Claiborne County is a county of 32,466 people in Tennessee. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. The foreign-born share is 1%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $159,900. Households here earn about 29% less than in Tennessee as a whole. At a median age of 42.5, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,379, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 39%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Claiborne County
What changed most since 1990
White share98.0% → 94.0%(−4.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate25.7% → 17.4%(−8.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants78.3% → 72.2%(−6.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)40%(624)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17%(265)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.9%(545)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.8%(44)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,560 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Claiborne County, decade by decade
Claiborne County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
26,137
$41,118
$98,403
8.0%
4.8
2000
29,862
$46,966
$115,129
8.9%
6.5
2010
32,213
$45,104
$128,464
11.1%
8.8
2020
32,043
$46,002
$135,748
17.4%
15.6
2024
32,466
$49,379
$159,900
18.2%
14.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
