PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas
Senior Food Insecurity in
Tennessee
Tennessee's senior poverty rate is 10.8%, and 27.6% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 95 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.
10.8%
Senior poverty (65+)
27.6%
Seniors living alone
34.6%
Senior SNAP take-up
$50,265
Senior median income
Tennessee by county
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Tennessee at a glance
Seniors in poverty
124K
Ages 65+
Senior poverty rate
10.8%
Ages 65+
Living alone
27.6%
1-person HH, 65+
Senior SNAP
34.6%
HH with 60+ member
Senior median income
$50,265
Householder 65+
Isolation index
0.40
Blended 0–1
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 95 counties in Tennessee.
Highest senior poverty
Ages 65+, rate
- 1 Hancock 30.4%
- 2 Trousdale 25.2%
- 3 Decatur 20.3%
- 4 Jackson 19.8%
- 5 Clay 19.4%
Most seniors living alone
1-person HH, 65+
- 1 Hancock 39.1%
- 2 Cannon 36.6%
- 3 Benton 36.3%
- 4 Davidson 34.4%
- 5 Obion 33.3%
Largest senior population
Absolute count, 65+
- 1 Shelby 130K
- 2 Davidson 89K
- 3 Knox 77K
- 4 Hamilton 65K
- 5 Rutherford 38K
Every county in Tennessee
All 95 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.
| County | Senior poverty | Living alone | Senior SNAP | Senior income | Seniors (count) | Isolation idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 13.2% | 28.7% | 34.9% | $50,973 | 15,398 | 0.47 |
| Bedford | 6.1% | 23.5% | 28.9% | $51,143 | 7,305 | 0.20 |
| Benton | 11.5% | 36.3% | 41.0% | $39,688 | 3,732 | 0.61 |
| Bledsoe | 9.8% | 16.2% | 28.9% | $41,372 | 2,892 | 0.15 |
| Blount | 7.9% | 23.3% | 38.5% | $57,666 | 28,226 | 0.23 |
| Bradley | 11.4% | 27.5% | 33.2% | $45,557 | 18,387 | 0.41 |
| Campbell | 14.2% | 28.0% | 36.9% | $34,377 | 7,931 | 0.48 |
| Cannon | 12.1% | 36.6% | 33.9% | $33,446 | 2,481 | 0.63 |
| Carroll | 8.1% | 28.7% | 30.3% | $38,269 | 5,399 | 0.36 |
| Carter | 12.0% | 30.7% | 36.0% | $41,277 | 12,155 | 0.49 |
| Cheatham | 7.2% | 23.0% | 61.7% | $56,552 | 6,374 | 0.21 |
| Chester | 13.2% | 27.4% | 36.3% | $41,607 | 2,976 | 0.45 |
| Claiborne | 12.9% | 31.2% | 36.8% | $35,442 | 6,171 | 0.52 |
| Clay | 19.4% | 28.1% | 48.7% | $34,403 | 1,882 | 0.60 |
| Cocke | 12.2% | 24.1% | 37.3% | $39,322 | 7,898 | 0.35 |
| Coffee | 12.0% | 29.0% | 31.7% | $43,746 | 10,005 | 0.46 |
| Crockett | 8.0% | 23.2% | 22.4% | $42,857 | 2,512 | 0.23 |
| Cumberland | 11.0% | 20.8% | 31.5% | $54,583 | 19,640 | 0.25 |
