45,137 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.4% since 2020)
551 square miles of land · 82 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.
8 active community water systems list Franklin County in the area they serve, reporting 53,887 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WINCHESTER WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · TN0000754 | 25,683 served |
| CENTER GROVE-WINCHESTER SPRINGS groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000101 | 6,979 served |
| SEWANEE UTILITY DISTRICT surface water · local government · TN0000623 | 5,970 served |
| DECHERD WATER DEPT groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000187 | 4,809 served |
| ESTILL SPRINGS WATER DEPT groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000232 | 4,317 served |
| COWAN B.P.U. groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000146 | 2,550 served |
| HUNTLAND WATER SYSTEM groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000317 | 1,808 served |
| BELVIDERE RURAL U.D. groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000046 | 1,771 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 172 people were held in Franklin County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 608 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 224.
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 Franklin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $64.6 million — $58.1 million to run schools, about $11,602 per student, plus $3.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.6 million local (mostly property tax), $29.9 million state, $12.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $46.1 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 Franklin County about $19.6 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.
157 bridges in Franklin County: 67 in good condition, 84 fair, and 6 poor (3.8%). “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 16 over WAGNER CREEK · built 1941 | 14,723 vehicles a day |
| FAP 16 over ELK RIVER · built 1966 | 12,037 vehicles a day |
| FAS 130 over BLUE CREEK · built 1960 | 6,056 vehicles a day |
| NFA A023 over ELK RIVER · built 1972 | 880 vehicles a day |
| FAS 56 over CROW CREEK · built 1960 | 487 vehicles a day |
| NFA A591 over CROW CREEK · built 1972 | 140 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.9 million of work in Franklin County in fiscal 2025, about $139 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 (17 mi) · Coffee County (23 mi) · Grundy County (27 mi) · Marion County (28 mi) · Jackson County, AL (28 mi) · Lincoln County (28 mi).