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Humphreys County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 69 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47085

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

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Population
19,646
+648 (+3.4%) since 2020
Land area
530.8
square miles. A further 4.7% of the total area is water
Population density
37.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Waverly
Seat of county government.
Established
1809
216 years ago
Largest city
Waverly city
Population 4,430.

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 Humphreys 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 Humphreys 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 731 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 Humphreys 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
Population19,64669th of 951,848th of 3,144
Land area530.8 sq mi31st of 951,975th of 3,144
Population density37.0 per sq mi86th of 951,747th of 3,144
Median household income$60,61643rd of 952,032nd of 3,143

Full data for Humphreys County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,646Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,998Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,989Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area530.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area25.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area556.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?37.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,616American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$193,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,241American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,892American 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
-86
206 births, 292 deaths
Net migration
+191
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 Humphreys 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
Benton CountyTennessee35 mi16,183
Houston CountyTennessee24 mi8,479
Hickman CountyTennessee21 mi26,219
Perry CountyTennessee18 mi9,126
Dickson CountyTennessee14 mi58,662

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.