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Perry County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 88 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47135

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

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Population
9,126
+743 (+8.9%) since 2020
Land area
414.8
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
22.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Linden
Seat of county government.
Established
1819
206 years ago
Largest city
Linden town
Population 1,161.

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 Perry 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 Perry 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 635 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 Perry 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
Population9,12688th of 952,477th of 3,144
Land area414.8 sq mi55th of 952,440th of 3,144
Population density22.0 per sq mi95th of 952,170th of 3,144
Median household income$55,97258th of 952,406th of 3,143

Full data for Perry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,126Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,383Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,384Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area414.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area422.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,972American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$126,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,610American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,866American 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
-5
118 births, 123 deaths
Net migration
+145
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 Perry 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
Decatur CountyTennessee33 mi11,820
Wayne CountyTennessee23 mi16,416
Hickman CountyTennessee22 mi26,219
Humphreys CountyTennessee18 mi19,646
Lewis CountyTennessee13 mi13,487
Benton CountyTennessee1.8 mi16,183

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.