81,449 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.3% since 2020)
337 square miles of land · 242 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
5 active community water systems list Anderson County in the area they serve, reporting 94,420 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| OAK RIDGE DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS surface water · local government · TN0000522 | 41,614 served |
| ANDERSON COUNTY W.A. surface water · local government · TN0000514 | 29,945 served |
| CLINTON UTILITIES BOARD surface water · local government · TN0000120 | 18,772 served |
| NORRIS WATER COMMISSION groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000513 | 2,126 served |
| ROCKY TOP WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · TN0000383 | 1,963 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 81 people were held in Anderson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 161 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 411.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
3 school districts have their office in Anderson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $100.5 million — $81.8 million to run schools, about $12,945 per student, plus $13.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $35 million local (mostly property tax), $38 million state, $23.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $29.2 million.
Spent $76.9 million — $68.3 million to run schools, about $13,761 per student, plus $3.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $41.2 million local (mostly property tax), $26.7 million state, $9.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $73.6 million.
Spent $12.4 million — $11.6 million to run schools, about $11,959 per student, plus $790,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.5 million local (mostly property tax), $5.6 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Anderson County about $29.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
175 bridges in Anderson County: 45 in good condition, 124 fair, and 6 poor (3.4%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| FAU 4365 over BRANCH · built 1970 | 1,304 vehicles a day |
| NFA A052 347452W over CSX RAILROAD · built 1914 | 660 vehicles a day |
| NFA A276 over BULL RUN CREEK · built 1940 | 210 vehicles a day |
| NFA 2462 over BEECH GROVE CREEK · built 1930 | 177 vehicles a day |
| NFA A484 over FORK COAL CREEK · built 1965 | 170 vehicles a day |
| NFA A191 over BYRAMS FORK CREEK · built 1970 | 70 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $46.1 million of work in Anderson County in fiscal 2025, about $598 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-29. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-24. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State: elections calendar · Tennessee Secretary of State: registration deadline FAQ · Tennessee Secretary of State: GoVoteTN
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Nearby counties: Knox County (17 mi) · Campbell County (20 mi) · Union County (23 mi) · Morgan County (25 mi) · Roane County (26 mi) · Loudon County (27 mi).