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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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Families (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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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
Williamson County Urban 3.1 2,151 66
Wilson County Urban 5.4 2,257 476
Blount County Urban 5.9 2,206 609
Cheatham County Urban 5.9 676 609
Rutherford County Urban 5.9 5,114 609
Houston County Rural 6.3 129 721
Sumner County Urban 6.3 3,424 721
Maury County Urban 6.7 1,898 833
Moore County Rural 6.9 129 890
Dickson County Urban 7.0 1,026 929
Knox County Urban 7.4 8,899 1,055
Robertson County Urban 7.7 1,581 1,144
Stewart County Urban 7.8 245 1,175
Cumberland County Rural 7.9 1,463 1,205
Fayette County Urban 7.9 958 1,205
Franklin County Rural 8.1 881 1,265
Polk County Urban 8.2 401 1,292
Hamilton County Urban 8.4 7,979 1,362
Jefferson County Urban 8.4 1,283 1,362
Hickman County Urban 8.6 564 1,424
Roane County Urban 8.6 1,309 1,424
Humphreys County Rural 8.7 419 1,453
Montgomery County Urban 8.7 5,100 1,453
Macon County Urban 9.1 568 1,580
Anderson County Urban 9.2 1,858 1,613
Loudon County Urban 9.3 1,543 1,646
McMinn County Rural 9.5 1,397 1,694
Tipton County Urban 9.5 1,587 1,694
White County Rural 9.5 695 1,694
Bradley County Urban 9.7 2,791 1,757
Washington County Urban 9.7 3,340 1,757
Trousdale County Urban 9.8 252 1,777
Unicoi County Urban 9.9 476 1,792
Davidson County Urban 10.0 16,344 1,819
Gibson County Urban 10.0 1,310 1,819
Greene County Rural 10.1 1,861 1,830
Sevier County Rural 10.2 2,700 1,851
Claiborne County Rural 10.3 870 1,873
Smith County Urban 10.4 570 1,894
Giles County Rural 10.6 823 1,933
Lincoln County Rural 10.7 1,047 1,959
Meigs County Rural 10.7 369 1,959
Warren County Rural 10.7 1,133 1,959
Perry County Rural 10.9 237 2,012
Sullivan County Urban 11.1 4,802 2,047
Union County Urban 11.1 663 2,047
Marshall County Rural 11.3 1,044 2,101
Crockett County Urban 11.4 437 2,127
Dyer County Rural 11.5 1,072 2,148
Carroll County Rural 11.6 857 2,163
Putnam County Rural 11.7 2,395 2,189
Coffee County Rural 11.9 1,796 2,216
Monroe County Rural 11.9 1,565 2,216
Van Buren County Rural 12.0 205 2,237
Wayne County Rural 12.0 451 2,237
Grainger County Urban 12.1 772 2,262
Bedford County Rural 12.5 1,719 2,318
Hamblen County Urban 12.5 2,134 2,318
Chester County Urban 12.6 559 2,341
Rhea County Rural 12.6 1,236 2,341
Carter County Urban 12.7 1,896 2,361
McNairy County Rural 12.7 848 2,361
Obion County Rural 12.8 978 2,374
Benton County Rural 12.9 544 2,386
Lewis County Rural 12.9 445 2,386
Marion County Urban 12.9 1,053 2,386
Cannon County Urban 13.2 485 2,441
Hawkins County Urban 13.2 2,112 2,441
Shelby County Urban 13.4 29,148 2,470
Henderson County Rural 13.5 947 2,482
Henry County Rural 13.5 1,085 2,482
Hardeman County Rural 13.6 763 2,494
Weakley County Rural 13.6 1,154 2,494
Fentress County Rural 13.8 673 2,525
Johnson County Rural 14.2 679 2,563
Clay County Rural 14.4 299 2,584
Pickett County Rural 14.7 187 2,607
Madison County Urban 14.8 3,709 2,624
Grundy County Rural 14.9 508 2,637
Lawrence County Rural 14.9 1,693 2,637
Campbell County Urban 15.5 1,686 2,700
Overton County Rural 15.5 945 2,700
DeKalb County Rural 15.6 857 2,710
Morgan County Urban 15.7 792 2,719
Hardin County Rural 15.8 1,113 2,725
Lauderdale County Rural 15.9 973 2,740
Cocke County Rural 16.2 1,630 2,767
Decatur County Rural 16.7 498 2,811
Jackson County Rural 17.3 503 2,862
Haywood County Rural 18.4 812 2,921
Bledsoe County Rural 19.0 696 2,952
Scott County Rural 20.2 1,175 2,997
Sequatchie County Urban 21.7 989 3,037
Hancock County Rural 25.9 449 3,103
Lake County Rural 33.4 394 3,133
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 6:58 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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