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Macon County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 56 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47111

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

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Population
27,663
+2,403 (+9.5%) since 2020
Land area
307.1
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
90.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lafayette
Seat of county government.
Established
1842
183 years ago
Largest city
Lafayette city
Population 6,020.

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 Macon 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 Macon 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 545 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 Macon 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
Population27,66356th of 951,520th of 3,144
Land area307.1 sq mi72nd of 952,794th of 3,144
Population density90.1 per sq mi41st of 95996th of 3,144
Median household income$59,17749th of 952,157th of 3,143

Full data for Macon County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,663Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,260Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,212Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area307.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.10 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area307.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?90.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,177American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$225,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,421American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,997American 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
+53
380 births, 327 deaths
Net migration
+321
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 7 areas bordering Macon 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
Trousdale CountyTennessee16 mi12,623
Allen CountyKentucky13 mi22,536
Sumner CountyTennessee12 mi215,538
Monroe CountyKentucky10 mi11,191
Smith CountyTennessee9.2 mi20,981
Clay CountyTennessee8.9 mi7,821
Jackson CountyTennessee6.1 mi12,466

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.