Poverty Rate in Hawkins County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.2%
Rank #1,975/3,222 · #44 in TN
39th
Hawkins 15.2%
TN 13.8% +10.3%
US 12.6% +20.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Hawkins County's poverty rate of 15.2% 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 Hawkins County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,972 | McCracken County, KY | 15.2% |
| #1,973 | Bernalillo County, NM | 15.2% |
| #1,974 | Yancey County, NC | 15.2% |
| #1,975 | Hawkins County, TN | 15.2% |
| #1,976 | Granville County, NC | 15.2% |
| #1,977 | Sanpete County, UT | 15.2% |
| #1,978 | Clark County, OH | 15.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Hawkins County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 15.2%, ranking #1,975 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 20.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #44 of 95. This places it in the 39th 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.