| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2005–2009 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 |
|
| United States | 293,507,923 | 39,537,240 | 13.5% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 23,914,353 | 3,677,476 | 15.4% | 114.2% |
| Tennessee | 6,001,130 | 967,189 | 16.1% | 119.6% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | 2,646,514 | 441,371 | 16.7% | 123.8% |
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| County |
| Anderson | 72,554 | 11,742 | 16.2% | 120.1% |
| Bledsoe | 11,134 | 2,548 | 22.9% | 169.9% |
| Blount | 116,709 | 14,346 | 12.3% | 91.3% |
| Bradley | 92,273 | 13,754 | 14.9% | 110.7% |
| Campbell | 39,971 | 9,321 | 23.3% | 173.1% |
| Cannon | 13,332 | 1,923 | 14.4% | 107.1% |
| Carter | 57,232 | 12,237 | 21.4% | 158.7% |
| Claiborne | 30,000 | 5,915 | 19.7% | 146.4% |
| Clay | 7,781 | 1,458 | 18.7% | 139.1% |
| Cocke | 35,031 | 7,838 | 22.4% | 166.1% |
| Coffee | 51,051 | 8,482 | 16.6% | 123.3% |
| Cumberland | 52,242 | 8,648 | 16.6% | 122.9% |
| DeKalb | 17,684 | 3,295 | 18.6% | 138.3% |
| Fentress | 17,166 | 4,541 | 26.5% | 196.4% |
| Franklin | 38,931 | 5,386 | 13.8% | 102.7% |
| Grainger | 22,469 | 3,904 | 17.4% | 129.0% |
| Greene | 63,385 | 12,171 | 19.2% | 142.5% |
| Grundy | 14,093 | 4,184 | 29.7% | 220.4% |
| Hamblen | 60,389 | 9,707 | 16.1% | 119.3% |
| Hamilton | 324,105 | 45,387 | 14.0% | 104.0% |
| Hancock | 6,407 | 2,208 | 34.5% | 255.8% |
| Hawkins | 56,262 | 10,710 | 19.0% | 141.3% |
| Jackson | 10,792 | 2,574 | 23.9% | 177.1% |
| Jefferson | 48,126 | 8,606 | 17.9% | 132.8% |
| Johnson | 16,713 | 4,122 | 24.7% | 183.1% |
| Knox | 410,374 | 60,187 | 14.7% | 108.9% |
| Lawrence | 40,282 | 6,701 | 16.6% | 123.5% |
| Lewis | 11,044 | 2,420 | 21.9% | 162.7% |
| Loudon | 44,810 | 5,855 | 13.1% | 97.0% |
| Macon | 20,925 | 4,680 | 22.4% | 166.0% |
| Marion | 27,919 | 4,414 | 15.8% | 117.4% |
| McMinn | 50,679 | 9,014 | 17.8% | 132.0% |
| Meigs | 11,414 | 2,663 | 23.3% | 173.2% |
| Monroe | 43,930 | 7,556 | 17.2% | 127.7% |
| Morgan | 17,539 | 3,776 | 21.5% | 159.8% |
| Overton | 20,324 | 3,935 | 19.4% | 143.7% |
| Pickett | 4,560 | 1,005 | 22.0% | 163.6% |
| Polk | 15,278 | 2,669 | 17.5% | 129.7% |
| Putnam | 66,054 | 14,328 | 21.7% | 161.0% |
| Rhea | 29,682 | 5,895 | 19.9% | 147.4% |
| Roane | 52,355 | 7,334 | 14.0% | 104.0% |
| Scott | 21,597 | 5,223 | 24.2% | 179.5% |
| Sequatchie | 13,179 | 2,807 | 21.3% | 158.1% |
| Sevier | 82,392 | 10,990 | 13.3% | 99.0% |
| Smith | 18,652 | 3,003 | 16.1% | 119.5% |
| Sullivan | 149,528 | 24,128 | 16.1% | 119.8% |
| Unicoi | 17,439 | 3,085 | 17.7% | 131.3% |
| Union | 18,758 | 3,639 | 19.4% | 144.0% |
| Van Buren | 5,289 | 1,064 | 20.1% | 149.3% |
| Warren | 39,314 | 7,525 | 19.1% | 142.1% |
| Washington | 112,599 | 17,686 | 15.7% | 116.6% |
| White | 24,766 | 4,782 | 19.3% | 143.3% |
