73,398 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.3% since 2020)
622 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.
7 active community water systems list Greene County in the area they serve, reporting 84,431 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GREENEVILLE WATER COMMISSION surface water · local government · TN0000273 | 26,657 served |
| GLEN HILLS UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000266 | 17,355 served |
| CHUCKEY UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000108 | 14,369 served |
| CROSS ANCHOR UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000149 | 8,449 served |
| OLD KNOXVILLE HWY U.D. buys surface water · local government · TN0000530 | 8,296 served |
| NORTH GREENE UTILITIES, INCORPORATED surface water · local government · TN0000274 | 7,035 served |
| MOSHEIM UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000478 | 2,270 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 324 people were held in Greene County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 711 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 415.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Greene County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $78.9 million — $67 million to run schools, about $10,693 per student, plus $8.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $39.4 million local (mostly property tax), $37.9 million state, $13.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.7 million.
Spent $44.1 million — $38.4 million to run schools, about $12,806 per student, plus $5.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.4 million local (mostly property tax), $17.9 million state, $6.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $966,000.
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 Greene County about $13.9 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.
305 bridges in Greene County: 87 in good condition, 209 fair, and 9 poor (3.0%). “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.
| I81 over SR 34 · built 1968 | 44,318 vehicles a day |
| FAP 34 731247X over FAU 3867 & SOUTHERN RWY · built 1965 | 23,958 vehicles a day |
| FAP 34 731247X over FAU 1391 & SOUTHERN RWY · built 1965 | 23,958 vehicles a day |
| FAP 107 over NOLICHUCKY RIVER · built 1951 | 11,190 vehicles a day |
| NFA 1346 (SA 3019) over LICK CREEK · built 1929 | 3,788 vehicles a day |
| FAP 70 over BRANCH · built 2002 | 1,188 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $43.9 million of work in Greene County in fiscal 2025, about $626 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: Hawkins County (19 mi) · Washington County (21 mi) · Madison County, NC (23 mi) · Hamblen County (23 mi) · Cocke County (24 mi) · Unicoi County (25 mi).