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County / FIPS 47029

Cocke County

Tennessee

Cocke County runs 13 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.

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At a glance

Public schools

13schools

Hospitals

1facilities

With a star rating

1facilities

Land area

436sq mi

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Cocke County in numbers

American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.

Population

36,813people

1292nd of 3,222, tied with 1

Median household income

$48,016

2870th of 3,222

Poverty rate

21.9%

2835th of 3,222

Unemployment rate

Not published

Sample too small here — the margin exceeds the figure by too much to report.

Median home value

$158,100

2072nd of 3,222, tied with 2

Median gross rent

$798

2107th of 3,222, tied with 10

Bachelor's degree or higher

11.0%

± 1.8% — wide margin, not ranked

One figure is withheld above. The Census Bureau publishes them, but with a margin of error wider than 30% of the value — which for a place this size means the survey sampled too few households to say. They are left out rather than shown with a caveat nobody reads.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Margins of error are the Bureau’s own, at 90% confidence; margins for rates are derived using the Bureau’s published formulas.

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Cocke County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$456.0M

929th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$12,6662020 population

Change since FY2021

+46%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Cocke County, FY2021–FY2025
$200M$300M$400M$500M
$456M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$313M
2022$269M
2023$270M
2024$286M
2025$456M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Cocke County ranks 929th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Hospitals in Cocke County

Hospitals in Cocke County
HospitalCityCMS rating
Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical CenterNewport
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Public schools in Cocke County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Cocke County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Bridgeport ElementaryCocke CountyNewport303
Centerview ElementaryCocke CountyNewport251
Cocke Co High SchoolCocke CountyNewport1,159
Cosby ElementaryCocke CountyCosby421
Cosby High SchoolCocke CountyCosby326
Del Rio ElementaryCocke CountyDel Rio92
Edgemont ElementaryCocke CountyNewport569
Grassy Fork ElementaryCocke CountyHartford127
Newport Grammar SchoolNewportNewport701
Northwest ElementaryCocke CountyNewport396
Parrottsville ElementaryCocke CountyParrottsville506
Smoky Mountain ElementaryCocke CountyCosby178
Cocke Co Adult High SchoolCocke CountyNewport11
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