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Weakley County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 46 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47183

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

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Population
33,261
+353 (+1.1%) since 2020
Land area
580.4
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
57.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Dresden
Seat of county government.
Established
1823
202 years ago
Largest city
Martin city
Population 11,060.

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 Weakley 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 Weakley 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 665 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 Weakley 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
Population33,26146th of 951,368th of 3,144
Land area580.4 sq mi17th of 951,698th of 3,144
Population density57.3 per sq mi62nd of 951,349th of 3,144
Median household income$51,88073rd of 952,670th of 3,143

Full data for Weakley County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,261Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202032,908Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?32,908Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area580.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area581.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?57.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,880American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$151,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,384American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,056American 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
-125
302 births, 427 deaths
Net migration
+170
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 Weakley 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
Obion CountyTennessee33 mi30,067
Gibson CountyTennessee31 mi51,779
Henry CountyTennessee24 mi32,896
Carroll CountyTennessee17 mi29,200
Graves CountyKentucky17 mi37,050
Hickman CountyKentucky0.6 mi4,372

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.