59,371 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.7% since 2020)
487 square miles of land · 122 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 Hawkins County in the area they serve, reporting 47,933 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| FIRST U.D. OF HAWKINS COUNTY surface water · local government · TN0000109 | 19,972 served |
| ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT surface water · local government · TN0000593 | 13,729 served |
| PERSIA UTILITY DISTRICT surface water · local government · TN0000594 | 4,966 served |
| LAKEVIEW U.D. WEST buys surface water · local government · TN0000596 | 2,684 served |
| SURGOINSVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000682 | 2,609 served |
| MOORESBURG UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000472 | 1,836 served |
| LAKEVIEW U.D. EAST groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0008288 | 1,324 served |
| FIRST U.D. OF HAWKINS CO #2 groundwater · local government · TN0000939 | 813 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 277 people were held in Hawkins County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 752 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 259.
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 Hawkins County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $82.8 million — $76.2 million to run schools, about $12,084 per student, plus $5.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26.9 million local (mostly property tax), $42.7 million state, $14.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $49.5 million.
Spent $8.3 million — $7.7 million to run schools, about $12,306 per student, plus $589,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $4.3 million state, $1.7 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 Hawkins County about $13.7 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.
190 bridges in Hawkins County: 40 in good condition, 133 fair, and 17 poor (8.9%). “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 1 over NORTH FORK HOLSTON RIVER · built 1962 | 27,414 vehicles a day |
| FAP 1 over NORTH FORK HOLSTON RIVER · built 1962 | 27,414 vehicles a day |
| FAP 1 over SR 70 · built 1966 | 12,492 vehicles a day |
| NFA 1175 (SA 3724) over HOLSTON RIVER · built 1964 | 4,225 vehicles a day |
| FAP 70 730216V over SOUTHERN RAILWAY · built 1967 | 3,196 vehicles a day |
| FAP 70 over CANEY CREEK · built 1971 | 2,679 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $32.6 million of work in Hawkins County in fiscal 2025, about $576 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: Hancock County (17 mi) · Greene County (19 mi) · Lee County, VA (20 mi) · Hamblen County (25 mi) · Scott County, VA (25 mi) · Washington County (27 mi).