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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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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990

01Hancock County, TNTN7,07529.4%−27%

02Grundy County, TNTN14,11625.8%+8%

03Lake County, TNTN6,24923.6%−14%

04Fentress County, TNTN20,32223.1%−29%

05Campbell County, TNTN40,29022.8%−15%

06Claiborne County, TNTN33,22922.6%−12%

07Johnson County, TNTN18,71822.6%−21%

08Cocke County, TNTN37,88922.5%−11%

09Scott County, TNTN22,67120.2%−27%

10Hardeman County, TNTN25,27419.7%−16%

11Union County, TNTN21,45019.6%−8%

12Haywood County, TNTN17,04219.5%−29%

13Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61719.2%−15%

14Clay County, TNTN7,82119.1%−17%

15Hardin County, TNTN27,98318.8%−7%

16Grainger County, TNTN25,73918.7%−9%

17Meigs County, TNTN14,18618.3%−18%

18Houston County, TNTN8,47918.1%−3%

19Jackson County, TNTN12,46618.1%−10%

20Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92018.1%−6%

21DeKalb County, TNTN21,87317.0%−16%

22Crockett County, TNTN14,00616.9%−4%

23Carter County, TNTN57,36116.9%−6%

24Warren County, TNTN43,71716.6%−1%

25Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86116.5%−28%

26Putnam County, TNTN86,61216.4%−1%

27Wayne County, TNTN16,41616.3%−13%

28Weakley County, TNTN33,26116.0%+4%

29Overton County, TNTN23,78716.0%−11%

30Morgan County, TNTN22,16016.0%−21%

31Shelby County, TNTN910,22616.0%−13%

32Decatur County, TNTN11,82016.0%−20%

33McNairy County, TNTN26,23615.9%−21%

34Dyer County, TNTN36,32015.9%−10%

35Hawkins County, TNTN59,55915.8%−12%

36Benton County, TNTN16,18315.6%−9%

37Pickett County, TNTN5,21915.6%−37%

38Monroe County, TNTN49,73015.5%−13%

39Perry County, TNTN9,12615.4%−17%

40Van Buren County, TNTN6,87415.2%−21%

41Macon County, TNTN27,66315.1%−22%

42Rhea County, TNTN34,84414.7%−22%

43Cumberland County, TNTN66,30014.7%−19%

44Lawrence County, TNTN46,91414.6%−5%

45Greene County, TNTN73,83114.5%−14%

46McMinn County, TNTN57,40414.5%−16%

47Hamblen County, TNTN68,84314.4%+3%

48Chester County, TNTN17,99414.4%−24%

49Coffee County, TNTN62,41914.3%−6%

50Fayette County, TNTN45,07114.3%−41%

51Hickman County, TNTN26,21914.3%−21%

52Henry County, TNTN32,89614.3%−25%

53White County, TNTN29,61214.3%−16%

54Marion County, TNTN29,80414.1%−27%

55Madison County, TNTN100,79014.0%−18%

56Washington County, TNTN141,19913.9%−10%

57Carroll County, TNTN29,20013.9%−13%

58Roane County, TNTN57,39513.9%−13%

59Lincoln County, TNTN36,85313.6%−4%

60Trousdale County, TNTN12,62313.4%−24%

61Lewis County, TNTN13,48713.4%−36%

62Jefferson County, TNTN60,02413.4%−11%

63Obion County, TNTN30,06713.3%−12%

64Franklin County, TNTN45,57913.2%−8%

65Anderson County, TNTN82,06613.1%−8%

66Bedford County, TNTN55,27313.1%−18%

67Unicoi County, TNTN17,85613.1%−24%

68Polk County, TNTN18,59213.0%−29%

69Davidson County, TNTN745,90413.0%+0%

70Sullivan County, TNTN163,75912.9%−5%

71Gibson County, TNTN51,77912.8%−21%

72Cannon County, TNTN15,29612.8%−12%

73Knox County, TNTN511,45312.6%−11%

74Stewart County, TNTN14,43912.4%−25%

75Henderson County, TNTN28,51812.4%−21%

76Bradley County, TNTN115,46512.2%−11%

77Smith County, TNTN20,98112.2%−16%

78Tipton County, TNTN62,28712.1%−39%

79Hamilton County, TNTN390,83312.1%−8%

80Giles County, TNTN31,43311.7%−28%

81Maury County, TNTN118,13110.9%−18%

82Humphreys County, TNTN19,64610.8%−25%

83Sevier County, TNTN101,34210.7%−19%

84Dickson County, TNTN58,66210.2%−34%

85Marshall County, TNTN38,07110.0%−23%

86Loudon County, TNTN63,76410.0%−26%

87Montgomery County, TNTN249,93510.0%−22%

88Blount County, TNTN143,8209.7%−21%

89Moore County, TNTN6,9209.6%+48%

90Robertson County, TNTN80,1759.0%−15%

91Rutherford County, TNTN386,3529.0%−17%

92Sumner County, TNTN215,5388.1%−11%

93Cheatham County, TNTN42,7787.4%−31%

94Wilson County, TNTN175,0336.7%−24%

95Williamson County, TNTN272,0614.7%−18%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS