Poverty Rate in Sequatchie County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
21.9%
Rank #2,836/3,222 · #89 in TN
12th
Sequatchie 21.9%
TN 13.8% +59.5%
US 12.6% +74.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Sequatchie County's poverty rate of 21.9% 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 Sequatchie County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,833 | Wilcox County, GA | 21.9% |
| #2,834 | Isabella County, MI | 21.9% |
| #2,835 | Cocke County, TN | 21.9% |
| #2,836 | Sequatchie County, TN | 21.9% |
| #2,837 | Pondera County, MT | 21.9% |
| #2,838 | Lenoir County, NC | 22.0% |
| #2,839 | Bladen County, NC | 22.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Sequatchie County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 21.9%, ranking #2,836 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 74.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #89 of 95. This places it in the 12th 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.