Demographics of Hawkins County, Tennessee

Hawkins County, Tennessee had 59,559 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +2,844 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Hawkins County, in four figures

59,559
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +5.0%
Change since July 2020: +2,844 people.; 46.0 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $56,936 ±$2,787
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Hawkins County, Tennessee's population grew 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Hawkins County, Tennessee's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Hawkins County, Tennessee's population grew 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Hawkins County, Tennessee's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	56,715	100.0	100.0
2021	57,200	100.9	100.2
2022	57,919	102.1	100.7
2023	58,587	103.3	101.6
2024	59,422	104.8	102.5
2025	59,559	105.0	103.1

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Population of Hawkins County, Tennessee on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	56,715	−3	−70	0	+58
2021	57,200	+485	−546	+9	+1,037
2022	57,919	+719	−550	+6	+1,220
2023	58,587	+668	−434	+10	+1,067
2024	59,422	+835	−351	+44	+1,123
2025	59,559	+137	−356	+7	+483

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 46.0 ±0.4: for men 45.0 ±0.5 and for women 46.9 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Hawkins County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Under 5	2,703 ±132	4.7% ±0.2	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	8,410 ±452	14.5% ±0.8	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,214 ±374	7.3% ±0.6	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	12,904 ±452	22.3% ±0.8	26.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	17,103 ±653	29.5% ±1.1	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	12,630 ±693	21.8% ±1.2	17.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $56,936 ±$2,787, and income per person $30,267 ±$1,337, in 2024 dollars. The median is $69,595 ±$429 in Tennessee and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Hawkins County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Tennessee	United States
Under $25,000	5,026 ±605	21.3% ±2.5	16.6% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	5,340 ±610	22.7% ±2.6	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,794 ±498	20.3% ±2.1	17.3% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,123 ±437	13.3% ±1.8	13.2% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,983 ±366	12.7% ±1.5	16.8% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,408 ±360	6.0% ±1.5	7.7% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	893 ±254	3.8% ±1.1	9.0% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Hawkins County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Tennessee	United States
All ages	8,689 ±1,179	15.2% ±2.1	13.8% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,940 ±341	17.7% ±2.9	18.8% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	4,518 ±786	15.1% ±2.6	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,231 ±368	13.6% ±2.2	11.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Hawkins County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Hawkins County	Tennessee	United States
Housing units	27,445 ±45	3,143,670 ±903	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	85.9% ±1.7	89.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.1% ±1.7	10.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	80.1% ±2.0	66.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	19.9% ±2.0	33.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$176,300 ±$9,811	$286,700 ±$1,492	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$785 ±$46	$1,189 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1986 ±2	1987 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Hawkins County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,181 ±0	2.0% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	54,232 ±206	93.6% ±0.4	71.0% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	722 ±223	1.2% ±0.4	15.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	344 ±64	0.6% ±0.1	1.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	2 to 70	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	6 to 136	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,378 ±303	2.4% ±0.5	3.7% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Hawkins County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Born in the state	39,019 ±1,467	67.3% ±2.5	57.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	18,204 ±1,461	31.4% ±2.5	35.7% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	176 ±78	0.3% ±0.1	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	565 ±203	1.0% ±0.4	6.1% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	257 ±93	0.4% ±0.2	2.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	134 to 482	0.2% to 0.8%	3.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Hawkins County among the counties of Tennessee

27th of 95 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Tennessee page.

Counties of Tennessee near Hawkins County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Cumberland County	66,300	+8.0%
Loudon County	63,764	+15.6%
Coffee County	62,419	+7.4%
Tipton County	62,287	+2.0%
Jefferson County	60,024	+9.3%
Hawkins County	59,559	+5.0%
Dickson County	58,662	+7.7%
McMinn County	57,404	+7.6%
Roane County	57,395	+6.9%
Carter County	57,361	+1.7%
Bedford County	55,273	+9.7%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 2 Counties in Tennessee by homeownership rate
No. 11 Counties in Tennessee by median age
No. 12 Counties in Tennessee by poverty rate
No. 27 Counties by population in Tennessee
No. 30 Counties in Tennessee by median household income
No. 31 Counties in Tennessee by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026