Census Data for Big Sandy

Population ...

The last Decennial Census<1> was in 2010, which gave Big Sandy a population of 557 people.

The community of Big Sandy is located in Washington County. The 2010 Census gave Washington County; a population of 123,384 people. This means that Big Sandy had 0.45% of the county's total population.

At the same time, Tennessee had a population of 6,346,105 people.

Washington County ...

Big Sandy is located in Washington County<2>.

The county had a population of 123,384 people at the 2010 Census. With it's population of 557 people, Big Sandy represented 0.45% of the county's total.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Washington County.

Miscellaneous Information for Big Sandy ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Washington County or the community of Big Sandy:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Big Sandy:
  • GNIS ID for Big Sandy: 1314681
  • GNIS ID for Washington County: 1639797
  • GNIS ID for State of Tennessee: 1325873

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 47 (Tennessee)
  • County Code: 179 (Washington County)
  • Place Code: 05865 (Big Sandy)
  • State & County Code: 47/179 (Tennessee / Washington County)
  • State & Place Code: 47/05865 (Tennessee / Big Sandy)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Big Sandy is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Big Sandy.