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Bedford County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 32 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47003

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

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Population
55,273
+4,892 (+9.7%) since 2020
Land area
473.6
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
117
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Shelbyville
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
Shelbyville city
Population 26,146.

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 Bedford 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 Bedford 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 738 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 Bedford 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
Population55,27332nd of 95947th of 3,144
Land area473.6 sq mi44th of 952,177th of 3,144
Population density117 per sq mi32nd of 95810th of 3,144
Median household income$67,22521st of 951,412th of 3,143

Full data for Bedford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population55,273Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202050,381Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?50,237Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area473.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area474.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?117 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,225American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$281,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,505American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,488American 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
+181
751 births, 570 deaths
Net migration
+632
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 Bedford 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
Rutherford CountyTennessee39 mi386,352
Marshall CountyTennessee28 mi38,071
Moore CountyTennessee26 mi6,920
Coffee CountyTennessee18 mi62,419
Lincoln CountyTennessee5.8 mi36,853

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.