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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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United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
Tennessee N/A 9.9 176,288 39 of 52
Shelby County Urban 13.4 29,148 2,470
Davidson County Urban 10.0 16,344 1,819
Knox County Urban 7.4 8,899 1,055
Hamilton County Urban 8.4 7,979 1,362
Rutherford County Urban 5.9 5,114 609
Montgomery County Urban 8.7 5,100 1,453
Sullivan County Urban 11.1 4,802 2,047
Madison County Urban 14.8 3,709 2,624
Sumner County Urban 6.3 3,424 721
Washington County Urban 9.7 3,340 1,757
Bradley County Urban 9.7 2,791 1,757
Sevier County Rural 10.2 2,700 1,851
Putnam County Rural 11.7 2,395 2,189
Wilson County Urban 5.4 2,257 476
Blount County Urban 5.9 2,206 609
Williamson County Urban 3.1 2,151 66
Hamblen County Urban 12.5 2,134 2,318
Hawkins County Urban 13.2 2,112 2,441
Maury County Urban 6.7 1,898 833
Carter County Urban 12.7 1,896 2,361
Greene County Rural 10.1 1,861 1,830
Anderson County Urban 9.2 1,858 1,613
Coffee County Rural 11.9 1,796 2,216
Bedford County Rural 12.5 1,719 2,318
Lawrence County Rural 14.9 1,693 2,637
Campbell County Urban 15.5 1,686 2,700
Cocke County Rural 16.2 1,630 2,767
Tipton County Urban 9.5 1,587 1,694
Robertson County Urban 7.7 1,581 1,144
Monroe County Rural 11.9 1,565 2,216
Loudon County Urban 9.3 1,543 1,646
Cumberland County Rural 7.9 1,463 1,205
McMinn County Rural 9.5 1,397 1,694
Gibson County Urban 10.0 1,310 1,819
Roane County Urban 8.6 1,309 1,424
Jefferson County Urban 8.4 1,283 1,362
Rhea County Rural 12.6 1,236 2,341
Scott County Rural 20.2 1,175 2,997
Weakley County Rural 13.6 1,154 2,494
Warren County Rural 10.7 1,133 1,959
Hardin County Rural 15.8 1,113 2,725
Henry County Rural 13.5 1,085 2,482
Dyer County Rural 11.5 1,072 2,148
Marion County Urban 12.9 1,053 2,386
Lincoln County Rural 10.7 1,047 1,959
Marshall County Rural 11.3 1,044 2,101
Dickson County Urban 7.0 1,026 929
Sequatchie County Urban 21.7 989 3,037
Obion County Rural 12.8 978 2,374
Lauderdale County Rural 15.9 973 2,740
Fayette County Urban 7.9 958 1,205
Henderson County Rural 13.5 947 2,482
Overton County Rural 15.5 945 2,700
Franklin County Rural 8.1 881 1,265
Claiborne County Rural 10.3 870 1,873
Carroll County Rural 11.6 857 2,163
DeKalb County Rural 15.6 857 2,710
McNairy County Rural 12.7 848 2,361
Giles County Rural 10.6 823 1,933
Haywood County Rural 18.4 812 2,921
Morgan County Urban 15.7 792 2,719
Grainger County Urban 12.1 772 2,262
Hardeman County Rural 13.6 763 2,494
Bledsoe County Rural 19.0 696 2,952
White County Rural 9.5 695 1,694
Johnson County Rural 14.2 679 2,563
Cheatham County Urban 5.9 676 609
Fentress County Rural 13.8 673 2,525
Union County Urban 11.1 663 2,047
Smith County Urban 10.4 570 1,894
Macon County Urban 9.1 568 1,580
Hickman County Urban 8.6 564 1,424
Chester County Urban 12.6 559 2,341
Benton County Rural 12.9 544 2,386
Grundy County Rural 14.9 508 2,637
Jackson County Rural 17.3 503 2,862
Decatur County Rural 16.7 498 2,811
Cannon County Urban 13.2 485 2,441
Unicoi County Urban 9.9 476 1,792
Wayne County Rural 12.0 451 2,237
Hancock County Rural 25.9 449 3,103
Lewis County Rural 12.9 445 2,386
Crockett County Urban 11.4 437 2,127
Humphreys County Rural 8.7 419 1,453
Polk County Urban 8.2 401 1,292
Lake County Rural 33.4 394 3,133
Meigs County Rural 10.7 369 1,959
Clay County Rural 14.4 299 2,584
Trousdale County Urban 9.8 252 1,777
Stewart County Urban 7.8 245 1,175
Perry County Rural 10.9 237 2,012
Van Buren County Rural 12.0 205 2,237
Pickett County Rural 14.7 187 2,607
Houston County Rural 6.3 129 721
Moore County Rural 6.9 129 890
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 6:45 pm.

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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