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Highest poverty rate, Tennessee counties · 2010

Tennessee counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2010 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 2000

01Grundy County, TNTN14,11631.5%+22%

02Hancock County, TNTN7,07530.3%+3%

03Lake County, TNTN6,24928.7%+22%

04Haywood County, TNTN17,04226.6%+37%

05Cocke County, TNTN37,88926.3%+17%

06Meigs County, TNTN14,18625.2%+38%

07Fentress County, TNTN20,32225.0%+8%

08Van Buren County, TNTN6,87424.6%+61%

09Scott County, TNTN22,67124.5%+21%

10Perry County, TNTN9,12624.2%+57%

11Macon County, TNTN27,66324.1%+60%

12Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61724.1%+26%

13Johnson County, TNTN18,71823.8%+5%

14Carter County, TNTN57,36123.5%+39%

15Campbell County, TNTN40,29023.2%+1%

16Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92023.1%+28%

17Putnam County, TNTN86,61222.5%+37%

18Union County, TNTN21,45021.9%+11%

19Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86121.8%+32%

20Bedford County, TNTN55,27321.7%+65%

21Jackson County, TNTN12,46621.7%+20%

22Weakley County, TNTN33,26121.7%+35%

23McNairy County, TNTN26,23621.1%+33%

24Warren County, TNTN43,71721.1%+27%

25Hardin County, TNTN27,98320.7%+11%

26Decatur County, TNTN11,82020.3%+27%

27Dyer County, TNTN36,32020.2%+27%

28Hardeman County, TNTN25,27420.0%+1%

29Shelby County, TNTN910,22619.7%+23%

30Greene County, TNTN73,83119.7%+36%

31Carroll County, TNTN29,20019.6%+41%

32Houston County, TNTN8,47919.4%+7%

33Claiborne County, TNTN33,22919.3%−14%

34Morgan County, TNTN22,16019.2%+20%

35Overton County, TNTN23,78719.2%+20%

36DeKalb County, TNTN21,87319.2%+13%

37Rhea County, TNTN34,84419.1%+30%

38White County, TNTN29,61219.1%+34%

39Gibson County, TNTN51,77919.1%+49%

40Unicoi County, TNTN17,85618.8%+44%

41Monroe County, TNTN49,73018.8%+22%

42Marion County, TNTN29,80418.7%+33%

43Crockett County, TNTN14,00618.7%+11%

44Grainger County, TNTN25,73918.7%+0%

45Clay County, TNTN7,82118.7%−2%

46Madison County, TNTN100,79018.6%+33%

47Polk County, TNTN18,59218.4%+41%

48Lewis County, TNTN13,48718.3%+37%

49Hawkins County, TNTN59,55918.3%+16%

50Jefferson County, TNTN60,02418.2%+36%

51Smith County, TNTN20,98117.7%+45%

52Hamblen County, TNTN68,84317.7%+23%

53Benton County, TNTN16,18317.6%+13%

54Coffee County, TNTN62,41917.5%+22%

55Lawrence County, TNTN46,91417.4%+20%

56Davidson County, TNTN745,90417.3%+34%

57McMinn County, TNTN57,40417.3%+20%

58Henry County, TNTN32,89617.2%+20%

59Giles County, TNTN31,43317.1%+46%

60Stewart County, TNTN14,43917.1%+37%

61Pickett County, TNTN5,21917.1%+10%

62Washington County, TNTN141,19916.9%+21%

63Tipton County, TNTN62,28716.7%+38%

64Anderson County, TNTN82,06616.5%+25%

65Marshall County, TNTN38,07116.4%+64%

66Henderson County, TNTN28,51816.4%+32%

67Bradley County, TNTN115,46516.0%+31%

68Hickman County, TNTN26,21916.0%+12%

69Sullivan County, TNTN163,75915.9%+23%

70Lincoln County, TNTN36,85315.9%+16%

71Cumberland County, TNTN66,30015.8%+8%

72Wayne County, TNTN16,41615.5%−5%

73Chester County, TNTN17,99415.1%+5%

74Obion County, TNTN30,06714.9%+12%

75Hamilton County, TNTN390,83314.7%+22%

76Montgomery County, TNTN249,93514.6%+46%

77Moore County, TNTN6,92014.5%+51%

78Dickson County, TNTN58,66214.0%+37%

79Loudon County, TNTN63,76413.8%+38%

80Cannon County, TNTN15,29613.7%+8%

81Knox County, TNTN511,45313.7%+9%

82Sevier County, TNTN101,34213.5%+26%

83Roane County, TNTN57,39513.4%−3%

84Maury County, TNTN118,13113.3%+22%

85Franklin County, TNTN45,57913.2%+0%

86Fayette County, TNTN45,07113.0%−9%

87Humphreys County, TNTN19,64612.9%+19%

88Rutherford County, TNTN386,35212.7%+41%

89Robertson County, TNTN80,17512.0%+33%

90Blount County, TNTN143,82011.7%+21%

91Sumner County, TNTN215,53810.1%+24%

92Trousdale County, TNTN12,6239.7%−28%

93Cheatham County, TNTN42,7789.3%+25%

94Wilson County, TNTN175,0337.6%+14%

95Williamson County, TNTN272,0615.2%+10%

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