Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety6#48/51
Economy26#38/51
Housing58#22/51
Health2#50/51
Healthcare12#45/51
Environment63#19/49
Education20#41/51
Infrastructure12#45/51
Community2#50/51
Leisure & amenities26#38/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low22.4%
92/100United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drinking water violations · low0
84/100United States 02023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · high5.7 /1k
82/100United States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Effective property tax rate · low0.52%
82/100United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Unemployment rate · low3.5%
71/100United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from countiesPartial year
Severe housing problems · low13.3%
66/100United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Depression · high29.0%
2/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · high22.0%
2/100United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult smoking · high21.0%
2/100United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Injury deaths · high122 /100k
6/100United States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health providers · low212 /100k
8/100United States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Life expectancy · low73.8 yrs
8/100United States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
6,927,736 (2020) → 7,315,076 (2025)
+5.6%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
High ozone daysWorsening
0 days (2017) → 2 days (2022)
+1,238%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 45% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+44 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drinking water violationsWorsening
0 (2020) → 0 (2023)
+157%3 years
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.4% (2015-2019) → 89.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
53.5 /100k (2021) → 27.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Tennessee improved on 16 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 5 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved16

Weekly wage+28%$1,060 → $1,354
High school++2.6 points87.5% → 90.0%
Broadband+11 points78.4% → 89.2%
Bachelor's++3.7 points27.3% → 31.1%
Household income+28%$56,047 → $72,007

Declined5

Price / income+1.0×3.1× → 4.1×
Traffic deaths+16%15.5 /100k → 18.0 /100k
Pharmacies−10%2.1 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Rent burden+1.5 points47.4% → 48.8%
Rent / income+0.6 points28.9% → 29.5%

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.7 /10k2020	5.5 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	58%
Average commute time	25.2 min2015-2019	25.7 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Little change	25%
Average weekly wage	$1,0602020	$1,3542025	+28%	Improved	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	74%
Broadband subscriptions	78.4%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	89%
Child poverty rate	19.4%2019	18.4%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Distance to an airport	31 mi2020	31 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	42.5 /100k2020	27.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−36%	Improved	62%
Effective property tax rate	0.71%2015-2019	0.52%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	72%
Firearm deaths	21.3 /100k2020	18.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Improved	62%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+1%	Within the margin of error	52%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	70%
High school diploma or higher	87.5%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	93%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	13%
Homicide rate	10.9 /100k2020	7.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−35%	Improved	52%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,5852019	$72,3892024	+35%	Improved	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4792015-2019	0.4762020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	88%
Median household income	$56,0472019	$72,0072024	+28%	Improved	75%
New business applications	10.9 /1k2020	14.1 /1k2025	+30%	Improved	52%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−10%	Declined	30%
Poverty rate	13.8%2019	13.3%2024	−0.5 points	Improved	68%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−4.5%	Within the margin of error	32%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.4%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	75%
Rent as share of income	28.9%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Declined	43%
Rent-burdened households	47.4%2015-2019	48.8%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Declined	46%
Restaurants and bars	7.4 /10k2020	7.7 /10k2025	+3.3%	Improved	66%
Suicide rate	17.6 /100k2020	18.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.3%	Within the margin of error	64%
Traffic deaths	15.5 /100k2015-2019	18.0 /100k2020-2024	+16%	Declined	11%
Unemployment rate	7.4%2020	3.5%2025	−3.9 points	Improved	68%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.1%2019	11.3%2024	−0.8 points	Improved	54%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tennessee in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Tennessee itself moved +0.9 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,066,383 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

7,066,383 residents

Tennessee
United States share

White71%5,018,980
Black15%1,090,494
Hispanic or Latino7.4%523,528

Education

4,870,330 residents (±1,536)

Tennessee
United States share

No high school diploma10.0%484,711
High school or GED31%1,520,002
Some college20%968,716

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,824,277 households (±6,378)

Tennessee
United States share

Under $25k17%469,660
$25k–50k19%549,302
$50k–75k17%488,287
$75k–100k13%371,698
$100k–150k17%475,457
$150k–200k7.7%216,988
$200k or more9.0%252,885

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,824,277 households (±6,378)

Tennessee
United States share

Own67%1,890,569
Rent33%933,708

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

867,741 households (±7,411)

Tennessee
United States share

Under $75018%160,268
$750–1,00018%154,773
$1,000–1,50033%286,329
$1,500–2,000

Home values

1,890,569 homes (±10,295)

Tennessee
United States share

Under $150k21%402,193
$150k–250k22%410,103
$250k–400k27%502,417
$400k–750k

Age of homes

3,143,670 homes (±903)

Tennessee
United States share

2010 or later15%471,217
2000–200916%495,580
1980–199928%894,557
1960–1979

Size of homes

3,143,670 homes (±903)

Tennessee
United States share

Studio1.7%54,421
1 bedroom8.2%257,208
2 bedrooms25%770,809
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,314,309 workers (±10,226)

Tennessee
United States share

Drive alone76%2,512,992
Carpool8.4%278,809
Public transit0.4%14,095
Walk1.2%39,883
Bike0.1%3,621
Work from home13%426,680
Other1.2%38,229

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,887,629 workers (±9,168)

Tennessee
United States share

Under 15 min25%719,595
15–29 min39%1,112,019
30–44 min21%615,865

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Tennessee employ 726,720 people. 1 pay a median above the US median and 9 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Tennessee by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand105,870 jobs	105,870	$38,160US $40,240	−5%	1.7×
Fast Food and Counter Workers90,690 jobs	90,690	$27,470US $31,200	−12%	1.12×
Retail Salespersons87,380 jobs	87,380	$31,950US $35,410	−10%	1.06×
Registered Nurses72,200 jobs	72,200	$81,500US $97,550	−16%	1.01×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers64,890 jobs	64,890	$58,620US $58,640	0%	1.49×
General and Operations Managers63,720 jobs	63,720	$106,970US $105,770	+1%	0.86×
Cashiers63,350 jobs	63,350	$28,590US $32,880	−13%	0.97×
Stockers and Order Fillers60,130 jobs	60,130	$36,140US $37,330	−3%	1.01×
Customer Service Representatives59,730 jobs	59,730	$42,830US $44,770	−4%	1.09×
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators58,760 jobs	58,760	$44,630US $44,650	0%	1.98×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Tennessee.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Tennessee has 150,129 employer establishments, 210 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248), with 2,971,417 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,170. The Census Bureau also counts 675,058 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 150,129; 675,058 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 210; US 248
Paid employees: 2,971,417
Average annual pay: $59,170; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Tennessee by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	12,705	17.8	0.85×About typical	198,071	$76,779	26,870
Restaurants and other eating places	12,351	17.3	0.94×About typical	265,577	$22,607	3,194
Specialty trade contractors	8,255	11.5	0.75×Fewer than typical	97,994	$67,413	49,923
Lessors of real estate	5,908	8.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	32,706	$69,951	56,960
Religious organizations	5,827	8.1	1.47×More than typical	49,233	$26,871	—
Limited-service restaurants	5,735	8	1.00×About typical	124,268	$19,249	1,163
Full-service restaurants	4,962	6.9	0.90×About typical	121,246	$26,693	1,318
Offices of physicians	4,471	6.3	0.97×About typical	83,537	$100,396	6,020
Services to buildings and dwellings	3,978	5.6	0.82×About typical	57,006	$37,988	51,849
Construction of buildings	3,751	5.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	29,211	$79,904	24,037
Gasoline stations	3,442	4.8	1.48×More than typical	24,704	$28,967	249
Building equipment contractors	3,401	4.8	0.79×Fewer than typical	47,974	$68,649	9,943

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,153,029 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $11.7B on contracts performed in Tennessee: $1,600 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $11.7B; +6.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,600; US $1,994
Sole-source: 7.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Energy$7.6B65%
Department of the Air Force$663.4M5.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$572.1M4.9%
U.S. Marshals Service$541.9M4.6%
Department of the Army$427.9M3.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$240.5M2.1%
Department of Education$201.7M1.7%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$148.8M1.3%

Top recipients

CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC$3.3B29%
UT-BATTELLE LLC$2.8B24%
UNITED CLEANUP OAK RIDGE LLC$565.7M4.8%
METROPOLITAN SECURITY SERVICES, INC.$514.6M4.4%
BEYOND NEW HORIZONS, LLC$377M3.2%

Spending by fiscal year

7.6BFY2017
8.6BFY2018
8.4BFY2019
10BFY2020
10.8BFY2021
11.4BFY2022
11.2BFY2023
10.8B

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$6.2B53%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$778.9M6.7%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$740.9M6.3%
Investigation and security services · 5616$635.3M5.4%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$250.6M2.1%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362

Largest awards

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY$42.4B
UT-BATTELLE LLC· Anderson County, TN· Facilities & utilities· Oct 20, 2016 – Aug 27, 2026· DEAC0500OR22725
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX, PANTEX PLANT, WITH AN OPTION FOR SAVANNAH RIVER TRITIUM OPERATIONS$34.7B
CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC· Anderson County, TN· Facilities & utilities· Oct 28, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DENA0001942
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF Y-12 PLANT AND OTHER PROGRAMS$20.6B
LOCKHEED MARTIN SERVICES, LLC· Anderson County, TN· Facilities & utilities· Dec 21, 2017 – Sep 29, 2026· DEAC0584OR21400

