| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2012–2016 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 |
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United States | 310,629,645 | 46,932,225 | 15.1% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,678,297 | 4,126,520 | 16.7% | 110.7% |
Tennessee | 6,386,751 | 1,100,169 | 17.2% | 114.0% |
Appalachian Tennessee | 2,768,025 | 494,607 | 17.9% | 118.3% |
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County |
Anderson | 74,060 | 12,747 | 17.2% | 113.9% |
Bledsoe | 12,855 | 3,050 | 23.7% | 157.0% |
Blount | 123,743 | 16,793 | 13.6% | 89.8% |
Bradley | 99,252 | 18,291 | 18.4% | 122.0% |
Campbell | 39,419 | 8,821 | 22.4% | 148.1% |
Cannon | 13,648 | 2,208 | 16.2% | 107.1% |
Carter | 54,897 | 13,110 | 23.9% | 158.1% |
Claiborne | 30,409 | 6,771 | 22.3% | 147.4% |
Clay | 7,667 | 1,904 | 24.8% | 164.4% |
Cocke | 34,795 | 9,081 | 26.1% | 172.7% |
Coffee | 53,167 | 8,437 | 15.9% | 105.0% |
Cumberland | 56,887 | 9,075 | 16.0% | 105.6% |
DeKalb | 18,729 | 4,152 | 22.2% | 146.7% |
Fentress | 17,598 | 4,107 | 23.3% | 154.5% |
Franklin | 39,426 | 6,397 | 16.2% | 107.4% |
Grainger | 22,619 | 4,578 | 20.2% | 134.0% |
Greene | 66,409 | 12,373 | 18.6% | 123.3% |
Grundy | 13,276 | 3,718 | 28.0% | 185.4% |
Hamblen | 61,910 | 13,112 | 21.2% | 140.2% |
Hamilton | 341,249 | 50,631 | 14.8% | 98.2% |
Hancock | 6,446 | 1,757 | 27.3% | 180.4% |
Hawkins | 55,686 | 10,706 | 19.2% | 127.2% |
Jackson | 11,336 | 2,835 | 25.0% | 165.5% |
Jefferson | 50,751 | 7,724 | 15.2% | 100.7% |
Johnson | 16,014 | 4,313 | 26.9% | 178.3% |
Knox | 436,216 | 70,612 | 16.2% | 107.1% |
Lawrence | 41,767 | 8,136 | 19.5% | 128.9% |
Lewis | 11,690 | 2,384 | 20.4% | 135.0% |
Loudon | 50,179 | 6,767 | 13.5% | 89.3% |
Macon | 22,461 | 4,167 | 18.6% | 122.8% |
Marion | 27,941 | 5,374 | 19.2% | 127.3% |
McMinn | 51,384 | 10,012 | 19.5% | 129.0% |
Meigs | 11,461 | 2,160 | 18.8% | 124.7% |
Monroe | 44,572 | 8,575 | 19.2% | 127.3% |
Morgan | 18,708 | 4,415 | 23.6% | 156.2% |
Overton | 21,754 | 4,340 | 20.0% | 132.0% |
Pickett | 5,002 | 827 | 16.5% | 109.4% |
Polk | 16,420 | 2,918 | 17.8% | 117.6% |
Putnam | 71,571 | 17,180 | 24.0% | 158.9% |
Rhea | 31,331 | 7,160 | 22.9% | 151.3% |
Roane | 52,196 | 8,449 | 16.2% | 107.1% |
Scott | 21,668 | 6,000 | 27.7% | 183.3% |
Sequatchie | 14,473 | 2,328 | 16.1% | 106.5% |
Sevier | 93,335 | 14,285 | 15.3% | 101.3% |
Smith | 18,867 | 3,050 | 16.2% | 107.0% |
Sullivan | 154,203 | 25,982 | 16.8% | 111.5% |
Unicoi | 17,528 | 3,687 | 21.0% | 139.2% |
Union | 18,771 | 4,420 | 23.5% | 155.8% |
Van Buren | 5,528 | 1,058 | 19.1% | 126.7% |
Warren | 39,452 | 8,158 | 20.7% | 136.9% |
Washington | 121,570 | 20,810 | 17.1% | 113.3% |
White | 25,729 | 4,662 | 18.1% | 119.9% |