County · Tennessee

Smith County, Tennessee

Smith County, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 25 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,373 of 3,143 US counties. Within Tennessee it ranks #48 of 95 counties. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), time spent in the emergency room (low) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), preventable hospital stays (high) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).

25Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,373 of 3,143 counties
Tennessee: #48 of 95 in TN
Population: 20,981 (2025)
Land area: 314 mi²
Density: 66.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 47159

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety34#2,028/3,096
Economy62#1,199/3,143
Housing55#1,413/3,140
Health13#2,745/3,144
Healthcare23#2,424/3,143
Environment44#1,742/3,108
Education43#1,787/3,144
Infrastructure26#2,328/3,144
Community19#2,562/3,144
Leisure & amenities6#2,970/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low17.4%
97/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · low94 min
92/100Tennessee 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Effective property tax rate · low0.43%
88/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New homes permitted · high7.1 /1k
88/100Tennessee 5.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Rent as share of income · low24.7%
81/100Tennessee 29.5%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
79/100Tennessee 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Weaknesses

Depression · high31.0%
4/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Preventable hospital stays · high4,619 /100k
7/100Tennessee 2,914 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · high164 mi
7/100Tennessee 93 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Frequent mental distress · high21.4%
8/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average commute time · high32.2 min
9/100Tennessee 25.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drug overdose deaths · high19.5 /100k
9/100Tennessee 27.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data

Trends

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

PopulationRising
19,963 (2020) → 20,981 (2025)
+5.1%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 1.9 /10k (2025)
+281%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 31% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+31 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
45.0% (2019) → 32.0% (2023)
−13 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.7% (2015-2019) → 87.6% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
43.1 /100k (2021) → 19.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−55%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, Smith County, Tennessee improved on 12 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 15 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Inequality−0.0950.515 → 0.420
Child poverty−7.6 points22.3% → 14.7%
Overdose deaths−70%65.1 /100k → 19.5 /100k
Household income+31%$54,570 → $71,325
Violent crime−41%252 /100k → 148 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×3.1× → 3.7×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Smith County, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	0.5 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+281%	Within the margin of error	100%
Average commute time	31.3 min2015-2019	32.2 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Within the margin of error	38%
Average weekly wage	$8872020	$1,0572025	+19%	Improved	19%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	+4 points	Improved	72%
Broadband subscriptions	75.7%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	64%
Child poverty rate	22.3%2019	14.7%2024	−7.6 points	Improved	96%
Distance to an airport	41 mi2020	41 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	65.1 /100k2020	19.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−70%	Improved	92%
Effective property tax rate	0.53%2015-2019	0.43%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	44%
Firearm deaths	14.1 /100k2020	18.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+33%	Within the margin of error	14%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−52%	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	85.3%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	28%
Homicide rate	4.6 /100k2020	6.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+37%	Within the margin of error	6%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,2792019	$55,1362024	+27%	Improved	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5152015-2019	0.4202020-2024	−0.095	Improved	99%
Median household income	$54,5702019	$71,3252024	+31%	Improved	79%
New business applications	6.7 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+42%	Improved	47%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−4.9%	Within the margin of error	50%
Poverty rate	15.3%2019	11.6%2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Property crime rate	959 /100k2020	516 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	69%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	−3.2%	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent as share of income	23.4%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Rent-burdened households	31.5%2015-2019	36.9%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Restaurants and bars	6.5 /10k2020	5.2 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	15%
Suicide rate	17.3 /100k2020	19.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Within the margin of error	33%
Traffic deaths	23.3 /100k2015-2019	30.4 /100k2020-2024	+30%	Within the margin of error	24%
Unemployment rate	6.0%2020	3.3%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.1%2019	11.6%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Violent crime rate	252 /100k2020	148 /100k2025	−41%	Improved	80%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Smith County, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Smith County, 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, Smith County, Tennessee itself moved +2.1 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

20,389 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

7,932 households (±182)

Smith County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k15%1,174
$25k–50k20%1,571
$50k–75k21%1,640

Homes

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

Owners and renters

7,932 households (±182)

Smith County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own77%6,100
Rent23%1,832

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

9,658 workers (±448)

Smith County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone79%7,675
Carpool10%975
Public transit0.1%†5

Jobs and pay

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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

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.

