Poverty Rate in Hamilton County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.1%
Rank #1,545/3,222 · #28 in TN
52th
Hamilton 13.1%
TN 13.8% -4.9%
US 12.6% +3.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Hamilton County's poverty rate of 13.1% 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 Hamilton County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,542 | Greeley County, NE | 13.1% |
| #1,543 | Shoshone County, ID | 13.1% |
| #1,544 | Brooke County, WV | 13.1% |
| #1,545 | Hamilton County, TN | 13.1% |
| #1,546 | Grant County, AR | 13.1% |
| #1,547 | Vernon County, WI | 13.1% |
| #1,548 | Madison County, NE | 13.1% |
About Poverty Rate
Hamilton County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 13.1%, ranking #1,545 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 3.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #28 of 95. This places it in the 52th 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.