Census Data for Elgin

Population ...

The last Decennial Census<1> was in 2010, which gave Elgin a population of 282 people.

The community of Elgin is located in Scott County. The 2010 Census gave Scott County; a population of 22,227 people. This means that Elgin had 1.27% of the county's total population.

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

Scott County ...

Elgin is located in Scott County<2>.

The county had a population of 22,227 people at the 2010 Census. With it's population of 282 people, Elgin represented 1.27% of the county's total.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Elgin ...

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 Scott County or the community of Elgin:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Elgin:
  • GNIS ID for Elgin: 1283622
  • GNIS ID for Scott County: 1639788
  • 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: 151 (Scott County)
  • Place Code: 23440 (Elgin)
  • State & County Code: 47/151 (Tennessee / Scott County)
  • State & Place Code: 47/23440 (Tennessee / Elgin)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Elgin 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 Elgin.