14,365 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.8% since 2020)
460 square miles of land · 31 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 Stewart County in the area they serve, reporting 12,124 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NORTH STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT surface water · local government · TN0000195 | 6,096 served |
| DOVER WATER DEPT surface water · local government · TN0000193 | 4,037 served |
| CUMBERLAND CITY WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · TN0000162 | 1,023 served |
| WEST STEWART UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater (surface-influenced) · private · TN0000916 | 629 served |
| LOON BAY P.O.A. groundwater · private · TN0000083 | 134 served |
| DOALNARA RESTORATION SOC USA groundwater · private · TN0000962 | 123 served |
| HIDDEN HOLLOW WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · TN0000960 | 82 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 71 people were held in Stewart County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 799 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 96.
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 Stewart County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $23.8 million — $22.5 million to run schools, about $11,224 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $15.8 million state, $5 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.7 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Stewart County about $6.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
169 bridges in Stewart County: 97 in good condition, 71 fair, and 1 poor (0.6%). “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.
| RENDEZVOUS ROAD over PINEY FORK CREEK · built 1993 | 300 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $249,017 of work in Stewart County in fiscal 2025, about $18 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 Stewart 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 Stewart County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Houston County (13 mi) · Montgomery County (24 mi) · Trigg County, KY (24 mi) · Calloway County, KY (28 mi) · Henry County (29 mi) · Humphreys County (29 mi).