Total Population in Polk County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Polk County Compares
National Distribution
Where Polk County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.
■ Polk County: 17,898
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1,992 | Adjuntas Municipio, PR | 17,960 |
| #1,993 | McDowell County, WV | 17,943 |
| #1,994 | Park County, CO | 17,907 |
| #1,995 | Polk County, TN | 17,898 |
| #1,996 | Sharp County, AR | 17,773 |
| #1,997 | Unicoi County, TN | 17,756 |
| #1,998 | Pike County, MO | 17,711 |
Total Population in Polk County, Tennessee
Polk County, Tennessee has a total population of 17,898, which ranks #1,995 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 100.0% below the national value of 330M.
Within Tennessee, Polk County ranks #71 of 95 out of 95 counties. This places it in the 38th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.