29,108 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.1% since 2020)
377 square miles of land · 77 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 White County in the area they serve, reporting 39,875 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SPARTA WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · TN0000652 | 10,899 served |
| O'CONNOR UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000526 | 10,344 served |
| DEWHITE UTILITY DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · TN0000190 | 8,467 served |
| QUEBECK WALLING U.D. buys surface water · local government · TN0000569 | 5,588 served |
| BON DE CROFT UTILITY DISTRICT surface water · local government · TN0000653 | 4,577 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 114 people were held in White County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 645 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 186.
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 White County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $46.1 million — $39.3 million to run schools, about $10,161 per student, plus $5.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.4 million local (mostly property tax), $25.9 million state, $11.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.9 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 White County about $10 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
69 bridges in White County: 10 in good condition, 56 fair, and 3 poor (4.3%). “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.
| FAP 111 over SR 1 (US 70S) & NFA 2727 · built 1971 | 11,754 vehicles a day |
| NFA 1159 (SA 9318) over HICKORY VALLEY BRANCH · built 1952 | 533 vehicles a day |
| FAS 285 over CALFKILLER RIVER · built 1971 | 469 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.1 million of work in White County in fiscal 2025, about $39 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: Putnam County (15 mi) · Van Buren County (16 mi) · DeKalb County (21 mi) · Warren County (25 mi) · Cumberland County (26 mi) · Bledsoe County (27 mi).