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Carter County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 31 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47019

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

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Population
57,361
+970 (+1.7%) since 2020
Land area
341.3
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
168
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Elizabethton
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Elizabethton city
Population 14,350.

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 Carter 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 Carter 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 666 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 Carter 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
Population57,36131st of 95923rd of 3,144
Land area341.3 sq mi64th of 952,706th of 3,144
Population density168 per sq mi22nd of 95637th of 3,144
Median household income$50,13581st of 952,763rd of 3,143

Full data for Carter County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population57,361Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202056,391Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?56,365Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area341.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area347.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?168 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,135American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$168,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,425American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units28,118American 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
-399
482 births, 881 deaths
Net migration
+392
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 Carter 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
Johnson CountyTennessee29 mi18,718
Sullivan CountyTennessee24 mi163,759
Avery CountyNorth Carolina15 mi18,110
Unicoi CountyTennessee13 mi17,856
Mitchell CountyNorth Carolina12 mi15,062
Washington CountyTennessee10 mi141,199

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.