67,715 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.9% since 2020)
161 square miles of land · 420 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.
4 active community water systems list Hamblen County in the area they serve, reporting 84,926 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MORRISTOWN UTILITIES COMMISSION surface water · local government · TN0000474 | 39,883 served |
| RUSSELLVILLE WHITESBURG U.D. buys surface water · local government · TN0000598 | 20,197 served |
| ALPHA-TALBOTT UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000014 | 19,075 served |
| WITT UTILITY DISTRICT surface water · local government · TN0000650 | 5,771 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 344 people were held in Hamblen County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 823 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 433.
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 Hamblen County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $121.7 million — $109 million to run schools, about $10,596 per student, plus $10.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $61.5 million local (mostly property tax), $61.2 million state, $22.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $38 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 Hamblen County about $12.1 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.
119 bridges in Hamblen County: 19 in good condition, 97 fair, and 3 poor (2.5%). “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 FLAT CREEK · built 1970 | 45,697 vehicles a day |
| FAS 340 over BRANCH · built 1941 | 1,770 vehicles a day |
| NFA A251 over SPRING BRANCH · built 1955 | 1,260 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $12.6 million of work in Hamblen County in fiscal 2025, about $195 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
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Hamblen County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Hamblen County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Grainger County (14 mi) · Jefferson County (15 mi) · Hancock County (21 mi) · Cocke County (22 mi) · Greene County (23 mi) · Hawkins County (25 mi).