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Bledsoe County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 78 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47007

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

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Population
15,920
+975 (+6.5%) since 2020
Land area
406.6
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
39.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pikeville
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
Pikeville city
Population 1,872.

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 Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe 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 791 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 Bledsoe 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
Population15,92078th of 952,041st of 3,144
Land area406.6 sq mi57th of 952,492nd of 3,144
Population density39.2 per sq mi82nd of 951,689th of 3,144
Median household income$54,72064th of 952,491st of 3,143

Full data for Bledsoe County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,920Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,945Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,907Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area406.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.33 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area406.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?39.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,720American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,858American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,912American 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
-57
135 births, 192 deaths
Net migration
+404
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 Bledsoe 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
Rhea CountyTennessee34 mi34,844
Sequatchie CountyTennessee22 mi17,861
Cumberland CountyTennessee22 mi66,300
Van Buren CountyTennessee20 mi6,874
Hamilton CountyTennessee11 mi390,833

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.