Demographics of Stewart County, Tennessee

Stewart County, Tennessee had 14,439 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +731 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.

Stewart County, in four figures

14,439
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +5.3%
Change since July 2020: +731 people.; 44.3 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $63,114 ±$5,169
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.

Stewart County, Tennessee's population grew 5.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Stewart 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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Stewart County, Tennessee's population grew 5.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Stewart 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	13,708	100.0	100.0
2021	13,820	100.8	100.2
2022	14,011	102.2	100.7
2023	14,269	104.1	101.6
2024	14,373	104.9	102.5
2025	14,439	105.3	103.1

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Population of Stewart 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	13,708	+52	−4	0	+56
2021	13,820	+112	−77	+1	+188
2022	14,011	+191	−83	+3	+262
2023	14,269	+258	−59	+15	+296
2024	14,373	+104	−70	+27	+148
2025	14,439	+66	−66	+11	+122

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.3 ±0.8: for men 42.6 ±0.7 and for women 45.6 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Stewart County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Under 5	721 ±64	5.1% ±0.5	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,201 ±241	15.7% ±1.7	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,013 ±191	7.2% ±1.4	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,184 ±239	22.7% ±1.7	26.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,975 ±251	28.3% ±1.8	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,933 ±283	20.9% ±2.0	17.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $63,114 ±$5,169, and income per person $31,960 ±$2,463, 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 Stewart County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Tennessee	United States
Under $25,000	1,134 ±198	21.3% ±3.6	16.6% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	904 ±181	17.0% ±3.3	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,096 ±202	20.6% ±3.7	17.3% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	671 ±146	12.6% ±2.7	13.2% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	986 ±180	18.5% ±3.3	16.8% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	238 ±79	4.5% ±1.5	7.7% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	294 ±115	5.5% ±2.1	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 Stewart County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Tennessee	United States
All ages	2,282 ±494	16.4% ±3.6	13.8% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	681 ±253	23.3% ±8.2	18.8% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,064 ±267	15.1% ±3.7	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	537 ±134	13.7% ±3.3	11.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Stewart County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Stewart County	Tennessee	United States
Housing units	6,718 ±26	3,143,670 ±903	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	79.2% ±3.2	89.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	20.8% ±3.2	10.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	81.1% ±2.8	66.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	18.9% ±3.5	33.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$204,700 ±$19,355	$286,700 ±$1,492	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$945 ±$65	$1,189 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1989 ±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 Stewart County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Hispanic or Latino	425 ±0	3.0% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	12,705 ±78	90.6% ±0.6	71.0% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	196 ±57	1.4% ±0.4	15.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	114 ±44	0.8% ±0.3	1.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 36	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 5	0% to < 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	573 ±116	4.1% ±0.8	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 Stewart County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Born in the state	7,811 ±528	55.7% ±3.8	57.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,690 ±503	40.6% ±3.6	35.7% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	211 ±103	1.5% ±0.7	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	315 ±116	2.2% ±0.8	6.1% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	68 to 216	0.5% to 1.5%	2.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	87 to 259	0.6% to 1.8%	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%.

Stewart County among the counties of Tennessee

80th of 95 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Tennessee page.

Counties of Tennessee near Stewart County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Haywood County	17,042	−4.4%
Wayne County	16,416	+1.2%
Benton County	16,183	+2.1%
Bledsoe County	15,920	+6.5%
Cannon County	15,296	+5.0%
Stewart County	14,439	+5.3%
Meigs County	14,186	+10.8%
Grundy County	14,116	+4.2%
Crockett County	14,006	+0.7%
Lewis County	13,487	+7.0%
Trousdale County	12,623	+8.4%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 47 Counties by population growth in Tennessee
No. 80 Counties by population in Tennessee

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