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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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(of 3143 counties)
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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
Anderson County Urban 14.8 11,370 1,910
Bedford County Rural 13.6 6,862 1,641
Benton County Rural 18.5 2,920 2,500
Bledsoe County Rural 25.0 3,427 2,976
Blount County Urban 8.9 12,046 550
Bradley County Urban 13.1 13,994 1,530
Campbell County Urban 19.2 7,447 2,584
Cannon County Urban 16.5 2,397 2,195
Carroll County Rural 16.4 4,508 2,175
Carter County Urban 18.0 9,851 2,433
Cheatham County Urban 8.1 3,330 370
Chester County Urban 15.6 2,517 2,050
Claiborne County Rural 18.2 5,599 2,463
Clay County Rural 21.7 1,639 2,804
Cocke County Rural 20.3 7,275 2,678
Coffee County Rural 16.1 9,391 2,126
Crockett County Urban 14.8 2,028 1,910
Cumberland County Rural 13.4 8,307 1,600
Davidson County Urban 13.9 95,838 1,708
DeKalb County Rural 21.4 4,323 2,782
Decatur County Rural 21.6 2,442 2,793
Dickson County Urban 9.9 5,375 753
Dyer County Rural 17.9 6,454 2,418
Fayette County Urban 10.8 4,564 965
Fentress County Rural 20.9 3,873 2,734
Franklin County Rural 12.7 5,230 1,435
Gibson County Urban 13.4 6,644 1,600
Giles County Rural 14.3 4,232 1,803
Grainger County Urban 16.4 3,884 2,175
Greene County Rural 15.2 10,458 1,979
Grundy County Rural 19.2 2,569 2,584
Hamblen County Urban 17.2 10,970 2,305
Hamilton County Urban 12.5 45,380 1,373
Hancock County Rural 31.5 2,078 3,099
Hardeman County Rural 17.3 3,789 2,327
Hardin County Rural 20.8 5,508 2,723
Hawkins County Urban 17.1 9,725 2,293
Haywood County Rural 22.8 3,968 2,886
Henderson County Rural 16.8 4,616 2,236
Henry County Rural 18.3 5,824 2,472
Hickman County Urban 14.1 3,330 1,752
Houston County Rural 13.8 1,106 1,681
Humphreys County Rural 13.7 2,548 1,663
Jackson County Rural 20.7 2,412 2,716
Jefferson County Urban 11.5 6,229 1,138
Johnson County Rural 22.1 3,583 2,833
Knox County Urban 12.2 58,146 1,290
Lake County Rural 32.3 1,453 3,108
Lauderdale County Rural 18.7 4,252 2,520
Lawrence County Rural 15.3 6,748 1,995
Lewis County Rural 15.9 1,986 2,098
Lincoln County Rural 12.4 4,359 1,348
Loudon County Urban 12.6 7,159 1,398
Macon County Urban 15.2 3,871 1,979
Madison County Urban 18.6 17,648 2,511
Marion County Urban 16.9 4,854 2,255
Marshall County Rural 14.2 4,943 1,779
Maury County Urban 9.9 10,294 753
McMinn County Rural 13.3 7,011 1,574
McNairy County Rural 16.1 4,114 2,126
Meigs County Rural 14.3 1,853 1,803
Monroe County Rural 16.1 7,366 2,126
Montgomery County Urban 11.6 25,939 1,154
Moore County Rural 11.3 732 1,088
Morgan County Urban 18.8 3,544 2,536
Obion County Rural 17.0 5,121 2,275
Overton County Rural 18.0 4,048 2,433
Perry County Rural 17.7 1,483 2,385
Pickett County Rural 25.8 1,292 3,008
Polk County Urban 13.3 2,314 1,574
Putnam County Rural 16.9 13,172 2,255
Rhea County Rural 15.3 4,998 1,995
Roane County Urban 12.7 6,854 1,435
Robertson County Urban 10.2 7,503 830
Rutherford County Urban 9.2 31,796 602
Scott County Rural 24.9 5,338 2,972
Sequatchie County Urban 23.6 3,812 2,919
Sevier County Rural 13.6 13,285 1,641
Shelby County Urban 17.5 158,883 2,356
Smith County Urban 13.3 2,656 1,574
Stewart County Urban 12.0 1,648 1,249
Sullivan County Urban 14.9 23,495 1,928
Sumner County Urban 9.0 17,768 566
Tipton County Urban 11.6 7,004 1,154
Trousdale County Urban 10.3 953 848
Unicoi County Urban 14.2 2,461 1,779
Union County Urban 13.9 2,773 1,708
Van Buren County Rural 13.8 843 1,681
Warren County Rural 15.3 6,286 1,995
Washington County Urban 15.8 20,590 2,080
Wayne County Rural 18.5 2,669 2,500
Weakley County Rural 19.3 5,945 2,595
White County Rural 14.7 4,038 1,887
Williamson County Urban 4.5 11,423 23
Wilson County Urban 7.6 11,509 290
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/23/2025 9:24 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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