30,971 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.1% since 2020)
611 square miles of land · 51 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 Giles County in the area they serve, reporting 36,410 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PULASKI WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · TN0000562 | 10,767 served |
| MINOR HILL WATER UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000469 | 8,364 served |
| FAIRVIEW UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000563 | 7,036 served |
| SOUTH GILES UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000649 | 6,985 served |
| ARDMORE WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TN0000018 | 1,886 served |
| LYNNVILLE WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · TN0000419 | 1,372 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 119 people were held in Giles County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 623 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 180.
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 Giles County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $44.9 million — $41.2 million to run schools, about $11,237 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.5 million local (mostly property tax), $22.5 million state, $8.2 million 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 Giles County about $17.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
321 bridges in Giles County: 181 in good condition, 135 fair, and 5 poor (1.6%). “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.
| NFA 1883 (SA 2810) over RICHLAND CREEK · built 1959 | 683 vehicles a day |
| FAS 166 over FACTORY CREEK · built 1959 | 636 vehicles a day |
| NFA A110 over ROBERTSON FORK BRANCH · built 1950 | 180 vehicles a day |
| NFA A177 over INDIAN CREEK · built 1948 | 90 vehicles a day |
| NFA A064 over BIG CREEK · built 1975 | 60 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.7 million of work in Giles County in fiscal 2025, about $188 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: Lawrence County (20 mi) · Marshall County (24 mi) · Lincoln County (25 mi) · Limestone County, AL (27 mi) · Maury County (29 mi) · Lewis County (34 mi).