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Highest poverty rate, Tennessee counties · 2000

Tennessee counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 ACS). This list covers the 95 counties in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990
01Hancock County, TNTN7,07529.4%−10.7 pts
02Grundy County, TNTN14,11625.8%+1.8 pts
03Lake County, TNTN6,24923.6%−3.8 pts
04Fentress County, TNTN20,32223.1%−9.2 pts
05Campbell County, TNTN40,29022.8%−4.0 pts
06Claiborne County, TNTN33,22922.6%−3.1 pts
07Johnson County, TNTN18,71822.6%−6.0 pts
08Cocke County, TNTN37,88922.5%−2.7 pts
09Scott County, TNTN22,67120.2%−7.6 pts
10Hardeman County, TNTN25,27419.7%−3.6 pts
11Union County, TNTN21,45019.6%−1.7 pts
12Haywood County, TNTN17,04219.5%−8.0 pts
13Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61719.2%−3.3 pts
14Clay County, TNTN7,82119.1%−3.9 pts
15Hardin County, TNTN27,98318.8%−1.4 pts
16Grainger County, TNTN25,73918.7%−1.9 pts
17Meigs County, TNTN14,18618.3%−4.0 pts
18Houston County, TNTN8,47918.1%−0.6 pts
19Jackson County, TNTN12,46618.1%−1.9 pts
20Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92018.1%−1.1 pts
21DeKalb County, TNTN21,87317.0%−3.3 pts
22Crockett County, TNTN14,00616.9%−0.7 pts
23Carter County, TNTN57,36116.9%−1.1 pts
24Warren County, TNTN43,71716.6%−0.3 pts
25Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86116.5%−6.4 pts
26Putnam County, TNTN86,61216.4%−0.1 pts
27Wayne County, TNTN16,41616.3%−2.4 pts
28Weakley County, TNTN33,26116.0%+0.6 pts
29Overton County, TNTN23,78716.0%−1.9 pts
30Morgan County, TNTN22,16016.0%−4.1 pts
31Shelby County, TNTN910,22616.0%−2.3 pts
32Decatur County, TNTN11,82016.0%−3.9 pts
33McNairy County, TNTN26,23615.9%−4.3 pts
34Dyer County, TNTN36,32015.9%−1.7 pts
35Hawkins County, TNTN59,55915.8%−2.1 pts
36Benton County, TNTN16,18315.6%−1.6 pts
37Pickett County, TNTN5,21915.6%−9.3 pts
38Monroe County, TNTN49,73015.5%−2.3 pts
39Perry County, TNTN9,12615.4%−3.1 pts
40Van Buren County, TNTN6,87415.2%−4.0 pts
41Macon County, TNTN27,66315.1%−4.2 pts
42Rhea County, TNTN34,84414.7%−4.3 pts
43Cumberland County, TNTN66,30014.7%−3.4 pts
44Lawrence County, TNTN46,91414.6%−0.8 pts
45Greene County, TNTN73,83114.5%−2.4 pts
46McMinn County, TNTN57,40414.5%−2.7 pts
47Hamblen County, TNTN68,84314.4%+0.4 pts
48Chester County, TNTN17,99414.4%−4.5 pts
49Coffee County, TNTN62,41914.3%−0.9 pts
50Fayette County, TNTN45,07114.3%−9.8 pts
51Hickman County, TNTN26,21914.3%−3.8 pts
52Henry County, TNTN32,89614.3%−4.6 pts
53White County, TNTN29,61214.3%−2.7 pts
54Marion County, TNTN29,80414.1%−5.2 pts
55Madison County, TNTN100,79014.0%−3.1 pts
56Washington County, TNTN141,19913.9%−1.6 pts
57Carroll County, TNTN29,20013.9%−2.0 pts
58Roane County, TNTN57,39513.9%−2.2 pts
59Lincoln County, TNTN36,85313.6%−0.5 pts
60Trousdale County, TNTN12,62313.4%−4.2 pts
61Lewis County, TNTN13,48713.4%−7.6 pts
62Jefferson County, TNTN60,02413.4%−1.7 pts
63Obion County, TNTN30,06713.3%−1.9 pts
64Franklin County, TNTN45,57913.2%−1.2 pts
65Anderson County, TNTN82,06613.1%−1.2 pts
66Bedford County, TNTN55,27313.1%−2.9 pts
67Unicoi County, TNTN17,85613.1%−4.0 pts
68Polk County, TNTN18,59213.0%−5.2 pts
69Davidson County, TNTN745,90413.0%+0.0 pts
70Sullivan County, TNTN163,75912.9%−0.7 pts
71Gibson County, TNTN51,77912.8%−3.3 pts
72Cannon County, TNTN15,29612.8%−1.7 pts
73Knox County, TNTN511,45312.6%−1.5 pts
74Stewart County, TNTN14,43912.4%−4.1 pts
75Henderson County, TNTN28,51812.4%−3.4 pts
76Bradley County, TNTN115,46512.2%−1.6 pts
77Smith County, TNTN20,98112.2%−2.3 pts
78Tipton County, TNTN62,28712.1%−7.9 pts
79Hamilton County, TNTN390,83312.1%−1.0 pts
80Giles County, TNTN31,43311.7%−4.7 pts
81Maury County, TNTN118,13110.9%−2.4 pts
82Humphreys County, TNTN19,64610.8%−3.6 pts
83Sevier County, TNTN101,34210.7%−2.5 pts
84Dickson County, TNTN58,66210.2%−5.2 pts
85Marshall County, TNTN38,07110.0%−3.1 pts
86Loudon County, TNTN63,76410.0%−3.6 pts
87Montgomery County, TNTN249,93510.0%−2.9 pts
88Blount County, TNTN143,8209.7%−2.6 pts
89Moore County, TNTN6,9209.6%+3.1 pts
90Robertson County, TNTN80,1759.0%−1.6 pts
91Rutherford County, TNTN386,3529.0%−1.9 pts
92Sumner County, TNTN215,5388.1%−1.0 pts
93Cheatham County, TNTN42,7787.4%−3.4 pts
94Wilson County, TNTN175,0336.7%−2.1 pts
95Williamson County, TNTN272,0614.7%−1.0 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS