| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2007–2011 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2007–2011 | Poverty Rate, 2007–2011 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007–2011 |
|
| United States | 298,787,998 | 42,739,924 | 14.3% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,377,459 | 3,930,024 | 16.1% | 112.7% |
| Tennessee | 6,139,176 | 1,036,199 | 16.9% | 118.0% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | 2,701,981 | 471,679 | 17.5% | 122.0% |
|
| County |
| Anderson | 73,690 | 12,351 | 16.8% | 117.2% |
| Bledsoe | 11,666 | 2,445 | 21.0% | 146.5% |
| Blount | 119,984 | 14,778 | 12.3% | 86.1% |
| Bradley | 95,083 | 16,064 | 16.9% | 118.1% |
| Campbell | 39,986 | 9,255 | 23.1% | 161.8% |
| Cannon | 13,537 | 2,381 | 17.6% | 123.0% |
| Carter | 55,841 | 12,290 | 22.0% | 153.9% |
| Claiborne | 31,362 | 7,078 | 22.6% | 157.8% |
| Clay | 7,750 | 1,545 | 19.9% | 139.4% |
| Cocke | 35,070 | 9,438 | 26.9% | 188.1% |
| Coffee | 51,968 | 9,779 | 18.8% | 131.5% |
| Cumberland | 55,122 | 8,829 | 16.0% | 112.0% |
| DeKalb | 18,325 | 3,395 | 18.5% | 129.5% |
| Fentress | 17,527 | 4,418 | 25.2% | 176.2% |
| Franklin | 38,741 | 5,350 | 13.8% | 96.5% |
| Grainger | 22,220 | 4,394 | 19.8% | 138.2% |
| Greene | 67,036 | 14,464 | 21.6% | 150.8% |
| Grundy | 13,559 | 4,152 | 30.6% | 214.1% |
| Hamblen | 61,269 | 10,856 | 17.7% | 123.9% |
| Hamilton | 325,307 | 51,859 | 15.9% | 111.4% |
| Hancock | 6,564 | 2,095 | 31.9% | 223.1% |
| Hawkins | 55,976 | 9,447 | 16.9% | 118.0% |
| Jackson | 11,325 | 2,591 | 22.9% | 159.9% |
| Jefferson | 49,297 | 9,337 | 18.9% | 132.4% |
| Johnson | 16,474 | 3,847 | 23.4% | 163.2% |
| Knox | 416,093 | 56,826 | 13.7% | 95.5% |
| Lawrence | 41,082 | 7,052 | 17.2% | 120.0% |
| Lewis | 11,711 | 2,320 | 19.8% | 138.5% |
| Loudon | 47,332 | 6,625 | 14.0% | 97.8% |
| Macon | 21,712 | 5,186 | 23.9% | 167.0% |
| Marion | 27,831 | 4,945 | 17.8% | 124.2% |
| McMinn | 51,214 | 9,376 | 18.3% | 128.0% |
| Meigs | 11,471 | 2,710 | 23.6% | 165.2% |
| Monroe | 43,653 | 9,124 | 20.9% | 146.1% |
| Morgan | 19,213 | 3,986 | 20.7% | 145.0% |
| Overton | 21,641 | 4,278 | 19.8% | 138.2% |
| Pickett | 4,955 | 807 | 16.3% | 113.9% |
| Polk | 16,438 | 2,900 | 17.6% | 123.3% |
| Putnam | 68,684 | 17,134 | 24.9% | 174.4% |
| Rhea | 30,520 | 6,208 | 20.3% | 142.2% |
| Roane | 53,476 | 8,113 | 15.2% | 106.1% |
| Scott | 21,783 | 5,668 | 26.0% | 181.9% |
| Sequatchie | 13,814 | 2,487 | 18.0% | 125.9% |
| Sevier | 87,982 | 11,882 | 13.5% | 94.4% |
| Smith | 18,910 | 3,249 | 17.2% | 120.1% |
| Sullivan | 153,391 | 25,337 | 16.5% | 115.5% |
| Unicoi | 17,959 | 3,711 | 20.7% | 144.5% |
| Union | 18,897 | 4,125 | 21.8% | 152.6% |
| Van Buren | 5,430 | 1,182 | 21.8% | 152.2% |
| Warren | 39,152 | 8,427 | 21.5% | 150.5% |
| Washington | 117,505 | 20,287 | 17.3% | 120.7% |
| White | 25,453 | 5,296 | 20.8% | 145.5% |
