32,883 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.3% since 2020)
562 square miles of land · 59 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 Henry County in the area they serve, reporting 25,393 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PARIS B.P.U. groundwater · local government · TN0000536 | 13,145 served |
| NORTHEAST HENRY COUNTY U.D. groundwater · local government · TN0000540 | 5,640 served |
| SOUTH PARIS WATER CO-OP buys groundwater · local government · TN0000537 | 2,349 served |
| SPRINGVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT buys groundwater · local government · TN0008277 | 1,711 served |
| NORTHWEST HENRY CO. U.D. buys groundwater · local government · TN0000838 | 1,204 served |
| PURYEAR WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TN0000568 | 833 served |
| HENRY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TN0000296 | 511 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 167 people were held in Henry County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 855 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 183.
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 Henry County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $39.3 million — $33.6 million to run schools, about $11,140 per student, plus $4.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.4 million local (mostly property tax), $21.3 million state, $9.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.5 million.
Spent $21.1 million — $18.7 million to run schools, about $11,811 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7 million local (mostly property tax), $9.8 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.2 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Henry County about $38.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
185 bridges in Henry County: 74 in good condition, 106 fair, and 5 poor (2.7%). “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.
| FAS 218 over BAILEY FORK CR. · built 1988 | 4,855 vehicles a day |
| NFA 902 (SA 4020) over BRANCH · built 1960 | 513 vehicles a day |
| NFA A354 over BEAR CREEK · built 1950 | 60 vehicles a day |
| NFA A178 over HOLLEY FORK CREEK · built 1962 | 50 vehicles a day |
| NFA A078 over NORTH FORK OBION RIVER · built 1980 | 40 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.1 million of work in Henry County in fiscal 2025, about $97 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 Henry 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 Henry County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Calloway County, KY (20 mi) · Benton County (22 mi) · Weakley County (23 mi) · Carroll County (26 mi) · Stewart County (29 mi) · Houston County (33 mi).