Poverty Rate in Monroe County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.5%
Rank #2,035/3,222 · #47 in TN
37th
Monroe 15.5%
TN 13.8% +12.4%
US 12.6% +22.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Monroe County's poverty rate of 15.5% 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 Monroe County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,032 | Sanders County, MT | 15.4% |
| #2,033 | Taos County, NM | 15.5% |
| #2,034 | Yakima County, WA | 15.5% |
| #2,035 | Monroe County, TN | 15.5% |
| #2,036 | Fayette County, IL | 15.5% |
| #2,037 | Oneida County, NY | 15.5% |
| #2,038 | Piscataquis County, ME | 15.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Monroe County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 15.5%, ranking #2,035 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 22.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #47 of 95. This places it in the 37th 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.