Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on December 6, 2023.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for Tennessee was 14.28%. Among all Tennessee counties, Hancock County had the highest poverty rate (29.12%), followed by Lake County (27.76%), and Clay County (24.04%). On the other hand, the following 3 counties had the lowest poverty rate: Williamson County (3.9%), Moore County (7.99%), and Wilson County (8.37%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Tennessee counties with high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all Tennessee counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties for other states as well as for the whole United States.
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Related Topics: Tennessee ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021
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| Rank | County | Poverty Rate (%) |
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| 1 | Hancock County | 29.12 |
| 2 | Lake County | 27.76 |
| 3 | Clay County | 24.04 |
| 4 | Scott County | 23.23 |
| 5 | Perry County | 22.17 |
| 6 | Johnson County | 22.01 |
| 7 | Morgan County | 21.84 |
| 8 | Pickett County | 21.49 |
| 9 | Bledsoe County | 21.13 |
| 10 | Haywood County | 20.71 |
| 11 | Lewis County | 20.58 |
| 12 | Fentress County | 20.54 |
| 13 | Cocke County | 20.28 |
| 14 | Sequatchie County | 20.10 |
| 15 | Henry County | 19.94 |
| 16 | Weakley County | 19.27 |
| 17 | Decatur County | 19.25 |
| 18 | Warren County | 19.10 |
| 19 | Campbell County | 19.00 |
| 20 | Carter County | 18.99 |
| 21 | Claiborne County | 18.97 |
| 22 | Madison County | 18.74 |
| 23 | Lauderdale County | 18.61 |
| 24 | Shelby County | 18.55 |
| 25 | DeKalb County | 18.38 |
| 26 | Benton County | 18.07 |
| 27 | Macon County | 17.97 |
| 28 | Wayne County | 17.76 |
| 29 | Hawkins County | 17.64 |
| 30 | Chester County | 17.62 |
| 31 | Hardin County | 17.56 |
| 32 | Obion County | 17.48 |
| 33 | Carroll County | 17.37 |
| 33 | Dyer County | 17.37 |
| 34 | Overton County | 17.30 |
| 35 | Van Buren County | 17.29 |
| 36 | Cannon County | 17.20 |
| 36 | Grundy County | 17.20 |
| 37 | Hamblen County | 17.15 |
| 38 | Jackson County | 16.98 |
| 39 | Rhea County | 16.78 |
| 40 | Henderson County | 16.72 |
| 41 | Hardeman County | 16.64 |
| 42 | Marion County | 16.59 |
| 43 | Grainger County | 16.54 |
| 44 | Crockett County | 16.53 |
| 45 | McNairy County | 16.43 |
| 46 | Union County | 16.33 |
| 47 | Lawrence County | 16.32 |
| 48 | Monroe County | 16.29 |
| 49 | Putnam County | 16.25 |
| 50 | Coffee County | 16.05 |
| 51 | McMinn County | 15.95 |
| 52 | White County | 15.86 |
| 53 | Meigs County | 15.80 |
| 54 | Greene County | 15.71 |
| 55 | Sullivan County | 15.61 |
| 56 | Anderson County | 15.43 |
| 57 | Unicoi County | 15.38 |
| 58 | Washington County | 15.34 |
| 59 | Marshall County | 15.12 |
| 60 | Franklin County | 14.58 |
| 61 | Gibson County | 14.52 |
| 62 | Davidson County | 14.33 |
| 63 | Smith County | 14.23 |
| 64 | Bradley County | 14.21 |
| 65 | Houston County | 13.94 |
| 66 | Sevier County | 13.83 |
| 67 | Roane County | 13.71 |
| 68 | Hickman County | 13.60 |
| 69 | Stewart County | 13.59 |
| 70 | Bedford County | 13.57 |
| 71 | Giles County | 13.09 |
| 72 | Cumberland County | 12.87 |
| 73 | Knox County | 12.72 |
| 74 | Hamilton County | 12.71 |
| 75 | Trousdale County | 12.52 |
| 76 | Jefferson County | 12.51 |
| 77 | Loudon County | 12.19 |
| 78 | Robertson County | 12.10 |
| 79 | Montgomery County | 12.09 |
| 80 | Fayette County | 11.84 |
| 81 | Polk County | 11.58 |
| 82 | Tipton County | 11.33 |
| 83 | Humphreys County | 11.19 |
| 84 | Lincoln County | 11.15 |
| 85 | Dickson County | 10.84 |
| 86 | Cheatham County | 10.21 |
| 87 | Rutherford County | 10.17 |
| 88 | Sumner County | 9.82 |
| 89 | Blount County | 9.49 |
| 90 | Maury County | 8.98 |
| 91 | Wilson County | 8.37 |
| 92 | Moore County | 7.99 |
| 93 | Williamson County | 3.90 |