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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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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Grundy County, TNTN14,11631.5%+5.7 pts
02Hancock County, TNTN7,07530.3%+1.0 pts
03Lake County, TNTN6,24928.7%+5.1 pts
04Haywood County, TNTN17,04226.6%+7.1 pts
05Cocke County, TNTN37,88926.3%+3.7 pts
06Meigs County, TNTN14,18625.2%+6.9 pts
07Fentress County, TNTN20,32225.0%+1.9 pts
08Van Buren County, TNTN6,87424.6%+9.4 pts
09Scott County, TNTN22,67124.5%+4.3 pts
10Perry County, TNTN9,12624.2%+8.8 pts
11Macon County, TNTN27,66324.1%+9.0 pts
12Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61724.1%+4.9 pts
13Johnson County, TNTN18,71823.8%+1.2 pts
14Carter County, TNTN57,36123.5%+6.6 pts
15Campbell County, TNTN40,29023.2%+0.3 pts
16Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92023.1%+5.0 pts
17Putnam County, TNTN86,61222.5%+6.1 pts
18Union County, TNTN21,45021.9%+2.3 pts
19Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86121.8%+5.3 pts
20Bedford County, TNTN55,27321.7%+8.6 pts
21Jackson County, TNTN12,46621.7%+3.6 pts
22Weakley County, TNTN33,26121.7%+5.6 pts
23McNairy County, TNTN26,23621.1%+5.2 pts
24Warren County, TNTN43,71721.1%+4.5 pts
25Hardin County, TNTN27,98320.7%+2.0 pts
26Decatur County, TNTN11,82020.3%+4.4 pts
27Dyer County, TNTN36,32020.2%+4.3 pts
28Hardeman County, TNTN25,27420.0%+0.3 pts
29Shelby County, TNTN910,22619.7%+3.7 pts
30Greene County, TNTN73,83119.7%+5.2 pts
31Carroll County, TNTN29,20019.6%+5.7 pts
32Houston County, TNTN8,47919.4%+1.3 pts
33Claiborne County, TNTN33,22919.3%−3.2 pts
34Morgan County, TNTN22,16019.2%+3.2 pts
35Overton County, TNTN23,78719.2%+3.2 pts
36DeKalb County, TNTN21,87319.2%+2.2 pts
37Rhea County, TNTN34,84419.1%+4.5 pts
38White County, TNTN29,61219.1%+4.9 pts
39Gibson County, TNTN51,77919.1%+6.2 pts
40Unicoi County, TNTN17,85618.8%+5.7 pts
41Monroe County, TNTN49,73018.8%+3.3 pts
42Marion County, TNTN29,80418.7%+4.6 pts
43Crockett County, TNTN14,00618.7%+1.9 pts
44Grainger County, TNTN25,73918.7%+0.0 pts
45Clay County, TNTN7,82118.7%−0.4 pts
46Madison County, TNTN100,79018.6%+4.6 pts
47Polk County, TNTN18,59218.4%+5.4 pts
48Lewis County, TNTN13,48718.3%+4.9 pts
49Hawkins County, TNTN59,55918.3%+2.5 pts
50Jefferson County, TNTN60,02418.2%+4.8 pts
51Smith County, TNTN20,98117.7%+5.5 pts
52Hamblen County, TNTN68,84317.7%+3.3 pts
53Benton County, TNTN16,18317.6%+2.0 pts
54Coffee County, TNTN62,41917.5%+3.2 pts
55Lawrence County, TNTN46,91417.4%+2.9 pts
56Davidson County, TNTN745,90417.3%+4.4 pts
57McMinn County, TNTN57,40417.3%+2.8 pts
58Henry County, TNTN32,89617.2%+2.9 pts
59Giles County, TNTN31,43317.1%+5.4 pts
60Stewart County, TNTN14,43917.1%+4.6 pts
61Pickett County, TNTN5,21917.1%+1.5 pts
62Washington County, TNTN141,19916.9%+3.0 pts
63Tipton County, TNTN62,28716.7%+4.6 pts
64Anderson County, TNTN82,06616.5%+3.3 pts
65Marshall County, TNTN38,07116.4%+6.4 pts
66Henderson County, TNTN28,51816.4%+4.0 pts
67Bradley County, TNTN115,46516.0%+3.7 pts
68Hickman County, TNTN26,21916.0%+1.6 pts
69Sullivan County, TNTN163,75915.9%+2.9 pts
70Lincoln County, TNTN36,85315.9%+2.2 pts
71Cumberland County, TNTN66,30015.8%+1.1 pts
72Wayne County, TNTN16,41615.5%−0.8 pts
73Chester County, TNTN17,99415.1%+0.8 pts
74Obion County, TNTN30,06714.9%+1.6 pts
75Hamilton County, TNTN390,83314.7%+2.6 pts
76Montgomery County, TNTN249,93514.6%+4.6 pts
77Moore County, TNTN6,92014.5%+4.9 pts
78Dickson County, TNTN58,66214.0%+3.8 pts
79Loudon County, TNTN63,76413.8%+3.8 pts
80Cannon County, TNTN15,29613.7%+1.0 pts
81Knox County, TNTN511,45313.7%+1.1 pts
82Sevier County, TNTN101,34213.5%+2.8 pts
83Roane County, TNTN57,39513.4%−0.5 pts
84Maury County, TNTN118,13113.3%+2.4 pts
85Franklin County, TNTN45,57913.2%+0.0 pts
86Fayette County, TNTN45,07113.0%−1.4 pts
87Humphreys County, TNTN19,64612.9%+2.1 pts
88Rutherford County, TNTN386,35212.7%+3.7 pts
89Robertson County, TNTN80,17512.0%+3.0 pts
90Blount County, TNTN143,82011.7%+2.0 pts
91Sumner County, TNTN215,53810.1%+1.9 pts
92Trousdale County, TNTN12,6239.7%−3.8 pts
93Cheatham County, TNTN42,7789.3%+1.9 pts
94Wilson County, TNTN175,0337.6%+0.9 pts
95Williamson County, TNTN272,0615.2%+0.5 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS