33,070 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.1% since 2020)
435 square miles of land · 76 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 Claiborne County in the area they serve, reporting 29,417 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CLAIBORNE UTILITIES DISTRICT surface water · local government · TN0000113 | 16,135 served |
| ARTHUR-SHAWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT surface water · local government · TN0000022 | 10,037 served |
| LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000290 | 1,600 served |
| CLEARFORK UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · TN0000826 | 1,305 served |
| CUMBERLAND GAP WATER SERVICES buys groundwater · local government · TN0000161 | 340 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 183 people were held in Claiborne County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 872 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 252.
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.
1 school district has its office in Claiborne County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $52 million — $47.5 million to run schools, about $11,671 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.5 million local (mostly property tax), $28.2 million state, $11.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.6 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 Claiborne County about $10.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
98 bridges in Claiborne County: 35 in good condition, 60 fair, and 3 poor (3.1%). “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.
| FAP 33 over SOUTH FORK SYCAMORE CREE · built 1967 | 760 vehicles a day |
| NFA A706 over ROCK CREEK · built 2006 | 218 vehicles a day |
| NFA A154 over INDIAN CREEK · built 1990 | 30 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.2 million of work in Claiborne County in fiscal 2025, about $318 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
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Claiborne County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Claiborne County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Bell County, KY (16 mi) · Grainger County (18 mi) · Union County (18 mi) · Hancock County (24 mi) · Campbell County (28 mi) · Knox County, KY (29 mi).