Smith County has 307 employer establishments, 149 for every 10,000 residents (0.60× the US rate of 248; 0.71× Tennessee's), with 4,921 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,532. The Census Bureau also counts 1,684 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 307; 1,684 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 149; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 4,921
Average annual pay: $50,532; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	24	11.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	202	$68,668	202
Restaurants and other eating places	22	10.7	0.58×Fewer than typical	430	$17,926	10
Ambulatory health care services	18	8.8	0.42×Fewer than typical	111	$40,072	49
Construction of buildings	16	7.8	1.03×About typical	59	$42,661	86
Religious organizations	13	6.3	1.14×About typical	56	$22,500	—
Truck transportation	11	5.4	1.06×About typical	116	$61,069	49
Limited-service restaurants	10	4.9	0.61×Fewer than typical	277	$16,386	4
Banks and credit unions	9	4.4	1.36×Too few to compare	70	$73,929	—
Full-service restaurants	9	4.4	0.57×Too few to compare	140	$20,771	—
Other specialty trade contractors	9	4.4	1.75×Too few to compare	49	$66,755	69
Building equipment contractors	8	3.9	0.65×Too few to compare	31	$60,355	40
Gasoline stations	8	3.9	1.20×Too few to compare	108	$29,602	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,538 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 -$164.6K on contracts performed in Smith County, Tennessee: -$7.85 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$164.6K; −102% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$7.85; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

GRAHAM SERVICES LLC$596.4K0.0%
SMITH COUNTY$37.6K0.0%
Q & A DIVERSIFIED LLC$19.8K0.0%
BOB STONE$18.8K0.0%
EDDIE SYKES$17.3K0.0%
GROSS PAUL$17K0.0%
TRIBALCO LLC$00.0%
BRANNON CONTRACTING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES, LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

2.2MFY2017
3.1MFY2018
1.3MFY2019
280KFY2020
9.4MFY2021
2MFY2022
3.8MFY2023
8.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$516.4K0.0%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$52.7K0.0%
Investigation and security services · 5616$37.6K0.0%

Largest awards

COR SPILLWAY GATE REPAIRS /REPLACEMENT$5.5M
HOWARD W. PENCE, INC.· Smith County, TN· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2024 – May 4, 2026· W912P524F0126
CORDELL HULL BLUFF PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT$4.1M
BRANNON CONTRACTING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES, LLC· Smith County, TN· Construction & real property· Sep 11, 2025 – Feb 18, 2026· W912P525FA088
W38XDD51071040$422.9K
ENVIROSMART, LLC· Smith County, TN· Facilities & utilities· Apr 29, 2025 – Feb 24, 2026· W912P525FA040
MAY - JULY 2026 ROUTINE SERVICES.

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 $140.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Smith County, Tennessee: $6,690 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $140.4M; −28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,690; US $12,955
Loan face value: $10.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$78.6M56%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$14.4M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$12.1M8.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$9.4M6.7%
20.284 · Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (Protect)$8.8M6.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$3.4M2.4%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$2.5M1.8%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$1.7M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$12.1M8.6%
NASHVILLE, TN
LEBANON HOUSING AUTHORITY$2.5M1.8%
LEBANON, TN
AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$1.2M0.8%
COLUMBIA, MD
SOUTH CARTHAGE, TENNESSEE, HOUSING AUTHORITY (" ")$364.1K0.3%
CARTHAGE, TN
CDW GOVERNMENT LLC$301.9K

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

Social Security Administration$105.8M75%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$13.5M9.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$12.1M8.6%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$2.9M2.1%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Farm Service Agency

Assistance by fiscal year

100.2MFY2021
102.9MFY2022
108.6MFY2023
120.9MFY2024
195.4MFY2025
140.4MFY2026

County aggregates

85%

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.

