| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2006–2010 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2006–2010 | Poverty Rate, 2006–2010 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006–2010 |
|
| United States | 296,141,149 | 40,917,513 | 13.8% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,244,056 | 3,791,020 | 15.6% | 113.2% |
| Tennessee | 6,075,066 | 1,002,467 | 16.5% | 119.4% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | 2,677,523 | 452,975 | 16.9% | 122.4% |
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| County |
| Anderson | 73,610 | 12,112 | 16.5% | 119.1% |
| Bledsoe | 11,167 | 2,581 | 23.1% | 167.3% |
| Blount | 118,412 | 13,913 | 11.7% | 85.0% |
| Bradley | 94,132 | 15,028 | 16.0% | 115.5% |
| Campbell | 40,090 | 9,285 | 23.2% | 167.6% |
| Cannon | 13,380 | 1,839 | 13.7% | 99.5% |
| Carter | 55,932 | 13,126 | 23.5% | 169.8% |
| Claiborne | 30,987 | 5,995 | 19.3% | 140.0% |
| Clay | 7,748 | 1,448 | 18.7% | 135.3% |
| Cocke | 34,909 | 9,169 | 26.3% | 190.1% |
| Coffee | 51,872 | 9,077 | 17.5% | 126.6% |
| Cumberland | 54,417 | 8,615 | 15.8% | 114.6% |
| DeKalb | 17,599 | 3,375 | 19.2% | 138.8% |
| Fentress | 17,550 | 4,379 | 25.0% | 180.6% |
| Franklin | 39,177 | 5,172 | 13.2% | 95.5% |
| Grainger | 21,819 | 4,085 | 18.7% | 135.5% |
| Greene | 66,275 | 13,028 | 19.7% | 142.3% |
| Grundy | 13,666 | 4,305 | 31.5% | 228.0% |
| Hamblen | 60,810 | 10,761 | 17.7% | 128.1% |
| Hamilton | 321,970 | 47,402 | 14.7% | 106.6% |
| Hancock | 6,608 | 2,005 | 30.3% | 219.6% |
| Hawkins | 55,968 | 10,220 | 18.3% | 132.2% |
| Jackson | 11,425 | 2,481 | 21.7% | 157.2% |
| Jefferson | 48,532 | 8,852 | 18.2% | 132.0% |
| Johnson | 16,709 | 3,969 | 23.8% | 171.9% |
| Knox | 409,809 | 55,989 | 13.7% | 98.9% |
| Lawrence | 40,874 | 7,120 | 17.4% | 126.1% |
| Lewis | 11,776 | 2,157 | 18.3% | 132.6% |
| Loudon | 46,707 | 6,467 | 13.8% | 100.2% |
| Macon | 21,183 | 5,109 | 24.1% | 174.6% |
| Marion | 27,985 | 5,245 | 18.7% | 135.6% |
| McMinn | 50,912 | 8,801 | 17.3% | 125.1% |
| Meigs | 11,336 | 2,856 | 25.2% | 182.3% |
| Monroe | 43,415 | 8,152 | 18.8% | 135.9% |
| Morgan | 19,518 | 3,755 | 19.2% | 139.2% |
| Overton | 21,281 | 4,092 | 19.2% | 139.2% |
| Pickett | 4,900 | 836 | 17.1% | 123.5% |
| Polk | 16,340 | 3,013 | 18.4% | 133.5% |
| Putnam | 67,100 | 15,105 | 22.5% | 162.9% |
| Rhea | 30,261 | 5,794 | 19.1% | 138.6% |
| Roane | 53,387 | 7,138 | 13.4% | 96.8% |
| Scott | 21,904 | 5,364 | 24.5% | 177.2% |
| Sequatchie | 13,677 | 2,987 | 21.8% | 158.1% |
| Sevier | 86,503 | 11,664 | 13.5% | 97.6% |
| Smith | 18,883 | 3,349 | 17.7% | 128.4% |
| Sullivan | 152,154 | 24,138 | 15.9% | 114.8% |
| Unicoi | 17,967 | 3,374 | 18.8% | 135.9% |
| Union | 18,948 | 4,145 | 21.9% | 158.3% |
| Van Buren | 5,335 | 1,312 | 24.6% | 178.0% |
| Warren | 39,144 | 8,265 | 21.1% | 152.8% |
| Washington | 116,102 | 19,672 | 16.9% | 122.6% |
| White | 25,358 | 4,854 | 19.1% | 138.5% |
