Marshall County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 41 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47117

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

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Population
38,071
+3,604 (+10.5%) since 2020
Land area
375.5
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
101
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lewisburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Lewisburg city
Population 13,517.

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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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 545 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 Marshall 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
Population38,07141st of 951,238th of 3,144
Land area375.5 sq mi61st of 952,619th of 3,144
Population density101 per sq mi35th of 95900th of 3,144
Median household income$71,04919th of 951,126th of 3,143

Full data for Marshall County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,071Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202034,467Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?34,318Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area375.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.70 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area376.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?101 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,049American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$279,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,622American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,749American 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
+43
460 births, 417 deaths
Net migration
+142
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 6 areas bordering Marshall 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
Maury CountyTennessee32 mi118,131
Bedford CountyTennessee28 mi55,273
Giles CountyTennessee23 mi31,433
Lincoln CountyTennessee19 mi36,853
Williamson CountyTennessee10.0 mi272,061
Rutherford CountyTennessee4.2 mi386,352

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.