Crockett County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 83 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47033

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

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Population
14,006
+99 (+0.7%) since 2020
Land area
265.5
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
52.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Alamo
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Bells city
Population 2,473.

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 Crockett 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 Crockett 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 705 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 Crockett 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
Population14,00683rd of 952,165th of 3,144
Land area265.5 sq mi83rd of 952,875th of 3,144
Population density52.7 per sq mi67th of 951,421st of 3,144
Median household income$62,16538th of 951,882nd of 3,143

Full data for Crockett County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,006Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,907Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,910Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area265.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.21 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area265.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?52.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,165American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$158,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,508American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,134American 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
-47
179 births, 226 deaths
Net migration
+90
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 Crockett 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
Gibson CountyTennessee33 mi51,779
Haywood CountyTennessee25 mi17,042
Madison CountyTennessee19 mi100,790
Dyer CountyTennessee14 mi36,320
Lauderdale CountyTennessee7.1 mi24,617

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.