Demographics of Lauderdale County, Tennessee

Lauderdale County, Tennessee had 24,617 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −498 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.

Lauderdale County, in four figures

24,617
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.0%
Change since July 2020: −498 people.; 39.2 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $49,879 ±$3,995
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.

Lauderdale County, Tennessee's population shrank 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lauderdale 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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Lauderdale County, Tennessee's population shrank 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lauderdale 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	25,115	100.0	100.0
2021	24,860	99.0	100.2
2022	24,690	98.3	100.7
2023	24,504	97.6	101.6
2024	24,540	97.7	102.5
2025	24,617	98.0	103.1

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Population of Lauderdale 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	25,115	−24	+6	0	−32
2021	24,860	−255	−98	0	−165
2022	24,690	−170	−64	0	−86
2023	24,504	−186	−68	+8	−124
2024	24,540	+36	−90	+12	+114
2025	24,617	+77	−99	−5	+183

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.2 ±0.8: for men 36.0 ±0.7 and for women 41.6 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lauderdale County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Under 5	1,497 ±116	6.0% ±0.5	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,874 ±273	15.6% ±1.1	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,424 ±300	9.8% ±1.2	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,609 ±371	26.7% ±1.5	26.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,249 ±330	25.2% ±1.3	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,131 ±321	16.7% ±1.3	17.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $49,879 ±$3,995, and income per person $26,653 ±$1,866, 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 Lauderdale County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Tennessee	United States
Under $25,000	2,530 ±344	27.1% ±3.6	16.6% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,142 ±314	23.0% ±3.3	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,553 ±247	16.7% ±2.6	17.3% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,190 ±218	12.8% ±2.3	13.2% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,171 ±205	12.6% ±2.2	16.8% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	448 ±135	4.8% ±1.4	7.7% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	291 ±135	3.1% ±1.4	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 Lauderdale County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Tennessee	United States
All ages	4,760 ±666	21.0% ±2.9	13.8% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,527 ±315	28.8% ±5.4	18.8% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,286 ±346	19.4% ±2.8	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	947 ±191	17.1% ±3.3	11.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lauderdale County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lauderdale County	Tennessee	United States
Housing units	10,703 ±43	3,143,670 ±903	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	87.1% ±2.2	89.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	12.9% ±2.3	10.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.4% ±2.7	66.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.6% ±2.7	33.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$143,200 ±$18,734	$286,700 ±$1,492	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$774 ±$37	$1,189 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1981 ±3	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 Lauderdale County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Hispanic or Latino	685 ±0	2.8% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	14,482 ±119	58.4% ±0.5	71.0% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	8,300 ±333	33.5% ±1.3	15.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	155 ±35	0.6% ±0.1	1.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	12 to 84	< 0.1% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 95	0% to 0.4%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,067 ±353	4.3% ±1.4	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 Lauderdale County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Born in the state	20,112 ±487	81.1% ±2.0	57.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,220 ±516	17.0% ±2.1	35.7% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	32 to 236	0.1% to 1.0%	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	318 ±106	1.3% ±0.4	6.1% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	19 to 133	0.1% to 0.5%	2.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	242 ±89	1.0% ±0.4	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%.

Lauderdale County among the counties of Tennessee

61st of 95 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Tennessee page.

Counties of Tennessee near Lauderdale County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Macon County	27,663	+9.5%
McNairy County	26,236	+1.4%
Hickman County	26,219	+5.0%
Grainger County	25,739	+9.2%
Hardeman County	25,274	−0.6%
Lauderdale County	24,617	−2.0%
Overton County	23,787	+5.3%
Scott County	22,671	+3.6%
Morgan County	22,160	+5.3%
DeKalb County	21,873	+8.4%
Union County	21,450	+8.1%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Counties in Tennessee by poverty rate
No. 39 Counties in Tennessee by median rent
No. 40 Counties in Tennessee by foreign-born share
No. 52 Counties in Tennessee by per capita income
No. 53 Counties in Tennessee by median household income
No. 60 Counties in Tennessee by median home value

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