County Maps US

Roane County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 30 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47145

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

Download SVGFull Tennessee map downloads

Population
57,395
+3,729 (+6.9%) since 2020
Land area
360.8
square miles. A further 8.7% of the total area is water
Population density
159
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kingston
Seat of county government.
Established
1801
224 years ago
Largest city
Kingston city
Population 6,299.

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 Roane 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 Roane 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 764 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 Roane 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
Population57,39530th of 95922nd of 3,144
Land area360.8 sq mi62nd of 952,649th of 3,144
Population density159 per sq mi24th of 95672nd of 3,144
Median household income$71,88518th of 951,057th of 3,143

Full data for Roane County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population57,395Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202053,666Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?53,544Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area360.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area34.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area395 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?159 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,885American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$232,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,790American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,680American 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
-358
514 births, 872 deaths
Net migration
+994
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 8 areas bordering Roane 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
Loudon CountyTennessee40 mi63,764
Morgan CountyTennessee27 mi22,160
Meigs CountyTennessee17 mi14,186
Anderson CountyTennessee10 mi82,066
Rhea CountyTennessee10 mi34,844
Cumberland CountyTennessee9.9 mi66,300
McMinn CountyTennessee2.0 mi57,404
Knox CountyTennessee1.0 mi511,453

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 95 counties of Tennessee

Open the interactive Tennessee county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.