8,987 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.2% since 2020)
415 square miles of land · 22 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.
2 active community water systems list Perry County in the area they serve, reporting 14,320 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LINDEN WATER DEPT surface water · local government · TN0000404 | 9,568 served |
| LOBELVILLE WATER DEPT surface water · local government · TN0000406 | 4,752 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 68 people were held in Perry County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 1,266 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 47.
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 Perry County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $16.5 million — $14.3 million to run schools, about $13,394 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $935,000.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Perry County about $6.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
153 bridges in Perry County: 36 in good condition, 115 fair, and 2 poor (1.3%). “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.
| NFA 921 (SA 6802) over BUFFALO RIVER · built 1958 | 1,475 vehicles a day |
| NFA A008 over SPRING CREEK · built 1982 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $-940,262 of work in Perry County in fiscal 2025, about $-112 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: Decatur County (14 mi) · Lewis County (23 mi) · Hickman County (24 mi) · Humphreys County (26 mi) · Henderson County (29 mi) · Wayne County (29 mi).