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Highest poverty rate, Tennessee counties

Tennessee counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 95 counties in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 95 is 15.5%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Jackson County, TN, up 37 places to #15.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Hancock County, TNTN7,07532.2%+2.9 pts
02Lake County, TNTN6,24932.2%+8.5 pts
03Clay County, TNTN7,82124.2%+5.1 pts
04▲16Pickett County, TNTN5,21923.9%+8.3 pts
05▲3Scott County, TNTN22,67123.1%+2.8 pts
06▲23Decatur County, TNTN11,82022.1%+6.2 pts
07▲2Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86121.9%+5.4 pts
08▲3Cocke County, TNTN37,88921.9%−0.6 pts
09▲28Hardin County, TNTN27,98321.5%+2.8 pts
10▲23Haywood County, TNTN17,04221.5%+2.0 pts
11▼7Johnson County, TNTN18,71821.4%−1.1 pts
12▲7Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61721.0%+1.9 pts
13▲15Fentress County, TNTN20,32221.0%−2.1 pts
14▼2Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92020.7%+2.7 pts
15▲37Jackson County, TNTN12,46620.3%+2.2 pts
16▲35Wayne County, TNTN16,41620.0%+3.7 pts
17▼2Weakley County, TNTN33,26119.0%+3.0 pts
18▲14Hardeman County, TNTN25,27419.0%−0.7 pts
19▲3Grundy County, TNTN14,11618.9%−6.9 pts
20▼3DeKalb County, TNTN21,87318.6%+1.5 pts
21▲2Obion County, TNTN30,06718.6%+5.3 pts
22▼6Campbell County, TNTN40,29018.5%−4.3 pts
23▲11Putnam County, TNTN86,61218.4%+1.9 pts
24▲16Hamblen County, TNTN68,84318.4%+4.0 pts
25▲23Cannon County, TNTN15,29618.3%+5.5 pts
26▼16Henry County, TNTN32,89618.3%+4.0 pts
27▼9Madison County, TNTN100,79018.2%+4.2 pts
28▼23Perry County, TNTN9,12618.1%+2.6 pts
29▲10Benton County, TNTN16,18317.8%+2.2 pts
30▼5Shelby County, TNTN910,22617.8%+1.8 pts
31▲36Coffee County, TNTN62,41917.4%+3.0 pts
32▼26Claiborne County, TNTN33,22917.4%−5.2 pts
33▲12Macon County, TNTN27,66317.2%+2.1 pts
34▼10Carter County, TNTN57,36117.1%+0.2 pts
35▲9Grainger County, TNTN25,73917.1%−1.6 pts
36▲7Carroll County, TNTN29,20017.0%+3.1 pts
37▼11Henderson County, TNTN28,51816.9%+4.5 pts
38▼25Lewis County, TNTN13,48716.7%+3.3 pts
39▼9McNairy County, TNTN26,23616.5%+0.6 pts
40▲33Stewart County, TNTN14,43916.4%+4.0 pts
41▼10Dyer County, TNTN36,32016.3%+0.4 pts
42▲5Marion County, TNTN29,80416.3%+2.2 pts
43▼22Overton County, TNTN23,78716.3%+0.3 pts
44▲18Van Buren County, TNTN6,87416.1%+0.9 pts
45▲27Chester County, TNTN17,99416.1%+1.7 pts
46▼8Rhea County, TNTN34,84415.9%+1.2 pts
47▼33Warren County, TNTN43,71715.7%−0.9 pts
48▲13Washington County, TNTN141,19915.5%+1.6 pts
49▼7Monroe County, TNTN49,73015.5%0.0 pts
50▲5Sullivan County, TNTN163,75915.4%+2.5 pts
51▼10Greene County, TNTN73,83115.4%+0.9 pts
52▼17Hawkins County, TNTN59,55915.2%−0.6 pts
53▼46Morgan County, TNTN22,16015.1%−0.9 pts
54▼8Lawrence County, TNTN46,91415.0%+0.4 pts
55▲1Humphreys County, TNTN19,64614.8%+4.0 pts
56▼3Crockett County, TNTN14,00614.5%−2.4 pts
57▲21Cumberland County, TNTN66,30014.4%−0.3 pts
58▼22Unicoi County, TNTN17,85614.3%+1.3 pts
59▼2Meigs County, TNTN14,18614.3%−4.0 pts
60▲19Polk County, TNTN18,59213.9%+0.9 pts
61▲7Davidson County, TNTN745,90413.9%+1.0 pts
62▼35Union County, TNTN21,45013.8%−5.8 pts
63▼4Gibson County, TNTN51,77913.7%+0.8 pts
64▲21Tipton County, TNTN62,28713.6%+1.5 pts
65▲4Sevier County, TNTN101,34213.5%+2.8 pts
66▼6Anderson County, TNTN82,06613.4%+0.2 pts
67▼3White County, TNTN29,61213.2%−1.1 pts
68▲9Hamilton County, TNTN390,83313.1%+1.0 pts
69▼20McMinn County, TNTN57,40413.0%−1.5 pts
70▲14Lincoln County, TNTN36,85312.9%−0.7 pts
71▲4Giles County, TNTN31,43312.8%+1.0 pts
72▼18Bradley County, TNTN115,46512.7%+0.5 pts
73▲8Loudon County, TNTN63,76412.6%+2.6 pts
74▼4Bedford County, TNTN55,27312.6%−0.5 pts
75▼1Knox County, TNTN511,45312.2%−0.4 pts
76▼18Franklin County, TNTN45,57912.0%−1.2 pts
77▼6Roane County, TNTN57,39512.0%−1.9 pts
78▲12Trousdale County, TNTN12,62311.9%−1.6 pts
79▼29Marshall County, TNTN38,07111.8%+1.7 pts
80▼4Jefferson County, TNTN60,02411.4%−2.0 pts
81▼1Montgomery County, TNTN249,93511.3%+1.3 pts
82▼19Houston County, TNTN8,47911.1%−7.1 pts
83Dickson County, TNTN58,66210.9%+0.7 pts
84▼18Hickman County, TNTN26,21910.6%−3.7 pts
85▲1Robertson County, TNTN80,17510.4%+1.4 pts
86▼4Fayette County, TNTN45,07110.3%−4.0 pts
87▼22Smith County, TNTN20,98110.0%−2.2 pts
88▲4Maury County, TNTN118,1319.8%−1.0 pts
89▼1Rutherford County, TNTN386,3529.3%+0.3 pts
90▼1Sumner County, TNTN215,5388.8%+0.7 pts
91Blount County, TNTN143,8208.4%−1.4 pts
92▲2Moore County, TNTN6,9208.0%−1.6 pts
93Wilson County, TNTN175,0338.0%+1.3 pts
94▼7Cheatham County, TNTN42,7787.7%+0.2 pts
95Williamson County, TNTN272,0614.6%−0.1 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES