Demographics Table
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
Sorted by Value
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 12.4 | 40,390,045 | N/A |
| Tennessee | N/A | 13.8 | 940,092 | 40 of 52 |
| Williamson County | Urban | 4.5 | 11,423 | 23 |
| Wilson County | Urban | 7.6 | 11,509 | 290 |
| Cheatham County | Urban | 8.1 | 3,330 | 370 |
| Blount County | Urban | 8.9 | 12,046 | 550 |
| Sumner County | Urban | 9.0 | 17,768 | 566 |
| Rutherford County | Urban | 9.2 | 31,796 | 602 |
| Dickson County | Urban | 9.9 | 5,375 | 753 |
| Maury County | Urban | 9.9 | 10,294 | 753 |
| Robertson County | Urban | 10.2 | 7,503 | 830 |
| Trousdale County | Urban | 10.3 | 953 | 848 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 10.8 | 4,564 | 965 |
| Moore County | Rural | 11.3 | 732 | 1,088 |
| Jefferson County | Urban | 11.5 | 6,229 | 1,138 |
| Montgomery County | Urban | 11.6 | 25,939 | 1,154 |
| Tipton County | Urban | 11.6 | 7,004 | 1,154 |
| Stewart County | Urban | 12.0 | 1,648 | 1,249 |
| Knox County | Urban | 12.2 | 58,146 | 1,290 |
| Lincoln County | Rural | 12.4 | 4,359 | 1,348 |
| Hamilton County | Urban | 12.5 | 45,380 | 1,373 |
| Loudon County | Urban | 12.6 | 7,159 | 1,398 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 12.7 | 5,230 | 1,435 |
| Roane County | Urban | 12.7 | 6,854 | 1,435 |
| Bradley County | Urban | 13.1 | 13,994 | 1,530 |
| McMinn County | Rural | 13.3 | 7,011 | 1,574 |
| Polk County | Urban | 13.3 | 2,314 | 1,574 |
| Smith County | Urban | 13.3 | 2,656 | 1,574 |
| Cumberland County | Rural | 13.4 | 8,307 | 1,600 |
| Gibson County | Urban | 13.4 | 6,644 | 1,600 |
| Bedford County | Rural | 13.6 | 6,862 | 1,641 |
| Sevier County | Rural | 13.6 | 13,285 | 1,641 |
| Humphreys County | Rural | 13.7 | 2,548 | 1,663 |
| Houston County | Rural | 13.8 | 1,106 | 1,681 |
| Van Buren County | Rural | 13.8 | 843 | 1,681 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 13.9 | 95,838 | 1,708 |
| Union County | Urban | 13.9 | 2,773 | 1,708 |
| Hickman County | Urban | 14.1 | 3,330 | 1,752 |
| Marshall County | Rural | 14.2 | 4,943 | 1,779 |
| Unicoi County | Urban | 14.2 | 2,461 | 1,779 |
| Giles County | Rural | 14.3 | 4,232 | 1,803 |
| Meigs County | Rural | 14.3 | 1,853 | 1,803 |
| White County | Rural | 14.7 | 4,038 | 1,887 |
| Anderson County | Urban | 14.8 | 11,370 | 1,910 |
| Crockett County | Urban | 14.8 | 2,028 | 1,910 |
| Sullivan County | Urban | 14.9 | 23,495 | 1,928 |
| Greene County | Rural | 15.2 | 10,458 | 1,979 |
| Macon County | Urban | 15.2 | 3,871 | 1,979 |
| Lawrence County | Rural | 15.3 | 6,748 | 1,995 |
| Rhea County | Rural | 15.3 | 4,998 | 1,995 |
| Warren County | Rural | 15.3 | 6,286 | 1,995 |
| Chester County | Urban | 15.6 | 2,517 | 2,050 |
| Washington County | Urban | 15.8 | 20,590 | 2,080 |
| Lewis County | Rural | 15.9 | 1,986 | 2,098 |
| Coffee County | Rural | 16.1 | 9,391 | 2,126 |
| McNairy County | Rural | 16.1 | 4,114 | 2,126 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 16.1 | 7,366 | 2,126 |
| Carroll County | Rural | 16.4 | 4,508 | 2,175 |
| Grainger County | Urban | 16.4 | 3,884 | 2,175 |
| Cannon County | Urban | 16.5 | 2,397 | 2,195 |
| Henderson County | Rural | 16.8 | 4,616 | 2,236 |
| Marion County | Urban | 16.9 | 4,854 | 2,255 |
| Putnam County | Rural | 16.9 | 13,172 | 2,255 |
| Obion County | Rural | 17.0 | 5,121 | 2,275 |
| Hawkins County | Urban | 17.1 | 9,725 | 2,293 |
| Hamblen County | Urban | 17.2 | 10,970 | 2,305 |
| Hardeman County | Rural | 17.3 | 3,789 | 2,327 |
| Shelby County | Urban | 17.5 | 158,883 | 2,356 |
| Perry County | Rural | 17.7 | 1,483 | 2,385 |
| Dyer County | Rural | 17.9 | 6,454 | 2,418 |
| Carter County | Urban | 18.0 | 9,851 | 2,433 |
| Overton County | Rural | 18.0 | 4,048 | 2,433 |
| Claiborne County | Rural | 18.2 | 5,599 | 2,463 |
| Henry County | Rural | 18.3 | 5,824 | 2,472 |
| Benton County | Rural | 18.5 | 2,920 | 2,500 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 18.5 | 2,669 | 2,500 |
| Madison County | Urban | 18.6 | 17,648 | 2,511 |
| Lauderdale County | Rural | 18.7 | 4,252 | 2,520 |
| Morgan County | Urban | 18.8 | 3,544 | 2,536 |
| Campbell County | Urban | 19.2 | 7,447 | 2,584 |
| Grundy County | Rural | 19.2 | 2,569 | 2,584 |
| Weakley County | Rural | 19.3 | 5,945 | 2,595 |
| Cocke County | Rural | 20.3 | 7,275 | 2,678 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 20.7 | 2,412 | 2,716 |
| Hardin County | Rural | 20.8 | 5,508 | 2,723 |
| Fentress County | Rural | 20.9 | 3,873 | 2,734 |
| DeKalb County | Rural | 21.4 | 4,323 | 2,782 |
| Decatur County | Rural | 21.6 | 2,442 | 2,793 |
| Clay County | Rural | 21.7 | 1,639 | 2,804 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 22.1 | 3,583 | 2,833 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 22.8 | 3,968 | 2,886 |
| Sequatchie County | Urban | 23.6 | 3,812 | 2,919 |
| Scott County | Rural | 24.9 | 5,338 | 2,972 |
| Bledsoe County | Rural | 25.0 | 3,427 | 2,976 |
| Pickett County | Rural | 25.8 | 1,292 | 3,008 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 31.5 | 2,078 | 3,099 |
| Lake County | Rural | 32.3 | 1,453 | 3,108 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/13/2025 5:35 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/13/2025 5:35 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.