| Davidson | 11.1% | 34.4% | 31.6% | $59,104 | 88,530 | 0.56 |
| Decatur | 20.3% | 26.9% | 33.2% | $31,081 | 2,627 | 0.59 |
| DeKalb | 14.2% | 32.5% | 37.1% | $36,401 | 3,749 | 0.58 |
| Dickson | 11.4% | 26.8% | 33.0% | $47,879 | 9,110 | 0.39 |
| Dyer | 12.1% | 30.7% | 29.4% | $43,921 | 6,228 | 0.50 |
| Fayette | 7.7% | 20.8% | 37.9% | $64,729 | 9,337 | 0.17 |
| Fentress | 16.2% | 29.3% | 40.1% | $41,780 | 4,293 | 0.56 |
| Franklin | 10.7% | 28.0% | 44.2% | $44,847 | 8,768 | 0.40 |
| Gibson | 11.7% | 27.7% | 36.4% | $44,537 | 8,266 | 0.42 |
| Giles | 8.7% | 26.9% | 39.8% | $45,545 | 6,141 | 0.33 |
| Grainger | 12.6% | 27.6% | 45.2% | $34,710 | 5,008 | 0.44 |
| Greene | 12.8% | 30.8% | 39.8% | $36,721 | 15,090 | 0.51 |
| Grundy | 15.4% | 21.4% | 36.6% | $36,280 | 2,742 | 0.36 |
| Hamblen | 10.8% | 29.6% | 36.0% | $40,874 | 11,390 | 0.44 |
| Hamilton | 9.1% | 27.6% | 34.5% | $53,518 | 65,429 | 0.36 |
| Hancock | 30.4% | 39.1% | 47.9% | $30,564 | 1,492 | 0.98 |
| Hardeman | 14.2% | 27.3% | 45.2% | $41,790 | 4,645 | 0.47 |
| Hardin | 16.7% | 24.9% | 43.3% | $39,044 | 5,920 | 0.47 |
| Hawkins | 12.1% | 25.5% | 39.0% | $41,175 | 12,162 | 0.38 |
| Haywood | 17.9% | 30.4% | 46.4% | $38,236 | 3,477 | 0.62 |
| Henderson | 12.9% | 30.6% | 31.3% | $35,221 | 4,970 | 0.51 |
| Henry | 10.1% | 28.8% | 41.6% | $39,263 | 7,390 | 0.41 |
| Hickman | 10.2% | 24.1% | 33.7% | $43,223 | 4,413 | 0.30 |
| Houston | 15.6% | 29.4% | 29.5% | $42,039 | 1,549 | 0.55 |
| Humphreys | 7.6% | 27.1% | 41.7% | $46,768 | 3,864 | 0.31 |
| Jackson | 19.8% | 28.9% | 39.7% | $35,642 | 2,696 | 0.63 |
| Jefferson | 8.2% | 23.9% | 39.8% | $46,123 | 10,970 | 0.25 |
| Johnson | 11.6% | 26.7% | 51.2% | $42,599 | 4,046 | 0.39 |
| Knox | 9.6% | 29.2% | 32.5% | $54,123 | 76,873 | 0.41 |
| Lake | 15.9% | 26.3% | 38.7% | $35,729 | 860 | 0.48 |
| Lauderdale | 15.2% | 27.8% | 36.3% | $37,950 | 3,940 | 0.50 |
| Lawrence | 13.2% | 29.4% | 31.3% | $40,358 | 7,744 | 0.49 |
| Lewis | 15.3% | 27.6% | 30.1% | $46,250 | 2,562 | 0.50 |
| Lincoln | 11.2% | 30.4% | 37.2% | $44,672 | 6,705 | 0.47 |
| Loudon | 6.4% | 20.4% | 48.1% | $70,698 | 15,250 | 0.13 |
| Macon | 9.5% | 24.4% | 35.4% | $44,510 | 3,869 | 0.29 |
| Madison | 11.5% | 28.3% | 30.6% | $52,968 | 16,827 | 0.43 |
| Marion | 10.6% | 21.4% | 33.5% | $47,191 | 5,857 | 0.25 |
| Marshall | 7.7% | 24.6% | 47.9% | $47,741 | 5,661 | 0.26 |
| Maury | 8.0% | 25.7% | 24.6% | $51,823 | 17,090 | 0.29 |
| McMinn | 10.7% | 22.5% | 34.3% | $44,040 | 10,579 | 0.28 |
