Census tract rankings · Tennessee

Highest-poverty census tracts in Tennessee

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list. Filtered to Tennessee, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 148	Davidson, TN	91.3%
#2	Tract 9.02	Knox, TN	85.4%
#3	Tract 59	Shelby, TN	83.6%
#4	Tract 69.03	Knox, TN	82.6%
#5	Tract 69.01	Knox, TN	76.0%
#6	Tract 9682.02	Weakley, TN	70.2%
#7	Tract 58	Shelby, TN	66.4%
#8	Tract 101.20	Shelby, TN	64.5%
#9	Tract 69.02	Knox, TN	63.1%
#10	Tract 116	Shelby, TN	61.8%
#11	Tract 19	Shelby, TN	60.9%
#12	Tract 9	Madison, TN	59.3%
#13	Tract 101.22	Shelby, TN	57.8%
#14	Tract 220.25	Shelby, TN	57.4%
#15	Tract 8	Madison, TN	54.0%
#16	Tract 221.31	Shelby, TN	53.7%
#17	Tract 142	Davidson, TN	53.6%
#18	Tract 104	Bradley, TN	52.0%
#19	Tract 70	Shelby, TN	51.0%
#20	Tract 11	Madison, TN	50.0%
#21	Tract 99.02	Shelby, TN	49.7%
#22	Tract 2	Shelby, TN	48.6%
#23	Tract 5	Madison, TN	47.2%
#24	Tract 25	Hamilton, TN	46.9%
#25	Tract 82	Shelby, TN	46.8%
#26	Tract 35.02	Knox, TN	46.4%
#27	Tract 4	Shelby, TN	46.1%
#28	Tract 223.30	Shelby, TN	45.7%
#29	Tract 37	Shelby, TN	45.7%
#30	Tract 220.23	Shelby, TN	45.6%
#31	Tract 39	Shelby, TN	45.3%
#32	Tract 115	Shelby, TN	45.2%
#33	Tract 99.01	Shelby, TN	45.1%
#34	Tract 29	Knox, TN	45.0%
#35	Tract 81.10	Shelby, TN	44.4%
#36	Tract 28	Shelby, TN	44.3%
#37	Tract 4	Madison, TN	43.9%
#38	Tract 101.21	Shelby, TN	43.5%
#39	Tract 223.10	Shelby, TN	43.5%
#40	Tract 1001	Montgomery, TN	43.2%
#41	Tract 609.01	Washington, TN	42.8%
#42	Tract 53	Shelby, TN	42.7%
#43	Tract 105	Shelby, TN	42.6%
#44	Tract 56	Shelby, TN	42.3%
#45	Tract 138	Davidson, TN	42.3%
#46	Tract 193	Davidson, TN	42.2%
#47	Tract 16	Hamilton, TN	42.2%
#48	Tract 6	Shelby, TN	42.0%
#49	Tract 74	Shelby, TN	42.0%
#50	Tract 34	Hamilton, TN	42.0%
#51	Tract 3.04	Putnam, TN	41.3%
#52	Tract 1009	Montgomery, TN	41.2%
#53	Tract 19	Hamilton, TN	40.9%
#54	Tract 70	Knox, TN	40.7%
#55	Tract 9202	Cocke, TN	40.3%
#56	Tract 220.26	Shelby, TN	40.2%
#57	Tract 60	Shelby, TN	40.0%
#58	Tract 13	Shelby, TN	39.9%
#59	Tract 9309	Warren, TN	39.8%
#60	Tract 222.20	Shelby, TN	39.7%
#61	Tract 106.10	Shelby, TN	39.6%
#62	Tract 68	Knox, TN	39.6%
#63	Tract 127.01	Davidson, TN	39.6%
#64	Tract 208	Sumner, TN	39.5%
#65	Tract 110.20	Shelby, TN	39.4%
#66	Tract 205.23	Shelby, TN	39.2%
#67	Tract 10	Madison, TN	39.0%
#68	Tract 78.21	Shelby, TN	38.9%
#69	Tract 9606	Hancock, TN	38.8%
#70	Tract 24	Hamilton, TN	38.6%
#71	Tract 9710.01	Coffee, TN	38.6%
#72	Tract 810.02	Sevier, TN	38.6%
#73	Tract 203.02	Shelby, TN	38.6%
#74	Tract 160	Davidson, TN	38.6%
#75	Tract 1002	Hamblen, TN	38.4%
#76	Tract 12	Hamilton, TN	38.3%
#77	Tract 106.30	Shelby, TN	37.9%
#78	Tract 111	Shelby, TN	37.6%
#79	Tract 26	Hamilton, TN	37.6%
#80	Tract 9751.01	Scott, TN	37.4%
#81	Tract 13	Hamilton, TN	37.4%
#82	Tract 122	Hamilton, TN	37.2%
#83	Tract 69	Shelby, TN	36.8%
#84	Tract 162	Davidson, TN	36.7%
#85	Tract 8	Putnam, TN	36.7%
#86	Tract 403.05	Rutherford, TN	36.5%
#87	Tract 11	Shelby, TN	36.4%
#88	Tract 57	Shelby, TN	36.2%
#89	Tract 20	Knox, TN	36.1%
#90	Tract 55	Shelby, TN	36.1%
#91	Tract 26	Knox, TN	36.1%
#92	Tract 402	Sullivan, TN	36.0%
#93	Tract 8	Knox, TN	36.0%
#94	Tract 9682.03	Weakley, TN	36.0%
#95	Tract 1008	Montgomery, TN	35.9%
#96	Tract 9	Shelby, TN	35.9%
#97	Tract 105	Maury, TN	35.8%
#98	Tract 7	Madison, TN	35.5%
#99	Tract 217.10	Shelby, TN	35.2%
#100	Tract 9651	Fentress, TN	35.2%