56,754 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.4% since 2020)
430 square miles of land · 132 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.
6 active community water systems list McMinn County in the area they serve, reporting 53,926 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ATHENS UTILITIES BOARD surface water · local government · TN0000024 | 26,424 served |
| ETOWAH UTILITIES surface water · local government · TN0000233 | 12,851 served |
| NIOTA WATER SYSTEM buys groundwater · local government · TN0000510 | 3,932 served |
| ENGLEWOOD WATER DEPT surface water · local government · TN0000224 | 3,917 served |
| RICEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000576 | 3,843 served |
| CALHOUN-CHARLESTON U.D. buys surface water · local government · TN0000106 | 2,959 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 299 people were held in McMinn County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 864 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 369.
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.
3 school districts have their office in McMinn County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $60.9 million — $55 million to run schools, about $10,532 per student, plus $5.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.3 million local (mostly property tax), $30.5 million state, $13.7 million federal.
Spent $23.3 million — $20.5 million to run schools, about $11,378 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9 million local (mostly property tax), $10.3 million state, $6.5 million federal.
Spent $4.5 million — $4 million to run schools, about $11,615 per student, plus $482,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $1.2 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 McMinn County about $18.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
219 bridges in McMinn County: 80 in good condition, 133 fair, and 6 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 39 over MIDDLE CREEK · built 1951 | 5,610 vehicles a day |
| FAU 307 over OOSTANAULA CREEK · built 1986 | 4,813 vehicles a day |
| FAS 163 over CHESTUEE CREEK · built 1958 | 3,347 vehicles a day |
| FAS 163 over CONASAUGA CREEK · built 1958 | 1,862 vehicles a day |
| NFA A347 over CHESTUEE CREEK · built 1973 | 140 vehicles a day |
| NFA A196 over CONASAUGA CREEK · built 1930 | 30 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $8.7 million of work in McMinn County in fiscal 2025, about $164 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: Meigs County (13 mi) · Monroe County (21 mi) · Rhea County (22 mi) · Polk County (22 mi) · Bradley County (23 mi) · Loudon County (27 mi).