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Cheatham County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 39 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47021

Within Tennessee
Cheatham County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
42,778
+1,690 (+4.1%) since 2020
Land area
302.5
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
141
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ashland City
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Pleasant View city
Population 5,797.

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 Cheatham 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 Cheatham 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 614 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 Cheatham 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
Population42,77839th of 951,139th of 3,144
Land area302.5 sq mi74th of 952,806th of 3,144
Population density141 per sq mi26th of 95727th of 3,144
Median household income$89,8524th of 95304th of 3,143

Full data for Cheatham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population42,778Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202041,088Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?41,023Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area302.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area307.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?141 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$89,852American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$338,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,279American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,449American 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
-19
488 births, 507 deaths
Net migration
+179
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 Cheatham 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
Dickson CountyTennessee37 mi58,662
Davidson CountyTennessee29 mi745,904
Montgomery CountyTennessee19 mi249,935
Robertson CountyTennessee17 mi80,175
Williamson CountyTennessee7.2 mi272,061

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.