| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1990 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1990 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
|
| United States | 241,977,859 | 31,742,864 | 13.1% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 21,134,742 | 3,238,002 | 15.3% | 116.8% |
| Tennessee | 4,743,685 | 744,941 | 15.7% | 119.7% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | 2,139,422 | 344,966 | 16.1% | 122.9% |
|
| County |
| Anderson | 67,535 | 9,664 | 14.3% | 109.1% |
| Bledsoe | 8,605 | 1,648 | 19.2% | 146.0% |
| Blount | 84,354 | 10,424 | 12.4% | 94.2% |
| Bradley | 72,059 | 9,946 | 13.8% | 105.2% |
| Campbell | 34,688 | 9,313 | 26.8% | 204.7% |
| Cannon | 10,325 | 1,494 | 14.5% | 110.3% |
| Carter | 50,174 | 9,027 | 18.0% | 137.1% |
| Claiborne | 25,490 | 6,541 | 25.7% | 195.6% |
| Clay | 7,148 | 1,644 | 23.0% | 175.3% |
| Cocke | 28,790 | 7,273 | 25.3% | 192.6% |
| Coffee | 39,814 | 6,065 | 15.2% | 116.1% |
| Cumberland | 34,166 | 6,187 | 18.1% | 138.0% |
| DeKalb | 14,208 | 2,888 | 20.3% | 155.0% |
| Fentress | 14,534 | 4,695 | 32.3% | 246.3% |
| Franklin | 33,288 | 4,788 | 14.4% | 109.6% |
| Grainger | 16,873 | 3,464 | 20.5% | 156.5% |
| Greene | 54,835 | 9,279 | 16.9% | 129.0% |
| Grundy | 13,111 | 3,137 | 23.9% | 182.4% |
| Hamblen | 49,710 | 6,933 | 13.9% | 106.3% |
| Hamilton | 278,587 | 36,563 | 13.1% | 100.0% |
| Hancock | 6,560 | 2,627 | 40.0% | 305.3% |
| Hawkins | 44,193 | 7,907 | 17.9% | 136.4% |
| Jackson | 9,196 | 1,843 | 20.0% | 152.8% |
| Jefferson | 31,415 | 4,742 | 15.1% | 115.1% |
| Johnson | 13,590 | 3,878 | 28.5% | 217.5% |
| Knox | 323,827 | 45,608 | 14.1% | 107.4% |
| Lawrence | 34,948 | 5,358 | 15.3% | 116.9% |
| Lewis | 9,050 | 1,899 | 21.0% | 160.0% |
| Loudon | 30,875 | 4,192 | 13.6% | 103.5% |
| Macon | 15,785 | 3,039 | 19.3% | 146.8% |
| Marion | 24,609 | 4,759 | 19.3% | 147.4% |
| McMinn | 41,586 | 7,152 | 17.2% | 131.1% |
| Meigs | 7,907 | 1,761 | 22.3% | 169.8% |
| Monroe | 29,851 | 5,303 | 17.8% | 135.4% |
| Morgan | 15,973 | 3,221 | 20.2% | 153.7% |
| Overton | 17,454 | 3,126 | 17.9% | 136.5% |
| Pickett | 4,483 | 1,115 | 24.9% | 189.6% |
| Polk | 13,536 | 2,474 | 18.3% | 139.3% |
| Putnam | 48,268 | 8,003 | 16.6% | 126.4% |
| Rhea | 23,618 | 4,476 | 19.0% | 144.5% |
| Roane | 46,656 | 7,467 | 16.0% | 122.0% |
| Scott | 18,090 | 5,030 | 27.8% | 212.0% |
| Sequatchie | 8,724 | 2,002 | 22.9% | 174.9% |
| Sevier | 50,348 | 6,623 | 13.2% | 100.3% |
| Smith | 13,959 | 2,026 | 14.5% | 110.6% |
| Sullivan | 141,577 | 19,241 | 13.6% | 103.6% |
| Unicoi | 16,325 | 2,787 | 17.1% | 130.1% |
| Union | 13,568 | 2,895 | 21.3% | 162.7% |
| Van Buren | 4,839 | 931 | 19.2% | 146.7% |
| Warren | 32,565 | 5,484 | 16.8% | 128.4% |
| Washington | 87,891 | 13,656 | 15.5% | 118.4% |
| White | 19,862 | 3,368 | 17.0% | 129.3% |
