Poverty Rate in Shelby County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
17.8%
Rank #2,421/3,222 · #66 in TN
25th
Shelby 17.8%
TN 13.8% +29.6%
US 12.6% +41.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Shelby County's poverty rate of 17.8% 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 Shelby County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,418 | Wilkes County, GA | 17.8% |
| #2,419 | Beaufort County, NC | 17.8% |
| #2,420 | Wahkiakum County, WA | 17.8% |
| #2,421 | Shelby County, TN | 17.8% |
| #2,422 | Jasper County, SC | 17.8% |
| #2,423 | Audrain County, MO | 17.8% |
| #2,424 | Benton County, TN | 17.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Shelby County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 17.8%, ranking #2,421 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 41.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #66 of 95. This places it in the 25th 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.