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Claiborne County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 47 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47025

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

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Population
33,229
+1,154 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
434.6
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
76.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tazewell
Seat of county government.
Established
1801
224 years ago
Largest city
Harrogate city
Population 4,454.

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 Claiborne 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 Claiborne 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 472 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 Claiborne 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
Population33,22947th of 951,370th of 3,144
Land area434.6 sq mi49th of 952,334th of 3,144
Population density76.5 per sq mi48th of 951,114th of 3,144
Median household income$49,37984th of 952,805th of 3,143

Full data for Claiborne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,229Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202032,075Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?32,041Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area434.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area441.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?76.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,379American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,724American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,512American 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
-164
345 births, 509 deaths
Net migration
+457
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 Claiborne 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
Grainger CountyTennessee33 mi25,739
Union CountyTennessee25 mi21,450
Hancock CountyTennessee15 mi7,075
Campbell CountyTennessee15 mi40,290
Bell CountyKentucky15 mi22,829
Lee CountyVirginia11 mi21,642
Whitley CountyKentucky3.2 mi37,297

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.