25,859 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.6% since 2020)
612 square miles of land · 42 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 Hickman County in the area they serve, reporting 25,817 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BON AQUA-LYLES U.D. surface water · local government · TN0000066 | 12,952 served |
| CENTERVILLE WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · TN0000103 | 11,011 served |
| TURNEY CENTER surface water · state · TN0000533 | 1,854 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 140 people were held in Hickman County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 840 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 97.
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 Hickman County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $41 million — $37.9 million to run schools, about $11,938 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9 million local (mostly property tax), $24.6 million state, $7.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.9 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 Hickman County about $12.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
331 bridges in Hickman County: 151 in good condition, 163 fair, and 17 poor (5.1%). “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 48 over INDIAN CREEK · built 1931 | 2,623 vehicles a day |
| FAS 50 over BEAVERDAM CREEK OVERFLOW · built 1996 | 1,450 vehicles a day |
| FAS 438 over COW HOLLOW BRANCH · built 1983 | 722 vehicles a day |
| NFA 961 (SA 4109) over BRANCH · built 1930 | 252 vehicles a day |
| NFA 961 (SA 4109) over BIRD CREEK · built 1930 | 252 vehicles a day |
| NFA 1848 (SA 4111) over HALEY CREEK · built 1950 | 220 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.8 million of work in Hickman County in fiscal 2025, about $433 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: Lewis County (19 mi) · Dickson County (24 mi) · Perry County (24 mi) · Humphreys County (24 mi) · Maury County (25 mi) · Williamson County (32 mi).