Poverty Rate in Anderson County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.4%
Rank #1,614/3,222 · #30 in TN
50th
Anderson 13.4%
TN 13.8% -2.9%
US 12.6% +6.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Anderson County's poverty rate of 13.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Anderson County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,611 | Fremont County, CO | 13.3% |
| #1,612 | Alamance County, NC | 13.4% |
| #1,613 | Clay County, KS | 13.4% |
| #1,614 | Anderson County, TN | 13.4% |
| #1,615 | Tioga County, NY | 13.4% |
| #1,616 | Starke County, IN | 13.4% |
| #1,617 | Caldwell County, NC | 13.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Anderson County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 13.4%, ranking #1,614 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 6.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #30 of 95. This places it in the 50th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.