61,285 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.4% since 2020)
429 square miles of land · 143 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 Coffee County in the area they serve, reporting 67,426 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TULLAHOMA UTILITIES AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · TN0000715 | 30,958 served |
| MANCHESTER WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · local government · TN0000429 | 24,975 served |
| HILLSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000430 | 11,325 served |
| STACEY ANN'S MHP groundwater · private · TN0000880 | 143 served |
| DUCK RIVER UTILITY COMMISSION surface water · local government · TN0000821 | 25 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 370 people were held in Coffee County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 972 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 353.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Coffee County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $1.6 billion — $1.4 billion to run schools, about $17,808 per student, plus $160.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 billion local (mostly property tax), $467.8 million state, $322.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $898.5 million.
Spent $57.7 million — $51 million to run schools, about $11,597 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.8 million local (mostly property tax), $26.6 million state, $10 million federal. Long-term debt: $47 million.
Spent $56.9 million — $51 million to run schools, about $14,004 per student, plus $4.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.8 million local (mostly property tax), $20.6 million state, $12.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.9 million.
Spent $22.9 million — $18.5 million to run schools, about $11,685 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.4 million local (mostly property tax), $10.5 million state, $4.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.6 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 Coffee County about $22.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
217 bridges in Coffee County: 53 in good condition, 143 fair, and 21 poor (9.7%). “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.
| I24 EBL over NFA 2010 & NOAH FK CREEK · built 1968 | 44,829 vehicles a day |
| I24 EBL over BRADLEY CREEK · built 1963 | 44,002 vehicles a day |
| I24 EBL 349451W over NFA A092 & CFW RR · built 1966 | 40,586 vehicles a day |
| FAP 55 SBL over I24 · built 1966 | 16,822 vehicles a day |
| FAP 55 over LITTLE DUCK RIVER · built 1941 | 16,822 vehicles a day |
| AEDC RD. over I-24 · built 1963 | 8,570 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $8.3 million of work in Coffee County in fiscal 2025, about $143 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: Moore County (21 mi) · Warren County (21 mi) · Bedford County (21 mi) · Grundy County (22 mi) · Cannon County (22 mi) · Franklin County (23 mi).