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Scott County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 63 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47151

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

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Population
22,671
+791 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
532.3
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
42.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Huntsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1849
176 years ago
Largest city
Oneida town
Population 3,899.

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 Scott 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 Scott 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 787 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 Scott 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
Population22,67163rd of 951,696th of 3,144
Land area532.3 sq mi30th of 951,962nd of 3,144
Population density42.6 per sq mi76th of 951,617th of 3,144
Median household income$44,71192nd of 952,973rd of 3,143

Full data for Scott County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,671Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,880Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,852Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area532.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.93 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area533.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?42.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$44,711American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$124,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,755American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,873American 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
-35
280 births, 315 deaths
Net migration
+151
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 Scott 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
Campbell CountyTennessee40 mi40,290
McCreary CountyKentucky29 mi17,124
Morgan CountyTennessee25 mi22,160
Fentress CountyTennessee14 mi20,322
Anderson CountyTennessee6.5 mi82,066
Pickett CountyTennessee6.2 mi5,219
Wayne CountyKentucky0.4 mi19,597

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.