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Demographic Data Report for Tennessee by County
Poverty: Persons 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 13.8 940,092 40 of 52
United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Moore County Rural 11.3 732 1,088
Van Buren County Rural 13.8 843 1,681
Trousdale County Urban 10.3 953 848
Houston County Rural 13.8 1,106 1,681
Pickett County Rural 25.8 1,292 3,008
Lake County Rural 32.3 1,453 3,108
Perry County Rural 17.7 1,483 2,385
Clay County Rural 21.7 1,639 2,804
Stewart County Urban 12.0 1,648 1,249
Meigs County Rural 14.3 1,853 1,803
Lewis County Rural 15.9 1,986 2,098
Crockett County Urban 14.8 2,028 1,910
Hancock County Rural 31.5 2,078 3,099
Polk County Urban 13.3 2,314 1,574
Cannon County Urban 16.5 2,397 2,195
Jackson County Rural 20.7 2,412 2,716
Decatur County Rural 21.6 2,442 2,793
Unicoi County Urban 14.2 2,461 1,779
Chester County Urban 15.6 2,517 2,050
Humphreys County Rural 13.7 2,548 1,663
Grundy County Rural 19.2 2,569 2,584
Smith County Urban 13.3 2,656 1,574
Wayne County Rural 18.5 2,669 2,500
Union County Urban 13.9 2,773 1,708
Benton County Rural 18.5 2,920 2,500
Cheatham County Urban 8.1 3,330 370
Hickman County Urban 14.1 3,330 1,752
Bledsoe County Rural 25.0 3,427 2,976
Morgan County Urban 18.8 3,544 2,536
Johnson County Rural 22.1 3,583 2,833
Hardeman County Rural 17.3 3,789 2,327
Sequatchie County Urban 23.6 3,812 2,919
Macon County Urban 15.2 3,871 1,979
Fentress County Rural 20.9 3,873 2,734
Grainger County Urban 16.4 3,884 2,175
Haywood County Rural 22.8 3,968 2,886
White County Rural 14.7 4,038 1,887
Overton County Rural 18.0 4,048 2,433
McNairy County Rural 16.1 4,114 2,126
Giles County Rural 14.3 4,232 1,803
Lauderdale County Rural 18.7 4,252 2,520
DeKalb County Rural 21.4 4,323 2,782
Lincoln County Rural 12.4 4,359 1,348
Carroll County Rural 16.4 4,508 2,175
Fayette County Urban 10.8 4,564 965
Henderson County Rural 16.8 4,616 2,236
Marion County Urban 16.9 4,854 2,255
Marshall County Rural 14.2 4,943 1,779
Rhea County Rural 15.3 4,998 1,995
Obion County Rural 17.0 5,121 2,275
Franklin County Rural 12.7 5,230 1,435
Scott County Rural 24.9 5,338 2,972
Dickson County Urban 9.9 5,375 753
Hardin County Rural 20.8 5,508 2,723
Claiborne County Rural 18.2 5,599 2,463
Henry County Rural 18.3 5,824 2,472
Weakley County Rural 19.3 5,945 2,595
Jefferson County Urban 11.5 6,229 1,138
Warren County Rural 15.3 6,286 1,995
Dyer County Rural 17.9 6,454 2,418
Gibson County Urban 13.4 6,644 1,600
Lawrence County Rural 15.3 6,748 1,995
Roane County Urban 12.7 6,854 1,435
Bedford County Rural 13.6 6,862 1,641
Tipton County Urban 11.6 7,004 1,154
McMinn County Rural 13.3 7,011 1,574
Loudon County Urban 12.6 7,159 1,398
Cocke County Rural 20.3 7,275 2,678
Monroe County Rural 16.1 7,366 2,126
Campbell County Urban 19.2 7,447 2,584
Robertson County Urban 10.2 7,503 830
Cumberland County Rural 13.4 8,307 1,600
Coffee County Rural 16.1 9,391 2,126
Hawkins County Urban 17.1 9,725 2,293
Carter County Urban 18.0 9,851 2,433
Maury County Urban 9.9 10,294 753
Greene County Rural 15.2 10,458 1,979
Hamblen County Urban 17.2 10,970 2,305
Anderson County Urban 14.8 11,370 1,910
Williamson County Urban 4.5 11,423 23
Wilson County Urban 7.6 11,509 290
Blount County Urban 8.9 12,046 550
Putnam County Rural 16.9 13,172 2,255
Sevier County Rural 13.6 13,285 1,641
Bradley County Urban 13.1 13,994 1,530
Madison County Urban 18.6 17,648 2,511
Sumner County Urban 9.0 17,768 566
Washington County Urban 15.8 20,590 2,080
Sullivan County Urban 14.9 23,495 1,928
Montgomery County Urban 11.6 25,939 1,154
Rutherford County Urban 9.2 31,796 602
Hamilton County Urban 12.5 45,380 1,373
Knox County Urban 12.2 58,146 1,290
Davidson County Urban 13.9 95,838 1,708
Shelby County Urban 17.5 158,883 2,356
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 11:59 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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