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Carroll County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 53 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47017

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

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Population
29,200
+773 (+2.7%) since 2020
Land area
597.7
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
48.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Huntingdon
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
McKenzie city
Population 5,366 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Carroll 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 Carroll 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 691 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 Carroll 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
Population29,20053rd of 951,469th of 3,144
Land area597.7 sq mi14th of 951,634th of 3,144
Population density48.9 per sq mi70th of 951,496th of 3,144
Median household income$51,78774th of 952,674th of 3,143

Full data for Carroll County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population29,200Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,427Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,432Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area597.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area600.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?48.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,787American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$142,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,541American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,100American 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
-67
356 births, 423 deaths
Net migration
+61
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 7 areas bordering Carroll 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
Henderson CountyTennessee27 mi28,518
Benton CountyTennessee22 mi16,183
Henry CountyTennessee20 mi32,896
Gibson CountyTennessee19 mi51,779
Weakley CountyTennessee17 mi33,261
Madison CountyTennessee5.6 mi100,790
Decatur CountyTennessee2.0 mi11,820

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.