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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%+6%

02Lake County, TNTN6,24931.0%+31%

03Clay County, TNTN7,82125.9%+36%

04Johnson County, TNTN18,71823.7%+5%

05Perry County, TNTN9,12623.6%+53%

06Claiborne County, TNTN33,22923.1%+3%

07Morgan County, TNTN22,16022.6%+41%

08Scott County, TNTN22,67122.0%+9%

09Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86121.6%+31%

10Henry County, TNTN32,89620.7%+45%

11Cocke County, TNTN37,88920.7%−8%

12Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92020.5%+13%

13Lewis County, TNTN13,48720.3%+51%

14Warren County, TNTN43,71720.2%+22%

15Weakley County, TNTN33,26119.9%+24%

16Campbell County, TNTN40,29019.8%−13%

17DeKalb County, TNTN21,87319.8%+16%

18Madison County, TNTN100,79019.7%+41%

19Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61719.5%+2%

20Pickett County, TNTN5,21919.3%+24%

21Overton County, TNTN23,78719.2%+20%

22Grundy County, TNTN14,11619.1%−26%

23Obion County, TNTN30,06719.1%+43%

24Carter County, TNTN57,36119.1%+13%

25Shelby County, TNTN910,22619.0%+19%

26Henderson County, TNTN28,51819.0%+53%

27Union County, TNTN21,45018.8%−4%

28Fentress County, TNTN20,32218.7%−19%

29Decatur County, TNTN11,82018.7%+17%

30McNairy County, TNTN26,23618.5%+16%

31Dyer County, TNTN36,32018.3%+15%

32Hardeman County, TNTN25,27418.2%−8%

33Haywood County, TNTN17,04218.0%−8%

34Putnam County, TNTN86,61217.8%+8%

35Hawkins County, TNTN59,55917.7%+12%

36Unicoi County, TNTN17,85617.5%+34%

37Hardin County, TNTN27,98317.4%−7%

38Rhea County, TNTN34,84417.1%+16%

39Benton County, TNTN16,18317.0%+9%

40Hamblen County, TNTN68,84317.0%+18%

41Greene County, TNTN73,83116.9%+17%

42Monroe County, TNTN49,73016.9%+9%

43Carroll County, TNTN29,20016.8%+21%

44Grainger County, TNTN25,73916.8%−10%

45Macon County, TNTN27,66316.8%+11%

46Lawrence County, TNTN46,91416.7%+15%

47Marion County, TNTN29,80416.6%+18%

48Cannon County, TNTN15,29616.5%+29%

49McMinn County, TNTN57,40416.3%+13%

50Marshall County, TNTN38,07116.2%+62%

51Wayne County, TNTN16,41616.1%−1%

52Jackson County, TNTN12,46616.0%−11%

53Crockett County, TNTN14,00616.0%−5%

54Bradley County, TNTN115,46515.6%+27%

55Sullivan County, TNTN163,75915.5%+20%

56Humphreys County, TNTN19,64615.5%+44%

57Meigs County, TNTN14,18615.4%−16%

58Franklin County, TNTN45,57915.4%+17%

59Gibson County, TNTN51,77915.4%+20%

60Anderson County, TNTN82,06615.2%+15%

61Washington County, TNTN141,19915.2%+9%

62Van Buren County, TNTN6,87415.1%−1%

63Houston County, TNTN8,47914.8%−18%

64White County, TNTN29,61214.8%+4%

65Smith County, TNTN20,98114.7%+21%

66Hickman County, TNTN26,21914.7%+3%

67Coffee County, TNTN62,41914.4%+1%

68Davidson County, TNTN745,90414.2%+10%

69Sevier County, TNTN101,34214.2%+33%

70Bedford County, TNTN55,27313.8%+5%

71Roane County, TNTN57,39513.5%−2%

72Chester County, TNTN17,99413.3%−7%

73Stewart County, TNTN14,43913.3%+7%

74Knox County, TNTN511,45313.2%+5%

75Giles County, TNTN31,43313.2%+12%

76Jefferson County, TNTN60,02413.1%−2%

77Hamilton County, TNTN390,83312.6%+4%

78Cumberland County, TNTN66,30012.5%−15%

79Polk County, TNTN18,59212.4%−5%

80Montgomery County, TNTN249,93512.3%+23%

81Loudon County, TNTN63,76412.2%+22%

82Fayette County, TNTN45,07112.0%−16%

83Dickson County, TNTN58,66211.9%+17%

84Lincoln County, TNTN36,85311.7%−14%

85Tipton County, TNTN62,28711.6%−4%

86Robertson County, TNTN80,17511.2%+25%

87Cheatham County, TNTN42,77810.7%+44%

88Rutherford County, TNTN386,35210.3%+15%

89Sumner County, TNTN215,5389.9%+22%

90Trousdale County, TNTN12,6239.8%−27%

91Blount County, TNTN143,8209.7%+0%

92Maury County, TNTN118,1319.0%−17%

93Wilson County, TNTN175,0338.3%+24%

94Moore County, TNTN6,9208.0%−17%

95Williamson County, TNTN272,0614.7%−1%

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