202061,050Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?60,976Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area455.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area468.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?137 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,127American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$240,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,660American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,417American 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
-24
663 births, 687 deaths
Net migration
+3
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 Tipton 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
Lauderdale CountyTennessee55 mi24,617
Mississippi CountyArkansas37 mi37,828
Shelby CountyTennessee31 mi910,226
Haywood CountyTennessee16 mi17,042
Crittenden CountyArkansas14 mi46,210
Fayette CountyTennessee13 mi45,071

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.