| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2008–2012 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2008–2012 | Poverty Rate, 2008–2012 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008–2012 |
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United States | 301,333,410 | 44,852,527 | 14.9% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,471,864 | 4,060,430 | 16.6% | 111.5% |
Tennessee | 6,194,236 | 1,069,017 | 17.3% | 115.9% |
Appalachian Tennessee | 2,717,974 | 484,816 | 17.8% | 119.8% |
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County |
Anderson | 73,977 | 12,381 | 16.7% | 112.4% |
Bledsoe | 11,663 | 2,699 | 23.1% | 155.5% |
Blount | 120,749 | 15,390 | 12.7% | 85.6% |
Bradley | 95,862 | 17,081 | 17.8% | 119.7% |
Campbell | 40,015 | 9,464 | 23.7% | 158.9% |
Cannon | 13,615 | 2,239 | 16.4% | 110.5% |
Carter | 55,814 | 12,708 | 22.8% | 153.0% |
Claiborne | 31,134 | 7,149 | 23.0% | 154.3% |
Clay | 7,752 | 1,528 | 19.7% | 132.4% |
Cocke | 35,117 | 9,140 | 26.0% | 174.9% |
Coffee | 52,134 | 10,751 | 20.6% | 138.5% |
Cumberland | 55,503 | 9,112 | 16.4% | 110.3% |
DeKalb | 18,375 | 3,489 | 19.0% | 127.6% |
Fentress | 17,546 | 4,452 | 25.4% | 170.5% |
Franklin | 38,624 | 6,140 | 15.9% | 106.8% |
Grainger | 22,242 | 4,488 | 20.2% | 135.6% |
Greene | 67,055 | 15,062 | 22.5% | 150.9% |
Grundy | 13,493 | 3,917 | 29.0% | 195.0% |
Hamblen | 61,425 | 11,427 | 18.6% | 125.0% |
Hamilton | 328,989 | 53,312 | 16.2% | 108.9% |
Hancock | 6,585 | 2,155 | 32.7% | 219.9% |
Hawkins | 55,993 | 9,206 | 16.4% | 110.5% |
Jackson | 11,343 | 2,733 | 24.1% | 161.9% |
Jefferson | 49,597 | 9,541 | 19.2% | 129.2% |
Johnson | 16,419 | 4,173 | 25.4% | 170.8% |
Knox | 420,495 | 59,898 | 14.2% | 95.7% |
Lawrence | 41,223 | 7,415 | 18.0% | 120.8% |
Lewis | 11,666 | 2,267 | 19.4% | 130.6% |
Loudon | 48,036 | 6,992 | 14.6% | 97.8% |
Macon | 21,955 | 5,157 | 23.5% | 157.8% |
Marion | 27,832 | 5,346 | 19.2% | 129.0% |
McMinn | 51,224 | 9,472 | 18.5% | 124.2% |
Meigs | 11,522 | 2,680 | 23.3% | 156.3% |
Monroe | 43,927 | 8,473 | 19.3% | 129.6% |
Morgan | 19,088 | 3,642 | 19.1% | 128.2% |
Overton | 21,754 | 4,812 | 22.1% | 148.6% |
Pickett | 4,971 | 1,043 | 21.0% | 141.0% |
Polk | 16,483 | 2,926 | 17.8% | 119.3% |
Putnam | 69,342 | 16,720 | 24.1% | 162.0% |
Rhea | 30,782 | 6,882 | 22.4% | 150.2% |
Roane | 53,296 | 7,673 | 14.4% | 96.7% |
Scott | 21,758 | 5,620 | 25.8% | 173.5% |
Sequatchie | 13,940 | 2,695 | 19.3% | 129.9% |
Sevier | 89,189 | 11,989 | 13.4% | 90.3% |
Smith | 18,921 | 3,351 | 17.7% | 119.0% |
Sullivan | 153,688 | 25,924 | 16.9% | 113.3% |
Unicoi | 17,971 | 3,979 | 22.1% | 148.8% |
Union | 18,972 | 4,295 | 22.6% | 152.1% |
Van Buren | 5,461 | 1,222 | 22.4% | 150.3% |
Warren | 39,214 | 8,966 | 22.9% | 153.6% |
Washington | 118,864 | 20,546 | 17.3% | 116.1% |
White | 25,379 | 5,094 | 20.1% | 134.8% |