28,183 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.3% since 2020)
520 square miles of land · 54 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.
3 active community water systems list Henderson County in the area they serve, reporting 32,035 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LEXINGTON WATER SYSTEMS surface water · local government · TN0000402 | 26,322 served |
| SCOTTS HILL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TN0000614 | 4,579 served |
| SARDIS WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TN0000609 | 1,134 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 203 people were held in Henderson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 1,151 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 272.
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 Henderson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $49.1 million — $42.5 million to run schools, about $10,487 per student, plus $5.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.5 million local (mostly property tax), $27.8 million state, $8.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.1 million.
Spent $11.3 million — $10.6 million to run schools, about $12,031 per student, plus $561,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $5.9 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 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 Henderson County about $19.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
207 bridges in Henderson County: 63 in good condition, 132 fair, and 12 poor (5.8%). “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 22 over PINEY CREEK · built 1956 | 7,993 vehicles a day |
| NFA A451 over VAN CREEK · built 1986 | 620 vehicles a day |
| FAS 114 over SR-114 / I-40 EBL · built 1966 | 256 vehicles a day |
| NFA A354 over BIG HURRICANE CREEK · built 1965 | 130 vehicles a day |
| NFA A261 over CANE CREEK · built 1978 | 110 vehicles a day |
| NFA A112 over SCARCE CREEK (NTSP) · built 1984 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9 million of work in Henderson County in fiscal 2025, about $323 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 Henderson 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 Henderson County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Decatur County (16 mi) · Chester County (20 mi) · Carroll County (22 mi) · Madison County (25 mi) · Perry County (29 mi) · Hardin County (33 mi).