Campbell County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 40 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47013

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

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Population
40,290
+980 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
480.2
square miles. A further 3.6% of the total area is water
Population density
83.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jacksboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1806
219 years ago
Largest city
La Follette city
Population 7,176.

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 Campbell 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 Campbell 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 747 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 Campbell 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
Population40,29040th of 951,186th of 3,144
Land area480.2 sq mi42nd of 952,155th of 3,144
Population density83.9 per sq mi44th of 951,039th of 3,144
Median household income$51,55776th of 952,690th of 3,143

Full data for Campbell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population40,290Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202039,310Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?39,280Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area480.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area17.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area498.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?83.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,557American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$186,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,186American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,559American 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
-244
432 births, 676 deaths
Net migration
+208
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 Campbell 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
Scott CountyTennessee40 mi22,671
Anderson CountyTennessee37 mi82,066
Union CountyTennessee19 mi21,450
Claiborne CountyTennessee15 mi33,229
Whitley CountyKentucky13 mi37,297
McCreary CountyKentucky1.9 mi17,124

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.