Poverty Rate in Knox County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.2%
Rank #1,323/3,222 · #21 in TN
59th
Knox 12.2%
TN 13.8% -11.3%
US 12.6% -3.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Knox County's poverty rate of 12.2% 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 Knox County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,320 | Grady County, OK | 12.2% |
| #1,321 | Cowlitz County, WA | 12.2% |
| #1,322 | Mitchell County, KS | 12.2% |
| #1,323 | Knox County, TN | 12.2% |
| #1,324 | Kankakee County, IL | 12.2% |
| #1,325 | McPherson County, NE | 12.2% |
| #1,326 | Seward County, KS | 12.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Knox County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 12.2%, ranking #1,323 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 3.2% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #21 of 95. This places it in the 59th 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.