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Lewis County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 84 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47101

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

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Population
13,487
+878 (+7.0%) since 2020
Land area
282.1
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
47.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hohenwald
Seat of county government.
Established
1843
182 years ago
Largest city
Hohenwald city
Population 4,151.

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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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 598 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 Lewis 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
Population13,48784th of 952,192nd of 3,144
Land area282.1 sq mi77th of 952,842nd of 3,144
Population density47.8 per sq mi72nd of 951,520th of 3,144
Median household income$56,28556th of 952,392nd of 3,143

Full data for Lewis County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,487Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,609Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,586Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area282.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.40 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area282.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?47.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,285American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$173,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,387American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,804American 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
-58
147 births, 205 deaths
Net migration
+193
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 Lewis 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
Hickman CountyTennessee24 mi26,219
Maury CountyTennessee23 mi118,131
Lawrence CountyTennessee21 mi46,914
Perry CountyTennessee13 mi9,126
Wayne CountyTennessee13 mi16,416

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.