13,973 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.5% since 2020)
266 square miles of land · 53 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.
6 active community water systems list Crockett County in the area they serve, reporting 17,355 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| COUNTY WIDE UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · TN0000006 | 8,528 served |
| ALAMO WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · TN0000005 | 3,117 served |
| BELLS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · TN0000045 | 2,610 served |
| MAURY CITY WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · TN0000441 | 1,439 served |
| FRIENDSHIP DISTRIBUTION WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TN0000928 | 904 served |
| CROCKETT MILLS U.D. groundwater · local government · TN0000148 | 757 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 48 people were held in Crockett County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 547 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 50.
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 Crockett County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $27.2 million — $19.9 million to run schools, about $9,946 per student, plus $6.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $14.8 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.1 million.
Spent $7.5 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $10,645 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $772,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $1.3 million federal.
Spent $4.3 million — $4.3 million to run schools, about $10,652 per student, plus $30,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $547,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.1 million state, $794,000 federal.
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 Crockett County about $12.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
167 bridges in Crockett County: 74 in good condition, 87 fair, and 6 poor (3.6%). “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 76 over DRAINAGE DITCH · built 1930 | 3,582 vehicles a day |
| FAS 152 over BUCK CREEK · built 1960 | 1,438 vehicles a day |
| NFA 852 (SA 1716) over WILLIAMS CREEK · built 1940 | 1,235 vehicles a day |
| NFA A317 over BLACK CREEK · built 1991 | 120 vehicles a day |
| NFA A213 over BRANCH · built 2001 | 90 vehicles a day |
| NFA A174 over DRAINAGE DITCH · built 1985 | 20 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $153,606 of work in Crockett County in fiscal 2025, about $11 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: Gibson County (16 mi) · Haywood County (18 mi) · Dyer County (22 mi) · Madison County (22 mi) · Lauderdale County (28 mi) · Obion County (37 mi).