How Smith County, Tennessee compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Smith County, Tennessee
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Smith County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
FY2017	$109	$1,436
FY2018	$154	$1,552
FY2019	$65.69	$1,654
FY2020	$14.03	$1,880
FY2021	$466	$1,810
FY2022	$98.33	$1,917
FY2023	$184	$2,079
FY2024	$416	$2,047
FY2025	$382	$2,165
FY2026	-$7.85 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Smith County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
FY2017	$15.29	$93.28
FY2018	$75.50	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	-$72.06	$145
FY2021	$339	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Smith County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$511	$5,748
FY2022	$228	$5,221
FY2023	$338	$5,364
FY2024	$757	$5,501
FY2025	$3,638	$5,732
FY2026	$706

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Smith County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$24.57	$298
FY2022	$98.82	$357
FY2023	$15.03	$301
FY2024	$185	$319
FY2025	$3,091	$360
FY2026	$576

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Smith County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$45.46	$239
FY2022	$37.50	$185
FY2023	$149	$229
FY2024	$175	$229
FY2025	$173	$249
FY2026	$167

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Smith County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$335	$1,186
FY2022	$69.62	$465
FY2023	-$6.41	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$5.14

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.

Smith County, Tennessee
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Smith County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	1.5%

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.

Construction contracts · FY2021

$339 per resident in FY2021, against an earlier average of $4.68 (72× that).

Compared with 10 similar counties

Smith County, Tennessee
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

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/47159

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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.

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

House

John W. RoseR-TN-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 5.8%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Smith County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN57Outlying county

Cities and towns in Smith County

Places whose residents live mostly in Smith County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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/47159

Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−1.6%	−4.2%
2015	+1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+3.3%
2018	+11.5%	+6.8%
2019	+13.4%	+10.5%
2020	+20.2%	+19.4%
2021	+22.6%	+26.1%
2022	+29.7%	+30.6%
2023	+37.0%	+35.0%
2024	+38.6%	+41.0%
2025	+43.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−3.3%	−5.5%
2015	−1.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.1%
2018	+11.6%	+8.9%
2019	+19.1%	+13.5%
2020	+24.9%	+20.8%
2021	+38.7%	+32.1%
2022	+37.4%	+35.4%
2023	+45.3%	+42.9%
2024	+52.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	3.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	6.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	7.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	7.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−7.1%	−6.9%
2015	−5.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.4%	+4.7%
2018	+7.9%	+7.5%
2019	+16.2%	+14.0%
2020	+26.3%	+16.9%
2021	+20.4%	+21.0%
2022	+36.2%	+29.7%
2023	+53.6%	+34.9%
2024	+51.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−19.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−10.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+10.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+20.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+33.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+47.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+77.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+87.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+91.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+94.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+94.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	6.4%	6.2%
2015	5.5%	5.3%
2016	4.4%	4.9%
2017	3.5%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	6.0%	8.1%
2021	3.4%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	3.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	15.0%	15.5%
2015	18.1%	14.7%
2016	14.6%	14.0%
2017	13.0%	13.4%
2018	13.9%	13.1%
2019	15.3%	12.3%
2020	11.7%	11.9%
2021	11.7%	12.8%
2022	12.6%	12.6%
2023	11.7%	12.5%
2024	11.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	14.2%	13.5%
2015	10.1%	10.9%
2016	10.3%	10.0%
2017	10.3%	10.2%
2018	11.5%	10.4%
2019	12.1%	10.8%
2020	12.9%	10.4%
2021	12.5%	10.2%
2022	11.9%	9.5%
2023	11.4%	9.5%
2024	11.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Smith County, Tennessee	United States
2014	4.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.5/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Smith County, Tennessee	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+9.1 points	+7.4 points	+6.0 points to +9.2 points
Year −2	−2.0 points	+3.5 points	+0.8 points to +5.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+3.0 points	+7.4 points	+3.7 points to +10.9 points
Year +1	+4.8 points	+6.3 points	+3.1 points to +8.9 points
Year +2	+5.5 points	+2.9 points	−6.3 points to +8.5 points

Year	Smith County, Tennessee	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−21.5%	−21.8%	−23.2% to −19.6%
Year −2	−5.6%	−5.7%	−6.2% to −5.1%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+1.9%	+5.5%	+3.6% to +6.8%
Year +1	+3.7%	+10.4%	+9.0% to +12.3%
Year +2	+3.5%	+11.3%

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