# Counties in Tennessee by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 95 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hancock County | 32.3 |
| 2 | Lake County | 32.2 |
| 3 | Clay County | 24.2 |
| 4 | Pickett County | 23.9 |
| 5 | Scott County | 23.1 |
| 6 | Decatur County | 22.2 |
| 7 | Sequatchie County | 21.9 |
| 8 | Cocke County | 21.9 |
| 9 | Hardin County | 21.5 |
| 10 | Haywood County | 21.5 |
| 11 | Johnson County | 21.4 |
| 12 | Lauderdale County | 21 |
| 13 | Fentress County | 21 |
| 14 | Bledsoe County | 20.7 |
| 15 | Jackson County | 20.3 |
| 16 | Wayne County | 20 |
| 17 | Weakley County | 19 |
| 18 | Hardeman County | 19 |
| 19 | Grundy County | 18.9 |
| 20 | DeKalb County | 18.6 |
| 21 | Obion County | 18.6 |
| 22 | Campbell County | 18.5 |
| 23 | Putnam County | 18.4 |
| 24 | Hamblen County | 18.4 |
| 25 | Cannon County | 18.3 |
| 25 | Henry County | 18.3 |
| 27 | Madison County | 18.2 |
| 28 | Perry County | 18.1 |
| 29 | Benton County | 17.9 |
| 30 | Shelby County | 17.8 |
| 31 | Coffee County | 17.4 |
| 32 | Claiborne County | 17.4 |
| 33 | Macon County | 17.2 |
| 34 | Carter County | 17.1 |
| 35 | Grainger County | 17.1 |
| 36 | Carroll County | 17 |
| 37 | Henderson County | 16.9 |
| 38 | Lewis County | 16.8 |
| 39 | McNairy County | 16.5 |
| 40 | Stewart County | 16.4 |
| 41 | Dyer County | 16.3 |
| 41 | Marion County | 16.3 |
| 43 | Overton County | 16.3 |
| 44 | Van Buren County | 16.1 |
| 45 | Chester County | 16.1 |
| 46 | Rhea County | 15.9 |
| 47 | Warren County | 15.7 |
| 48 | Washington County | 15.5 |
| 49 | Monroe County | 15.5 |
| 50 | Sullivan County | 15.4 |
| 51 | Greene County | 15.4 |
| 52 | Hawkins County | 15.2 |
| 53 | Morgan County | 15.2 |
| 54 | Lawrence County | 15 |
| 55 | Humphreys County | 14.8 |
| 56 | Crockett County | 14.5 |
| 57 | Cumberland County | 14.4 |
| 58 | Unicoi County | 14.3 |
| 59 | Meigs County | 14.3 |
| 60 | Davidson County | 14 |
| 60 | Polk County | 14 |
| 62 | Union County | 13.8 |
| 63 | Gibson County | 13.7 |
| 64 | Tipton County | 13.6 |
| 65 | Sevier County | 13.5 |
| 66 | Anderson County | 13.4 |
| 67 | White County | 13.2 |
| 68 | Hamilton County | 13.1 |
| 69 | McMinn County | 13 |
| 70 | Lincoln County | 13 |
| 71 | Giles County | 12.8 |
| 72 | Bradley County | 12.7 |
| 73 | Bedford County | 12.6 |
| 73 | Loudon County | 12.6 |
| 75 | Knox County | 12.2 |
| 76 | Franklin County | 12 |
| 77 | Roane County | 12 |
| 78 | Trousdale County | 11.9 |
| 79 | Marshall County | 11.8 |
| 80 | Jefferson County | 11.4 |
| 81 | Montgomery County | 11.3 |
| 82 | Houston County | 11.1 |
| 83 | Dickson County | 10.9 |
| 84 | Hickman County | 10.6 |
| 85 | Robertson County | 10.4 |
| 86 | Fayette County | 10.3 |
| 87 | Smith County | 10 |
| 88 | Maury County | 9.9 |
| 89 | Rutherford County | 9.3 |
| 90 | Sumner County | 8.8 |
| 91 | Blount County | 8.4 |
| 92 | Moore County | 8.1 |
| 93 | Wilson County | 8 |
| 94 | Cheatham County | 7.7 |
| 95 | Williamson County | 4.6 |