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Demographic Data Report for Tennessee by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Tennessee N/A 9.9 176,288 39 of 52
United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
Houston County Rural 6.3 129 721
Moore County Rural 6.9 129 890
Pickett County Rural 14.7 187 2,607
Van Buren County Rural 12.0 205 2,237
Perry County Rural 10.9 237 2,012
Stewart County Urban 7.8 245 1,175
Trousdale County Urban 9.8 252 1,777
Clay County Rural 14.4 299 2,584
Meigs County Rural 10.7 369 1,959
Lake County Rural 33.4 394 3,133
Polk County Urban 8.2 401 1,292
Humphreys County Rural 8.7 419 1,453
Crockett County Urban 11.4 437 2,127
Lewis County Rural 12.9 445 2,386
Hancock County Rural 25.9 449 3,103
Wayne County Rural 12.0 451 2,237
Unicoi County Urban 9.9 476 1,792
Cannon County Urban 13.2 485 2,441
Decatur County Rural 16.7 498 2,811
Jackson County Rural 17.3 503 2,862
Grundy County Rural 14.9 508 2,637
Benton County Rural 12.9 544 2,386
Chester County Urban 12.6 559 2,341
Hickman County Urban 8.6 564 1,424
Macon County Urban 9.1 568 1,580
Smith County Urban 10.4 570 1,894
Union County Urban 11.1 663 2,047
Fentress County Rural 13.8 673 2,525
Cheatham County Urban 5.9 676 609
Johnson County Rural 14.2 679 2,563
White County Rural 9.5 695 1,694
Bledsoe County Rural 19.0 696 2,952
Hardeman County Rural 13.6 763 2,494
Grainger County Urban 12.1 772 2,262
Morgan County Urban 15.7 792 2,719
Haywood County Rural 18.4 812 2,921
Giles County Rural 10.6 823 1,933
McNairy County Rural 12.7 848 2,361
Carroll County Rural 11.6 857 2,163
DeKalb County Rural 15.6 857 2,710
Claiborne County Rural 10.3 870 1,873
Franklin County Rural 8.1 881 1,265
Overton County Rural 15.5 945 2,700
Henderson County Rural 13.5 947 2,482
Fayette County Urban 7.9 958 1,205
Lauderdale County Rural 15.9 973 2,740
Obion County Rural 12.8 978 2,374
Sequatchie County Urban 21.7 989 3,037
Dickson County Urban 7.0 1,026 929
Marshall County Rural 11.3 1,044 2,101
Lincoln County Rural 10.7 1,047 1,959
Marion County Urban 12.9 1,053 2,386
Dyer County Rural 11.5 1,072 2,148
Henry County Rural 13.5 1,085 2,482
Hardin County Rural 15.8 1,113 2,725
Warren County Rural 10.7 1,133 1,959
Weakley County Rural 13.6 1,154 2,494
Scott County Rural 20.2 1,175 2,997
Rhea County Rural 12.6 1,236 2,341
Jefferson County Urban 8.4 1,283 1,362
Roane County Urban 8.6 1,309 1,424
Gibson County Urban 10.0 1,310 1,819
McMinn County Rural 9.5 1,397 1,694
Cumberland County Rural 7.9 1,463 1,205
Loudon County Urban 9.3 1,543 1,646
Monroe County Rural 11.9 1,565 2,216
Robertson County Urban 7.7 1,581 1,144
Tipton County Urban 9.5 1,587 1,694
Cocke County Rural 16.2 1,630 2,767
Campbell County Urban 15.5 1,686 2,700
Lawrence County Rural 14.9 1,693 2,637
Bedford County Rural 12.5 1,719 2,318
Coffee County Rural 11.9 1,796 2,216
Anderson County Urban 9.2 1,858 1,613
Greene County Rural 10.1 1,861 1,830
Carter County Urban 12.7 1,896 2,361
Maury County Urban 6.7 1,898 833
Hawkins County Urban 13.2 2,112 2,441
Hamblen County Urban 12.5 2,134 2,318
Williamson County Urban 3.1 2,151 66
Blount County Urban 5.9 2,206 609
Wilson County Urban 5.4 2,257 476
Putnam County Rural 11.7 2,395 2,189
Sevier County Rural 10.2 2,700 1,851
Bradley County Urban 9.7 2,791 1,757
Washington County Urban 9.7 3,340 1,757
Sumner County Urban 6.3 3,424 721
Madison County Urban 14.8 3,709 2,624
Sullivan County Urban 11.1 4,802 2,047
Montgomery County Urban 8.7 5,100 1,453
Rutherford County Urban 5.9 5,114 609
Hamilton County Urban 8.4 7,979 1,362
Knox County Urban 7.4 8,899 1,055
Davidson County Urban 10.0 16,344 1,819
Shelby County Urban 13.4 29,148 2,470
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 10:07 am.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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