| McNairy | 15.3% | 31.1% | 45.6% | $31,556 | 5,298 | 0.58 |
| Meigs | 8.7% | 27.2% | 37.7% | $48,553 | 2,763 | 0.34 |
| Monroe | 16.7% | 26.9% | 43.5% | $42,972 | 10,117 | 0.51 |
| Montgomery | 7.8% | 26.2% | 22.3% | $54,312 | 21,771 | 0.29 |
| Moore | 15.2% | 22.9% | 63.1% | $44,205 | 1,360 | 0.39 |
| Morgan | 12.3% | 24.8% | 58.5% | $42,530 | 3,823 | 0.37 |
| Obion | 13.7% | 33.3% | 36.1% | $38,592 | 6,105 | 0.59 |
| Overton | 18.3% | 32.4% | 40.3% | $32,759 | 4,519 | 0.68 |
| Perry | 9.7% | 25.6% | 42.0% | $40,243 | 1,815 | 0.33 |
| Pickett | 12.2% | 28.3% | 43.6% | $33,722 | 1,379 | 0.44 |
| Polk | 10.5% | 20.0% | 35.2% | $42,722 | 3,616 | 0.21 |
| Putnam | 14.6% | 28.7% | 32.5% | $43,418 | 12,952 | 0.51 |
| Rhea | 12.0% | 24.8% | 44.8% | $46,932 | 6,339 | 0.36 |
| Roane | 11.0% | 28.1% | 49.1% | $48,024 | 12,438 | 0.41 |
| Robertson | 8.9% | 24.7% | 30.2% | $51,559 | 10,784 | 0.29 |
| Rutherford | 7.6% | 23.7% | 23.5% | $64,151 | 37,794 | 0.23 |
| Scott | 19.4% | 26.9% | 35.9% | $33,515 | 3,654 | 0.58 |
| Sequatchie | 10.9% | 23.0% | 37.4% | $46,205 | 3,368 | 0.29 |
| Sevier | 10.2% | 23.3% | 44.0% | $54,094 | 19,482 | 0.28 |
| Shelby | 13.3% | 31.9% | 32.9% | $53,332 | 129,659 | 0.55 |
| Smith | 11.3% | 26.0% | 39.0% | $40,667 | 3,251 | 0.37 |
| Stewart | 11.5% | 32.8% | 39.8% | $49,124 | 2,862 | 0.53 |
| Sullivan | 10.3% | 29.6% | 35.4% | $44,607 | 34,693 | 0.43 |
| Sumner | 8.5% | 21.6% | 38.0% | $60,145 | 32,174 | 0.21 |
| Tipton | 7.9% | 25.8% | 33.7% | $51,071 | 9,201 | 0.29 |
| Trousdale | 25.2% | 29.2% | 51.5% | $34,577 | 1,358 | 0.75 |
| Unicoi | 11.3% | 31.0% | 34.1% | $36,875 | 3,926 | 0.48 |
| Union | 10.6% | 20.6% | 36.7% | $41,708 | 3,676 | 0.23 |
| Van Buren | 9.0% | 24.4% | 50.9% | $44,423 | 1,459 | 0.28 |
| Warren | 11.6% | 30.8% | 40.0% | $39,745 | 7,295 | 0.49 |
| Washington | 11.0% | 27.6% | 38.2% | $49,807 | 24,356 | 0.40 |
| Wayne | 19.2% | 27.9% | 32.6% | $35,898 | 2,833 | 0.59 |
| Weakley | 13.6% | 29.4% | 25.1% | $41,643 | 5,722 | 0.50 |
| White | 13.9% | 25.3% | 41.8% | $38,750 | 5,633 | 0.41 |
| Williamson | 5.1% | 21.8% | 35.4% | $83,513 | 35,836 | 0.13 |
| Wilson | 7.2% | 20.5% | 30.8% | $62,168 | 23,689 | 0.15 |
Senior food help in Tennessee
SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.
Seniors Resource GuideTennessee senior SNAP
Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Tennessee, and benefit amounts.
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