62,187 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.9% since 2020)
456 square miles of land · 136 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 Tipton County in the area they serve, reporting 70,261 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| POPLAR GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · TN0000201 | 19,599 served |
| COVINGTON WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · TN0000144 | 14,334 served |
| MUNFORD WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · TN0000490 | 10,434 served |
| FIRST U.D. OF TIPTON COUNTY groundwater · local government · TN0000703 | 9,340 served |
| ATOKA WATER SYSTEM buys groundwater · local government · TN0000033 | 9,197 served |
| BRIGHTON WATER SYSTEM buys groundwater · local government · TN0000070 | 3,715 served |
| MASON WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · TN0000440 | 3,642 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 259 people were held in Tipton County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 645 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 240.
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 Tipton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $109.4 million — $100.9 million to run schools, about $9,845 per student, plus $7.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $25.7 million local (mostly property tax), $66.4 million state, $20.3 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Tipton County about $34.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
202 bridges in Tipton County: 84 in good condition, 105 fair, and 13 poor (6.4%). “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 3 over INDIAN CR DRAINAGE CANAL · built 1924 | 16,405 vehicles a day |
| FAP 3 over BRANCH · built 1926 | 16,405 vehicles a day |
| NFA 805 (SA 8406) over HURRICANE CREEK · built 1975 | 1,093 vehicles a day |
| NFA A121 (SA 8425) over BRANCH · built 1969 | 990 vehicles a day |
| FAS 59 over BRANCH · built 1992 | 851 vehicles a day |
| NFA A885 over TOWN CREEK · built 1994 | 620 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.3 million of work in Tipton County in fiscal 2025, about $218 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: Lauderdale County (19 mi) · Shelby County (23 mi) · Mississippi County, AR (25 mi) · Haywood County (27 mi) · Fayette County (28 mi) · Crittenden County, AR (38 mi).