57,641 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.9% since 2020)
490 square miles of land · 118 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.
3 active community water systems list Dickson County in the area they serve, reporting 79,832 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WATER AUTH OF DICKSON COUNTY surface water · local government · TN0000191 | 68,675 served |
| SYLVIA-TN CITY-POND U.D. buys surface water · local government · TN0000691 | 7,203 served |
| VANLEER WATER DEPARTMENT surface water · local government · TN0000724 | 3,954 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 242 people were held in Dickson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 658 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 371.
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 Dickson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $93.9 million — $87.2 million to run schools, about $10,729 per student, plus $4.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $37.2 million local (mostly property tax), $45.4 million state, $16.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $40.3 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 Dickson County about $18.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
242 bridges in Dickson County: 141 in good condition, 89 fair, and 12 poor (5.0%). “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.
| I40 over I40-RL / EAST PINEY RD. · built 1963 | 34,978 vehicles a day |
| I40 over I40-LL / EAST PINEY RD. · built 1963 | 34,978 vehicles a day |
| FAP 1 over BRANCH · built 1939 | 15,748 vehicles a day |
| FAS 46 over YELLOW CREEK · built 1956 | 2,536 vehicles a day |
| FAS 46 over BRANCH · built 1940 | 2,242 vehicles a day |
| FAS 46 over BRANCH · built 1940 | 2,242 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.5 million of work in Dickson County in fiscal 2025, about $101 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: Cheatham County (17 mi) · Houston County (21 mi) · Hickman County (24 mi) · Montgomery County (25 mi) · Humphreys County (25 mi) · Williamson County (31 mi).