Poverty Rate in Madison County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
18.2%
Rank #2,474/3,222 · #69 in TN
23th
Madison 18.2%
TN 13.8% +32.2%
US 12.6% +44.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Madison County's poverty rate of 18.2% 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 Madison County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,471 | Cherokee County, TX | 18.2% |
| #2,472 | Twiggs County, GA | 18.2% |
| #2,473 | Columbus County, NC | 18.2% |
| #2,474 | Madison County, TN | 18.2% |
| #2,475 | Richmond city, VA | 18.2% |
| #2,476 | Pawnee County, OK | 18.2% |
| #2,477 | Laclede County, MO | 18.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Madison County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 18.2%, ranking #2,474 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 44.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #69 of 95. This places it in the 23th 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.