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Lake County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 94 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47095

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

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Population
6,249
-739 (-10.6%) since 2020
Land area
165.8
square miles. A further 14.5% of the total area is water
Population density
37.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tiptonville
Seat of county government.
Established
1870
155 years ago
Largest city
Tiptonville town
Population 3,333.

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 Lake 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 Lake 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 747 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 Lake 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
Population6,24994th of 952,715th of 3,144
Land area165.8 sq mi91st of 953,044th of 3,144
Population density37.7 per sq mi85th of 951,724th of 3,144
Median household income$28,81495th of 953,141st of 3,143

Full data for Lake County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,249Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,988Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,001Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area165.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area28.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area193.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?37.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$28,814American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$97,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,067American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,494American 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
-63
44 births, 107 deaths
Net migration
-27
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Lake 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
Pemiscot CountyMissouri29 mi14,465
Obion CountyTennessee24 mi30,067
New Madrid CountyMissouri21 mi15,086
Dyer CountyTennessee9.8 mi36,320
Fulton CountyKentucky7.0 mi6,218

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.