[2] Coffee County is part of the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[3] It was named for John Coffee, a prominent planter, land speculator, and militia officer.

[4][5] In the period after the Reconstruction era ended (1877) and into the early 20th century, whites in Coffee County committed eight lynchings of blacks.

[7] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 57,889 people, 21,646 households, and 14,777 families residing in the county.

As of the census[15] of 2000, there were 48,014 people, 18,885 households, and 13,597 families residing in the county.

24.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.