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Highest poverty rate, Tennessee counties · 2020

Tennessee counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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

01Hancock County, TNTN7,07531.1%+1.7 pts

02Lake County, TNTN6,24931.0%+7.4 pts

03Clay County, TNTN7,82125.9%+6.8 pts

04Johnson County, TNTN18,71823.7%+1.2 pts

05Perry County, TNTN9,12623.6%+8.2 pts

06Claiborne County, TNTN33,22923.1%+0.6 pts

07Morgan County, TNTN22,16022.6%+6.6 pts

08Scott County, TNTN22,67122.0%+1.8 pts

09Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86121.6%+5.1 pts

10Henry County, TNTN32,89620.7%+6.4 pts

11Cocke County, TNTN37,88920.7%−1.8 pts

12Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92020.5%+2.4 pts

13Lewis County, TNTN13,48720.3%+6.9 pts

14Warren County, TNTN43,71720.2%+3.6 pts

15Weakley County, TNTN33,26119.9%+3.8 pts

16Campbell County, TNTN40,29019.8%−3.0 pts

17DeKalb County, TNTN21,87319.8%+2.7 pts

18Madison County, TNTN100,79019.7%+5.7 pts

19Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61719.5%+0.4 pts

20Pickett County, TNTN5,21919.3%+3.8 pts

21Overton County, TNTN23,78719.2%+3.2 pts

22Grundy County, TNTN14,11619.1%−6.7 pts

23Obion County, TNTN30,06719.1%+5.8 pts

24Carter County, TNTN57,36119.1%+2.2 pts

25Shelby County, TNTN910,22619.0%+3.0 pts

26Henderson County, TNTN28,51819.0%+6.6 pts

27Union County, TNTN21,45018.8%−0.8 pts

28Fentress County, TNTN20,32218.7%−4.4 pts

29Decatur County, TNTN11,82018.7%+2.7 pts

30McNairy County, TNTN26,23618.5%+2.5 pts

31Dyer County, TNTN36,32018.3%+2.3 pts

32Hardeman County, TNTN25,27418.2%−1.5 pts

33Haywood County, TNTN17,04218.0%−1.5 pts

34Putnam County, TNTN86,61217.8%+1.3 pts

35Hawkins County, TNTN59,55917.7%+1.9 pts

36Unicoi County, TNTN17,85617.5%+4.4 pts

37Hardin County, TNTN27,98317.4%−1.4 pts

38Rhea County, TNTN34,84417.1%+2.4 pts

39Benton County, TNTN16,18317.0%+1.4 pts

40Hamblen County, TNTN68,84317.0%+2.6 pts

41Greene County, TNTN73,83116.9%+2.4 pts

42Monroe County, TNTN49,73016.9%+1.4 pts

43Carroll County, TNTN29,20016.8%+2.9 pts

44Grainger County, TNTN25,73916.8%−1.9 pts

45Macon County, TNTN27,66316.8%+1.7 pts

46Lawrence County, TNTN46,91416.7%+2.1 pts

47Marion County, TNTN29,80416.6%+2.5 pts

48Cannon County, TNTN15,29616.5%+3.7 pts

49McMinn County, TNTN57,40416.3%+1.9 pts

50Marshall County, TNTN38,07116.2%+6.2 pts

51Wayne County, TNTN16,41616.1%−0.2 pts

52Jackson County, TNTN12,46616.0%−2.1 pts

53Crockett County, TNTN14,00616.0%−0.9 pts

54Bradley County, TNTN115,46515.6%+3.4 pts

55Sullivan County, TNTN163,75915.5%+2.6 pts

56Humphreys County, TNTN19,64615.5%+4.7 pts

57Meigs County, TNTN14,18615.4%−2.9 pts

58Franklin County, TNTN45,57915.4%+2.3 pts

59Gibson County, TNTN51,77915.4%+2.6 pts

60Anderson County, TNTN82,06615.2%+2.0 pts

61Washington County, TNTN141,19915.2%+1.2 pts

62Van Buren County, TNTN6,87415.1%−0.2 pts

63Houston County, TNTN8,47914.8%−3.3 pts

64White County, TNTN29,61214.8%+0.5 pts

65Smith County, TNTN20,98114.7%+2.5 pts

66Hickman County, TNTN26,21914.7%+0.4 pts

67Coffee County, TNTN62,41914.4%+0.1 pts

68Davidson County, TNTN745,90414.2%+1.2 pts

69Sevier County, TNTN101,34214.2%+3.5 pts

70Bedford County, TNTN55,27313.8%+0.7 pts

71Roane County, TNTN57,39513.5%−0.3 pts

72Chester County, TNTN17,99413.3%−1.0 pts

73Stewart County, TNTN14,43913.3%+0.8 pts

74Knox County, TNTN511,45313.2%+0.6 pts

75Giles County, TNTN31,43313.2%+1.4 pts

76Jefferson County, TNTN60,02413.1%−0.3 pts

77Hamilton County, TNTN390,83312.6%+0.5 pts

78Cumberland County, TNTN66,30012.5%−2.2 pts

79Polk County, TNTN18,59212.4%−0.6 pts

80Montgomery County, TNTN249,93512.3%+2.3 pts

81Loudon County, TNTN63,76412.2%+2.2 pts

82Fayette County, TNTN45,07112.0%−2.3 pts

83Dickson County, TNTN58,66211.9%+1.7 pts

84Lincoln County, TNTN36,85311.7%−1.9 pts

85Tipton County, TNTN62,28711.6%−0.5 pts

86Robertson County, TNTN80,17511.2%+2.2 pts

87Cheatham County, TNTN42,77810.7%+3.3 pts

88Rutherford County, TNTN386,35210.3%+1.4 pts

89Sumner County, TNTN215,5389.9%+1.8 pts

90Trousdale County, TNTN12,6239.8%−3.7 pts

91Blount County, TNTN143,8209.7%+0.0 pts

92Maury County, TNTN118,1319.0%−1.8 pts

93Wilson County, TNTN175,0338.3%+1.6 pts

94Moore County, TNTN6,9208.0%−1.6 pts

95Williamson County, TNTN272,0614.7%−0.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS