| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2000 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
|
United States | 273,882,232 | 33,899,812 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 22,944,990 | 3,120,197 | 13.6% | 109.9% |
Tennessee | 5,539,896 | 746,789 | 13.5% | 108.9% |
Appalachian Tennessee | 2,471,465 | 349,934 | 14.2% | 114.4% |
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County |
Anderson | 70,426 | 9,255 | 13.1% | 106.2% |
Bledsoe | 11,198 | 2,024 | 18.1% | 146.0% |
Blount | 103,669 | 10,084 | 9.7% | 78.6% |
Bradley | 85,617 | 10,463 | 12.2% | 98.7% |
Campbell | 39,310 | 8,975 | 22.8% | 184.5% |
Cannon | 12,595 | 1,609 | 12.8% | 103.2% |
Carter | 55,235 | 9,309 | 16.9% | 136.2% |
Claiborne | 29,408 | 6,634 | 22.6% | 182.3% |
Clay | 7,865 | 1,504 | 19.1% | 154.5% |
Cocke | 33,086 | 7,452 | 22.5% | 182.0% |
Coffee | 47,500 | 6,803 | 14.3% | 115.7% |
Cumberland | 46,209 | 6,788 | 14.7% | 118.7% |
DeKalb | 17,211 | 2,930 | 17.0% | 137.5% |
Fentress | 16,429 | 3,788 | 23.1% | 186.3% |
Franklin | 37,556 | 4,953 | 13.2% | 106.6% |
Grainger | 20,392 | 3,809 | 18.7% | 150.9% |
Greene | 61,288 | 8,889 | 14.5% | 117.2% |
Grundy | 14,168 | 3,650 | 25.8% | 208.1% |
Hamblen | 57,293 | 8,236 | 14.4% | 116.1% |
Hamilton | 300,563 | 36,308 | 12.1% | 97.6% |
Hancock | 6,581 | 1,933 | 29.4% | 237.3% |
Hawkins | 52,877 | 8,338 | 15.8% | 127.4% |
Jackson | 10,806 | 1,956 | 18.1% | 146.2% |
Jefferson | 42,516 | 5,695 | 13.4% | 108.2% |
Johnson | 16,005 | 3,610 | 22.6% | 182.2% |
Knox | 369,911 | 46,572 | 12.6% | 101.7% |
Lawrence | 39,416 | 5,741 | 14.6% | 117.7% |
Lewis | 11,087 | 1,487 | 13.4% | 108.4% |
Loudon | 38,565 | 3,858 | 10.0% | 80.8% |
Macon | 20,125 | 3,038 | 15.1% | 122.0% |
Marion | 27,413 | 3,867 | 14.1% | 114.0% |
McMinn | 48,108 | 6,953 | 14.5% | 116.8% |
Meigs | 10,923 | 2,000 | 18.3% | 147.9% |
Monroe | 38,355 | 5,926 | 15.5% | 124.8% |
Morgan | 17,975 | 2,880 | 16.0% | 129.4% |
Overton | 19,842 | 3,180 | 16.0% | 129.5% |
Pickett | 4,865 | 757 | 15.6% | 125.7% |
Polk | 15,843 | 2,066 | 13.0% | 105.4% |
Putnam | 59,770 | 9,828 | 16.4% | 132.8% |
Rhea | 27,511 | 4,042 | 14.7% | 118.7% |
Roane | 51,404 | 7,121 | 13.9% | 111.9% |
Scott | 20,900 | 4,226 | 20.2% | 163.4% |
Sequatchie | 11,204 | 1,852 | 16.5% | 133.5% |
Sevier | 70,445 | 7,517 | 10.7% | 86.2% |
Smith | 17,532 | 2,141 | 12.2% | 98.7% |
Sullivan | 150,478 | 19,453 | 12.9% | 104.4% |
Unicoi | 17,381 | 2,269 | 13.1% | 105.5% |
Union | 17,612 | 3,456 | 19.6% | 158.5% |
Van Buren | 5,421 | 826 | 15.2% | 123.1% |
Warren | 37,690 | 6,252 | 16.6% | 134.0% |
Washington | 103,142 | 14,388 | 13.9% | 112.7% |
White | 22,744 | 3,243 | 14.3% | 115.2% |