Poverty Rate in Union County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.8%
Rank #1,706/3,222 · #34 in TN
47th
Union 13.8%
TN 13.8% +0.3%
US 12.6% +9.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Union County's poverty rate of 13.8% 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 Union County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,703 | Steuben County, NY | 13.8% |
| #1,704 | Crawford County, WI | 13.8% |
| #1,705 | Treutlen County, GA | 13.8% |
| #1,706 | Union County, TN | 13.8% |
| #1,707 | Mitchell County, TX | 13.8% |
| #1,708 | Onondaga County, NY | 13.8% |
| #1,709 | Hancock County, MS | 13.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Union County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 13.8%, ranking #1,706 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 9.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #34 of 95. This places it in the 47th 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.