| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2011–2015 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2011–2015 | Poverty Rate, 2011–2015 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011–2015 |
|
| United States | 308,619,550 | 47,749,043 | 15.5% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,640,191 | 4,219,279 | 17.1% | 110.7% |
| Tennessee | 6,339,352 | 1,117,594 | 17.6% | 113.9% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | 2,755,226 | 508,665 | 18.5% | 119.3% |
|
| County |
| Anderson | 74,196 | 13,309 | 17.9% | 115.9% |
| Bledsoe | 12,433 | 2,697 | 21.7% | 140.2% |
| Blount | 122,779 | 17,305 | 14.1% | 91.1% |
| Bradley | 98,670 | 19,357 | 19.6% | 126.8% |
| Campbell | 39,592 | 9,203 | 23.2% | 150.2% |
| Cannon | 13,607 | 2,500 | 18.4% | 118.8% |
| Carter | 55,143 | 13,021 | 23.6% | 152.6% |
| Claiborne | 30,431 | 6,658 | 21.9% | 141.4% |
| Clay | 7,678 | 1,801 | 23.5% | 151.6% |
| Cocke | 34,882 | 9,111 | 26.1% | 168.8% |
| Coffee | 52,810 | 9,818 | 18.6% | 120.2% |
| Cumberland | 56,527 | 9,300 | 16.5% | 106.3% |
| DeKalb | 18,620 | 3,887 | 20.9% | 134.9% |
| Fentress | 17,598 | 4,577 | 26.0% | 168.1% |
| Franklin | 39,091 | 6,669 | 17.1% | 110.3% |
| Grainger | 22,547 | 4,647 | 20.6% | 133.2% |
| Greene | 66,593 | 13,647 | 20.5% | 132.5% |
| Grundy | 13,252 | 3,797 | 28.7% | 185.2% |
| Hamblen | 61,978 | 13,193 | 21.3% | 137.6% |
| Hamilton | 338,500 | 54,036 | 16.0% | 103.2% |
| Hancock | 6,475 | 1,793 | 27.7% | 179.0% |
| Hawkins | 55,788 | 10,661 | 19.1% | 123.5% |
| Jackson | 11,302 | 3,034 | 26.8% | 173.5% |
| Jefferson | 50,593 | 8,343 | 16.5% | 106.6% |
| Johnson | 16,105 | 4,123 | 25.6% | 165.5% |
| Knox | 432,341 | 69,061 | 16.0% | 103.2% |
| Lawrence | 41,571 | 8,443 | 20.3% | 131.3% |
| Lewis | 11,703 | 2,292 | 19.6% | 126.6% |
| Loudon | 49,746 | 7,185 | 14.4% | 93.4% |
| Macon | 22,306 | 4,218 | 18.9% | 122.2% |
| Marion | 27,891 | 5,350 | 19.2% | 124.0% |
| McMinn | 51,356 | 10,220 | 19.9% | 128.6% |
| Meigs | 11,406 | 2,377 | 20.8% | 134.7% |
| Monroe | 44,692 | 8,627 | 19.3% | 124.8% |
| Morgan | 18,468 | 4,185 | 22.7% | 146.5% |
| Overton | 21,757 | 4,668 | 21.5% | 138.7% |
| Pickett | 5,005 | 808 | 16.1% | 104.3% |
| Polk | 16,378 | 3,094 | 18.9% | 122.1% |
| Putnam | 70,665 | 17,830 | 25.2% | 163.1% |
| Rhea | 31,225 | 7,664 | 24.5% | 158.6% |
| Roane | 52,328 | 9,620 | 18.4% | 118.8% |
| Scott | 21,586 | 5,903 | 27.3% | 176.7% |
| Sequatchie | 14,328 | 2,335 | 16.3% | 105.3% |
| Sevier | 92,448 | 14,128 | 15.3% | 98.8% |
| Smith | 18,815 | 3,066 | 16.3% | 105.3% |
| Sullivan | 154,272 | 26,924 | 17.5% | 112.8% |
| Unicoi | 17,662 | 3,974 | 22.5% | 145.4% |
| Union | 18,748 | 4,036 | 21.5% | 139.1% |
| Van Buren | 5,495 | 988 | 18.0% | 116.2% |
| Warren | 39,366 | 8,329 | 21.2% | 136.8% |
| Washington | 120,878 | 21,842 | 18.1% | 116.8% |
| White | 25,600 | 5,011 | 19.6% | 126.5% |
