RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 95 SHOWN OF 95

Highest Medicare coverage, Tennessee counties · 2020

Tennessee counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2020 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 95 counties in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 95 is 22.8%.

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01Cumberland County, TNTN66,30033.7%–

02Pickett County, TNTN5,21933.0%–

03Clay County, TNTN7,82129.9%–

04Johnson County, TNTN18,71829.7%–

05Benton County, TNTN16,18329.4%–

06Loudon County, TNTN63,76428.6%–

07Fentress County, TNTN20,32228.2%–

08Decatur County, TNTN11,82027.7%–

09Hancock County, TNTN7,07527.7%–

10Unicoi County, TNTN17,85627.7%–

11Lewis County, TNTN13,48727.6%–

12Van Buren County, TNTN6,87427.1%–

13Meigs County, TNTN14,18627.1%–

14Monroe County, TNTN49,73027.1%–

15Jackson County, TNTN12,46626.9%–

16Greene County, TNTN73,83126.9%–

17Hardeman County, TNTN25,27426.7%–

18Henry County, TNTN32,89626.1%–

19Hardin County, TNTN27,98326.0%–

20Campbell County, TNTN40,29025.9%–

21Roane County, TNTN57,39525.8%–

22Hawkins County, TNTN59,55925.8%–

23Cocke County, TNTN37,88925.6%–

24Sullivan County, TNTN163,75925.5%–

25Carter County, TNTN57,36125.3%–

26Claiborne County, TNTN33,22925.2%–

27Grainger County, TNTN25,73925.2%–

28McNairy County, TNTN26,23624.8%–

29Morgan County, TNTN22,16024.8%–

30Polk County, TNTN18,59224.8%–

31Marion County, TNTN29,80424.4%–

32Scott County, TNTN22,67124.3%–

33Jefferson County, TNTN60,02424.1%–

34Lake County, TNTN6,24924.1%–

35Perry County, TNTN9,12624.1%–

36Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86124.1%–

37McMinn County, TNTN57,40424.0%–

38White County, TNTN29,61224.0%–

39Houston County, TNTN8,47923.9%–

40Obion County, TNTN30,06723.8%–

41Overton County, TNTN23,78723.5%–

42Giles County, TNTN31,43323.5%–

43Grundy County, TNTN14,11623.4%–

44Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92023.3%–

45Fayette County, TNTN45,07123.3%–

46Wayne County, TNTN16,41623.1%–

47Franklin County, TNTN45,57922.9%–

48Anderson County, TNTN82,06622.8%–

49Carroll County, TNTN29,20022.8%–

50Blount County, TNTN143,82022.8%–

51Hamblen County, TNTN68,84322.7%–

52Haywood County, TNTN17,04222.6%–

53Stewart County, TNTN14,43922.5%–

54Sevier County, TNTN101,34222.2%–

55Humphreys County, TNTN19,64622.1%–

56Union County, TNTN21,45021.9%–

57Hickman County, TNTN26,21921.9%–

58Henderson County, TNTN28,51821.8%–

59Rhea County, TNTN34,84421.6%–

60DeKalb County, TNTN21,87321.6%–

61Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61721.6%–

62Crockett County, TNTN14,00621.5%–

63Moore County, TNTN6,92021.3%–

64Lawrence County, TNTN46,91421.2%–

65Warren County, TNTN43,71721.2%–

66Cannon County, TNTN15,29621.1%–

67Lincoln County, TNTN36,85321.0%–

68Washington County, TNTN141,19920.9%–

69Weakley County, TNTN33,26120.7%–

70Gibson County, TNTN51,77920.6%–

71Dyer County, TNTN36,32020.3%–

72Hamilton County, TNTN390,83319.8%–

73Coffee County, TNTN62,41919.6%–

74Bradley County, TNTN115,46519.3%–

75Madison County, TNTN100,79019.3%–

76Smith County, TNTN20,98119.1%–

77Putnam County, TNTN86,61219.0%–

78Dickson County, TNTN58,66218.9%–

79Marshall County, TNTN38,07118.8%–

80Chester County, TNTN17,99418.6%–

81Macon County, TNTN27,66318.5%–

82Maury County, TNTN118,13118.5%–

83Sumner County, TNTN215,53817.4%–

84Tipton County, TNTN62,28717.2%–

85Bedford County, TNTN55,27317.0%–

86Cheatham County, TNTN42,77817.0%–

87Knox County, TNTN511,45317.0%–

88Wilson County, TNTN175,03317.0%–

89Trousdale County, TNTN12,62316.8%–

90Robertson County, TNTN80,17516.3%–

91Shelby County, TNTN910,22615.5%–

92Davidson County, TNTN745,90413.5%–

93Williamson County, TNTN272,06113.3%–

94Montgomery County, TNTN249,93512.3%–

95Rutherford County, TNTN386,35212.0%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS