Poverty Rate in Polk County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.9%
Rank #1,743/3,222 · #36 in TN
46th
Polk 13.9%
TN 13.8% +1.4%
US 12.6% +10.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Polk County's poverty rate of 13.9% 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 Polk County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,740 | Calhoun County, MI | 13.9% |
| #1,741 | Wicomico County, MD | 13.9% |
| #1,742 | Davidson County, TN | 13.9% |
| #1,743 | Polk County, TN | 13.9% |
| #1,744 | Chattahoochee County, GA | 13.9% |
| #1,745 | Cape Girardeau County, MO | 13.9% |
| #1,746 | Woodbury County, IA | 14.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Polk County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 13.9%, ranking #1,743 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #36 of 95. This places it in the 46th 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.