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Putnam County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 17 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47141

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

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Population
86,612
+6,511 (+8.1%) since 2020
Land area
401.1
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
216
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cookeville
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Cookeville city
Population 38,212.

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 Putnam 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 Putnam 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 493 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 Putnam 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
Population86,61217th of 95686th of 3,144
Land area401.1 sq mi58th of 952,522nd of 3,144
Population density216 per sq mi18th of 95543rd of 3,144
Median household income$58,91250th of 952,179th of 3,143

Full data for Putnam County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population86,612Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202080,101Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?79,874Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area401.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area402.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?216 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,912American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$282,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households33,601American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units36,506American 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
-63
937 births, 1,000 deaths
Net migration
+1,668
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 Putnam 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
Overton CountyTennessee34 mi23,787
Jackson CountyTennessee32 mi12,466
White CountyTennessee32 mi29,612
Cumberland CountyTennessee21 mi66,300
DeKalb CountyTennessee18 mi21,873
Smith CountyTennessee14 mi20,981
Fentress CountyTennessee1.2 mi20,322

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.