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Bradley County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 14 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47011

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

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Population
115,465
+6,633 (+6.1%) since 2020
Land area
328.8
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
351
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cleveland
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Cleveland city
Population 51,172.

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 Bradley 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 Bradley 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 606 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 Bradley 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
Population115,46514th of 95558th of 3,144
Land area328.8 sq mi67th of 952,741st of 3,144
Population density351 per sq mi12th of 95386th of 3,144
Median household income$66,55222nd of 951,463rd of 3,143

Full data for Bradley County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population115,465Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020108,832Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?108,620Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area328.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area331.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?351 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,552American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$261,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households42,596American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units45,949American 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
-112
1,256 births, 1,368 deaths
Net migration
+1,464
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 Bradley 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
Hamilton CountyTennessee27 mi390,833
Polk CountyTennessee21 mi18,592
McMinn CountyTennessee19 mi57,404
Whitfield CountyGeorgia9.5 mi106,212
Meigs CountyTennessee9.1 mi14,186
Murray CountyGeorgia2.0 mi41,607

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.