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Lauderdale County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 61 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47097

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

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Population
24,617
-498 (-2.0%) since 2020
Land area
471.9
square miles. A further 6.2% of the total area is water
Population density
52.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ripley
Seat of county government.
Established
1835
190 years ago
Largest city
Ripley city
Population 7,499.

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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale 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 671 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 Lauderdale 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
Population24,61761st of 951,633rd of 3,144
Land area471.9 sq mi45th of 952,183rd of 3,144
Population density52.2 per sq mi68th of 951,424th of 3,144
Median household income$49,87983rd of 952,777th of 3,143

Full data for Lauderdale County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population24,617Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,115Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,139Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area471.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area31.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area502.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?52.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,879American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$143,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,325American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,703American 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
-99
262 births, 361 deaths
Net migration
+178
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 Lauderdale 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
Mississippi CountyArkansas63 mi37,828
Tipton CountyTennessee55 mi62,287
Dyer CountyTennessee30 mi36,320
Haywood CountyTennessee25 mi17,042
Crockett CountyTennessee7.1 mi14,006

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.