33,162 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.8% since 2020)
580 square miles of land · 57 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.
5 active community water systems list Weakley County in the area they serve, reporting 20,213 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MARTIN WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · TN0000435 | 11,918 served |
| DRESDEN WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · TN0000196 | 3,381 served |
| GREENFIELD WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · TN0000276 | 2,189 served |
| GLEASON WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · TN0000265 | 1,482 served |
| SHARON WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TN0000627 | 1,243 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 94 people were held in Weakley County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 429 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 89.
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 Weakley County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $52.3 million — $45 million to run schools, about $11,298 per student, plus $6.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.2 million local (mostly property tax), $26.8 million state, $10.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.6 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 Weakley County about $34.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
351 bridges in Weakley County: 125 in good condition, 221 fair, and 5 poor (1.4%). “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.
| NFA A502 (SA 9215) over BRANCH · built 1960 | 1,130 vehicles a day |
| NFA 859 (SA 9214) over SPRING CREEK BRANCH · built 1950 | 907 vehicles a day |
| FAS 118 over OVERFLOW · built 1954 | 898 vehicles a day |
| NFA 815 (SA 9220) over TOMMY CREEK · built 1956 | 272 vehicles a day |
| NFA A665 over CYPRESS CREEK · built 1975 | 20 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $16.9 million of work in Weakley County in fiscal 2025, about $515 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: Henry County (23 mi) · Obion County (24 mi) · Gibson County (25 mi) · Carroll County (28 mi) · Hickman County, KY (29 mi) · Graves County, KY (29 mi).