169,948 people (2024 Census estimate, +14.3% since 2020)
571 square miles of land · 298 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 Wilson County in the area they serve, reporting 210,149 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WEST WILSON UTILITY DISTRICT surface water · local government · TN0000743 | 86,978 served |
| LEBANON WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · TN0000393 | 60,669 served |
| WILSON CO WATER & WASTEWATER buys surface water · local government · TN0000790 | 22,680 served |
| GLADEVILLE UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000264 | 19,813 served |
| LAGUARDO UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000394 | 16,175 served |
| WATERTOWN WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TN0000732 | 1,944 served |
| VENUE @ 109 buys groundwater · private · TN0008297 | 1,890 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 505 people were held in Wilson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 476 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 549.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Wilson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $237.9 million — $189.3 million to run schools, about $9,322 per student, plus $31.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $104.1 million local (mostly property tax), $101.3 million state, $18.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $364.3 million.
Spent $57.1 million — $47.1 million to run schools, about $11,149 per student, plus $6.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26.5 million local (mostly property tax), $22.3 million state, $7.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $39.5 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 Wilson County about $60.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
403 bridges in Wilson County: 235 in good condition, 137 fair, and 31 poor (7.7%). “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.
| I40 over I40 / SR 26 · built 1964 | 57,395 vehicles a day |
| FAP 401 (SR 24) over BARTON CREEK · built 1932 | 18,565 vehicles a day |
| FAP 26 over BARTONS CREEK · built 1963 | 13,563 vehicles a day |
| FAP 10 over SR 10 / I-40 · built 1965 | 9,676 vehicles a day |
| FAP 26 over BEECH CREEK · built 1956 | 9,181 vehicles a day |
| FAP 401 (SR 24) over SINKING CREEK · built 1931 | 8,355 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.5 million of work in Wilson County in fiscal 2025, about $71 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: Trousdale County (18 mi) · Smith County (21 mi) · Rutherford County (22 mi) · Sumner County (24 mi) · Cannon County (27 mi) · Davidson County (28 mi).