In 2023, 14 percent of Tennessee's population lived below the poverty line. This was an increase from the previous year, when about 13.3 percent of Tennessee residents lived below the poverty line. The poverty rate of the United States since 1990 can be accessed here.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hardeman County, TN was 17.30% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hardeman County, TN reached a record high of 25.90 in January of 2014 and a record low of 16.10 in January of 2022. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hardeman County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.
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Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Knox County, TN (S1701ACS047093) from 2012 to 2023 about Knox County, TN; Knoxville; TN; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hardin County, TN was 20.80% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hardin County, TN reached a record high of 23.30 in January of 2015 and a record low of 17.40 in January of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hardin County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Madison County, TN was 18.60% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Madison County, TN reached a record high of 20.30 in January of 2017 and a record low of 18.20 in January of 2022. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Madison County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Campbell County, TN was 19.20% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Campbell County, TN reached a record high of 23.80 in January of 2013 and a record low of 19.00 in January of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Campbell County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.
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Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Madison County, TN (S1701ACS047113) from 2012 to 2023 about Madison County, TN; Jackson; TN; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Rhea County, TN was 15.30% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Rhea County, TN reached a record high of 24.50 in January of 2015 and a record low of 15.30 in January of 2023. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Rhea County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.
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Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Union County, TN (S1701ACS047173) from 2012 to 2023 about Union County, TN; Knoxville; TN; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Claiborne County, TN was 18.20% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Claiborne County, TN reached a record high of 24.00 in January of 2014 and a record low of 18.20 in January of 2023. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Claiborne County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.
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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Marshall County, TN was 14.20% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Marshall County, TN reached a record high of 17.90 in January of 2012 and a record low of 13.50 in January of 2017. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Marshall County, TN - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.
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Tunisia TN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 0.547 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.314 % for 2010. Tunisia TN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 2.377 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2015, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.474 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.547 % in 2015. Tunisia TN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Proportion of population pushed below the $3.20 ($2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the $3.20 poverty line, but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).; ; World Health Organization and World Bank. 2021. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2021.; Weighted Average; This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].
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Tunisia TN: Increase in Poverty Gap at $3.10: Poverty Line Due To Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: USD data was reported at 0.012 USD in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.026 USD for 1995. Tunisia TN: Increase in Poverty Gap at $3.10: Poverty Line Due To Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: USD data is updated yearly, averaging 0.019 USD from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2010, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.026 USD in 1995 and a record low of 0.012 USD in 2010. Tunisia TN: Increase in Poverty Gap at $3.10: Poverty Line Due To Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: USD data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.World Bank: Poverty. Increase in poverty gap at $3.10 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure, expressed in US dollars (2011 PPP); ; Wagstaff et al. Progress on Impoverishing Health Spending: Results for 122 Countries. A Retrospective Observational Study, Lancet Global Health 2017.; Weighted Average;
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Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Shelby County, TN (S1701ACS047157) from 2012 to 2023 about Shelby County, TN; Memphis; TN; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.
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Tunisia TN: Number of People Pushed Below the $1.90: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP data was reported at 46,000.000 Person in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 106,000.000 Person for 1995. Tunisia TN: Number of People Pushed Below the $1.90: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP data is updated yearly, averaging 76,000.000 Person from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2010, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 106,000.000 Person in 1995 and a record low of 46,000.000 Person in 2010. Tunisia TN: Number of People Pushed Below the $1.90: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tunisia – Table TN.World Bank: Poverty. Number of people pushed below the $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure; ; Wagstaff et al. Progress on Impoverishing Health Spending: Results for 122 Countries. A Retrospective Observational Study, Lancet Global Health 2017.; Sum;
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Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Morgan County, TN (S1701ACS047129) from 2012 to 2023 about Morgan County, TN; TN; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.
In 2023, 14 percent of Tennessee's population lived below the poverty line. This was an increase from the previous year, when about 13.3 percent of Tennessee residents lived below the poverty line. The poverty rate of the United States since 1990 can be accessed here.