Poverty Rate in Lewis County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.7%
Rank #2,256/3,222 · #58 in TN
30th
Lewis 16.7%
TN 13.8% +21.7%
US 12.6% +32.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lewis County's poverty rate of 16.7% 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 Lewis County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,253 | Pontotoc County, MS | 16.7% |
| #2,254 | Wilkes County, NC | 16.7% |
| #2,255 | Palo Pinto County, TX | 16.7% |
| #2,256 | Lewis County, TN | 16.7% |
| #2,257 | Rutherford County, NC | 16.8% |
| #2,258 | Logan County, KY | 16.8% |
| #2,259 | Wright County, IA | 16.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Lewis County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 16.7%, ranking #2,256 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 32.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #58 of 95. This places it in the 30th 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.