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White County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 52 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47185

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

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Population
29,612
+2,171 (+7.9%) since 2020
Land area
376.7
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
78.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sparta
Seat of county government.
Established
1806
219 years ago
Largest city
Sparta city
Population 5,038.

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 White 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 White 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 677 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 White 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
Population29,61252nd of 951,457th of 3,144
Land area376.7 sq mi60th of 952,614th of 3,144
Population density78.6 per sq mi46th of 951,095th of 3,144
Median household income$52,18872nd of 952,650th of 3,143

Full data for White County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population29,612Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202027,441Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?27,351Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area376.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area379.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?78.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,188American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$207,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,226American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,335American 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
-118
302 births, 420 deaths
Net migration
+506
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 5 areas bordering White 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
Putnam CountyTennessee32 mi86,612
Van Buren CountyTennessee32 mi6,874
DeKalb CountyTennessee24 mi21,873
Cumberland CountyTennessee21 mi66,300
Warren CountyTennessee6.0 mi43,717

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.