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $108.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Tennessee: $14,872 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $108.8B; −1.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $14,872; US $12,955
Loan face value: $4.7B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$27.1B25%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$23.3B21%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$18.1B17%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$11.7B11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$5.3B4.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$4B3.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.6B2.4%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$2.3B2.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION TENNESSEE DEPAR$12.2B11%
NASHVILLE, TN
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$2.3B2.1%
NASHVILLE, TN
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TENNESSEE$1.4B1.3%
NASHVILLE, TN
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.4B1.3%
NASHVILLE, TN
TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$56B51%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$35B32%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$6B5.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$2.3B2.1%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

98BFY2021
84.7BFY2022
91.7BFY2023
96.2BFY2024
110.2BFY2025
108.8BFY2026

County aggregates

78%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Tennessee, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Tennessee
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tennessee	United States
FY2017	$1,128	$1,436
FY2018	$1,262	$1,552
FY2019	$1,234	$1,654
FY2020	$1,443	$1,880
FY2021	$1,549	$1,810
FY2022	$1,618	$1,917
FY2023	$1,572	$2,079
FY2024	$1,485	$2,047
FY2025	$1,497	$2,165
FY2026	$1,600 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tennessee	United States
FY2017	$71.09	$93.28
FY2018	$124	$105
FY2019	$78.72	$128
FY2020	$119	$145
FY2021	$122	$117
FY2022	$86.57

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$4,940	$5,748
FY2022	$4,020	$5,221
FY2023	$3,944	$5,364
FY2024	$4,136	$5,501
FY2025	$4,289	$5,732
FY2026	$4,339

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$221	$298
FY2022	$220	$357
FY2023	$226	$301
FY2024	$238	$319
FY2025	$276	$360
FY2026	$223 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$172	$239
FY2022	$151	$185
FY2023	$162	$229
FY2024	$189	$229
FY2025	$172	$249
FY2026	$162 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$1,990	$2,304
FY2022	$1,623	$2,197
FY2023	$1,666	$2,274
FY2024	$1,709	$2,267
FY2025	$1,915	$2,397
FY2026	$1,994

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$861	$1,186
FY2022	$262	$465
FY2023	$80.15	$76.52
FY2024	$76.46	$120
FY2025	$105	$148
FY2026	$101 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Tennessee
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	2.1%	2.0%
2015	2.6%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Tennessee whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Unicoi County, TNFederal contracts · FY2024$3,222 (3.1×)
Benton County, TNTransportation grants · FY2024$645 (9.4×)
Unicoi County, TNContracts and grants · FY2023$4,574 (2.9×)
Humphreys County, TNTransportation grants · FY2023$1,171 (11×)
Humphreys County, TNContracts and grants · FY2023$1,171 (9.2×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/47

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Tennessee is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Tennessee

All 95 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Tennessee

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Tennessee, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Tennessee

By population.

All 504 cities and towns in Tennessee

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/47

Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	−6.3%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+4.1%
2018	+8.2%	+8.9%
2019	+13.9%	+13.5%
2020	+21.1%	+20.8%
2021	+34.4%	+32.1%
2022	+37.7%	+35.4%
2023	+47.8%	+42.9%
2024	+54.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	4.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	6.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	7.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	8.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	7.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	6.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	6.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	−8.6%	−6.9%
2015	−2.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.8%	+4.7%
2018	+8.0%	+7.5%
2019	+15.5%	+14.0%
2020	+17.4%	+16.9%
2021	+23.1%	+21.0%
2022	+34.5%	+29.7%
2023	+39.5%	+34.9%
2024	+48.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	−12.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+23.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+36.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+63.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+82.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+88.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+93.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+92.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	6.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	13.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	13.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	13.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.1/1k	16.6/1k

Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	−4.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+6.4%	+6.8%
2019	+9.0%	+10.5%
2020	+16.2%	+19.4%
2021	+24.7%	+26.1%
2022	+30.9%	+30.6%
2023	+36.5%	+35.0%
2024	+42.2%	+41.0%
2025	+48.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	6.5%	6.2%
2015	5.5%	5.3%
2016	4.7%	4.9%
2017	3.7%	4.4%
2018	3.5%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	7.4%	8.1%
2021	4.5%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	3.3%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	18.2%	15.5%
2015	16.7%	14.7%
2016	15.8%	14.0%
2017	15.0%	13.4%
2018	15.2%	13.1%
2019	13.8%	12.3%
2020	13.6%	11.9%
2021	13.7%	12.8%
2022	13.3%	12.6%
2023	13.8%	12.5%
2024	13.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Tennessee	United States
2014	14.1%	13.5%
2015	12.0%	10.9%
2016	10.6%	10.0%
2017	11.3%	10.2%
2018	12.0%	10.4%
2019	12.1%	10.8%
2020	12.2%	10.4%
2021	11.9%	10.2%
2022	11.1%	9.5%
2023	11.0%	9.5%
2024	11.3%	9.8%

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What changed in five years

Improved16

Declined5

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