Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in Tennessee with household income of less than $40k was 34.36%. Among all Tennessee counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (58.66%), followed by Lake County (56.59%), and Scott County (52.19%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Williamson County (12.63%), Wilson County (22.33%), and Rutherford County (23.39%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Tennessee counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.
You can also see similar information for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hancock County | 58.66 |
| 2 | Lake County | 56.59 |
| 3 | Scott County | 52.19 |
| 4 | Lewis County | 51.76 |
| 5 | Clay County | 51.06 |
| 6 | Overton County | 50.38 |
| 7 | Haywood County | 50.04 |
| 8 | Benton County | 49.75 |
| 9 | Jackson County | 49.28 |
| 10 | Cocke County | 48.68 |
| 11 | Hardeman County | 48.31 |
| 12 | McNairy County | 47.33 |
| 13 | Claiborne County | 47.12 |
| 14 | Johnson County | 46.83 |
| 15 | Fentress County | 46.74 |
| 16 | Pickett County | 46.69 |
| 17 | Van Buren County | 46.68 |
| 18 | Henry County | 46.65 |
| 19 | Macon County | 46.02 |
| 20 | Grundy County | 45.89 |
| 21 | Carter County | 45.72 |
| 22 | Lauderdale County | 45.67 |
| 23 | Weakley County | 45.52 |
| 24 | Decatur County | 45.35 |
| 25 | Carroll County | 45.05 |
| 26 | Grainger County | 44.95 |
| 27 | White County | 44.77 |
| 28 | Henderson County | 44.71 |
| 29 | Campbell County | 44.55 |
| 30 | Hardin County | 44.54 |
| 31 | Obion County | 44.20 |
| 32 | DeKalb County | 44.15 |
| 33 | Houston County | 44.06 |
| 34 | Hamblen County | 44.00 |
| 35 | Unicoi County | 43.66 |
| 36 | Monroe County | 43.58 |
| 37 | Lawrence County | 43.32 |
| 38 | Crockett County | 42.77 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 42.73 |
| 40 | Sequatchie County | 42.52 |
| 41 | Bledsoe County | 42.13 |
| 42 | Gibson County | 42.04 |
| 43 | Warren County | 41.86 |
| 44 | Hawkins County | 41.84 |
| 45 | Greene County | 41.70 |
| 46 | Chester County | 41.39 |
| 47 | Morgan County | 41.25 |
| 48 | Putnam County | 40.71 |
| 49 | Dyer County | 40.49 |
| 50 | Polk County | 40.41 |
| 50 | Rhea County | 40.41 |
| 50 | Sullivan County | 40.41 |
| 51 | Perry County | 40.20 |
| 52 | Hickman County | 40.01 |
| 53 | McMinn County | 39.62 |
| 53 | Washington County | 39.62 |
| 54 | Franklin County | 39.58 |
| 55 | Union County | 39.04 |
| 56 | Madison County | 38.64 |
| 57 | Coffee County | 38.54 |
| 58 | Meigs County | 38.43 |
| 59 | Stewart County | 38.19 |
| 60 | Marion County | 38.18 |
| 61 | Cannon County | 38.04 |
| 62 | Humphreys County | 37.83 |
| 63 | Giles County | 37.80 |
| 64 | Shelby County | 37.49 |
| 65 | Cumberland County | 37.03 |
| 66 | Jefferson County | 36.12 |
| 67 | Bradley County | 35.85 |
| 68 | Sevier County | 35.83 |
| 69 | Anderson County | 35.41 |
| 70 | Roane County | 35.40 |
| 71 | Smith County | 35.17 |
| 72 | Hamilton County | 33.41 |
| 73 | Marshall County | 33.37 |
| 74 | Lincoln County | 32.98 |
| 75 | Bedford County | 32.91 |
| 76 | Knox County | 32.31 |
| 77 | Trousdale County | 32.01 |
| 78 | Loudon County | 31.64 |
| 79 | Tipton County | 31.00 |
| 80 | Dickson County | 29.79 |
| 81 | Fayette County | 29.34 |
| 82 | Maury County | 29.28 |
| 83 | Blount County | 29.22 |
| 84 | Montgomery County | 29.05 |
| 85 | Davidson County | 28.76 |
| 86 | Moore County | 28.28 |
| 87 | Robertson County | 27.71 |
| 88 | Cheatham County | 25.03 |
| 89 | Sumner County | 24.62 |
| 90 | Rutherford County | 23.39 |
| 91 | Wilson County | 22.33 |
| 92 | Williamson County | 12.63 |