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Chester County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 72 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47023

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

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Population
17,994
+615 (+3.5%) since 2020
Land area
285.7
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
63.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Henderson
Seat of county government.
Established
1882
143 years ago
Largest city
Henderson city
Population 6,590.

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 Chester 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 Chester 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 702 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 Chester 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
Population17,99472nd of 951,939th of 3,144
Land area285.7 sq mi76th of 952,831st of 3,144
Population density63.0 per sq mi57th of 951,274th of 3,144
Median household income$59,34148th of 952,144th of 3,143

Full data for Chester County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,994Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,379Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,348Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area285.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.22 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area286 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?63.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,341American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,430American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,279American 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
+1
208 births, 207 deaths
Net migration
+151
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 Chester 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
McNairy CountyTennessee37 mi26,236
Henderson CountyTennessee24 mi28,518
Madison CountyTennessee18 mi100,790
Hardeman CountyTennessee14 mi25,274
Hardin CountyTennessee3.6 mi27,983

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.