Cumberland County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 22 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47035

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

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Population
66,300
+4,919 (+8.0%) since 2020
Land area
681.3
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
97.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Crossville
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Crossville city
Population 13,113.

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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 717 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 Cumberland 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
Population66,30022nd of 95830th of 3,144
Land area681.3 sq mi4th of 951,377th of 3,144
Population density97.3 per sq mi37th of 95934th of 3,144
Median household income$60,37544th of 952,054th of 3,143

Full data for Cumberland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population66,300Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202061,381Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?61,153Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area681.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area684.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?97.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,375American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$250,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age53.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households28,195American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units31,455American 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
-542
554 births, 1,096 deaths
Net migration
+1,218
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 8 areas bordering Cumberland 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
Morgan CountyTennessee24 mi22,160
Bledsoe CountyTennessee22 mi15,920
Putnam CountyTennessee21 mi86,612
White CountyTennessee21 mi29,612
Fentress CountyTennessee20 mi20,322
Roane CountyTennessee9.9 mi57,395
Rhea CountyTennessee9.0 mi34,844
Van Buren CountyTennessee0.6 mi6,874

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.