Poverty Rate in Wayne County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.0%
Rank #2,669/3,222 · #80 in TN
17th
Wayne 20.0%
TN 13.8% +45.1%
US 12.6% +58.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Wayne County's poverty rate of 20.0% 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 Wayne County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,666 | Iberville Parish, LA | 19.9% |
| #2,667 | Camp County, TX | 19.9% |
| #2,668 | Montgomery County, AL | 19.9% |
| #2,669 | Wayne County, TN | 20.0% |
| #2,670 | Barbour County, WV | 20.0% |
| #2,671 | Hopkins County, KY | 20.0% |
| #2,672 | Pickens County, AL | 20.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Wayne County, Tennessee has a poverty rate of 20.0%, ranking #2,669 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 58.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #80 of 95. This places it in the 17th 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.