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Henderson County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 54 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47077

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

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Population
28,518
+685 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
520
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
54.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lexington
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
Lexington city
Population 8,130.

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 Henderson 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 Henderson 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 703 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 Henderson 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
Population28,51854th of 951,494th of 3,144
Land area520 sq mi34th of 952,005th of 3,144
Population density54.8 per sq mi65th of 951,386th of 3,144
Median household income$55,13661st of 952,469th of 3,143

Full data for Henderson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,518Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202027,833Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?27,844Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area520 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area525.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?54.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,136American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,920American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,963American 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
-105
306 births, 411 deaths
Net migration
+397
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 Henderson 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
Decatur CountyTennessee31 mi11,820
Carroll CountyTennessee27 mi29,200
Chester CountyTennessee24 mi17,994
Madison CountyTennessee15 mi100,790
Hardin CountyTennessee7.2 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.