County health data
Health data for Tennessee counties
CDC PLACES estimates for 95 counties in Tennessee. Statewide, 14.5% of adults have diagnosed diabetes (CDC BRFSS). The highest county rate is Haywood County at 20.7%. HRSA lists a shortage area designation in 92 of 95.
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Counties in Tennessee
- Anderson Countydiabetes 14.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Bedford Countydiabetes 13.5%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Benton Countydiabetes 16.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Bledsoe Countydiabetes 17.3%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Blount Countydiabetes 13.4%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Bradley Countydiabetes 13.4%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Campbell Countydiabetes 15.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Cannon Countydiabetes 14.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Carroll Countydiabetes 15.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Carter Countydiabetes 15.9%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Cheatham Countydiabetes 12.4%, 1 shortage area
- Chester Countydiabetes 13.9%, 3 shortage areas
- Claiborne Countydiabetes 15.0%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Clay Countydiabetes 17.8%, 3 shortage areas
- Cocke Countydiabetes 17.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Coffee Countydiabetes 13.9%, 2 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Crockett Countydiabetes 15.5%, 3 shortage areas
- Cumberland Countydiabetes 17.3%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Davidson Countydiabetes 11.2%, 5 shortage areas, 9 hospitals
- Decatur Countydiabetes 17.8%, 3 shortage areas
- DeKalb Countydiabetes 15.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Dickson Countydiabetes 12.7%, 1 hospital
- Dyer Countydiabetes 14.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Fayette Countydiabetes 15.9%, 1 shortage area
- Fentress Countydiabetes 17.1%, 3 shortage areas
- Franklin Countydiabetes 13.9%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Gibson Countydiabetes 14.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Giles Countydiabetes 15.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Grainger Countydiabetes 15.7%, 3 shortage areas
- Greene Countydiabetes 15.4%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Grundy Countydiabetes 16.5%, 3 shortage areas
- Hamblen Countydiabetes 15.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Hamilton Countydiabetes 12.7%, 3 shortage areas, 3 hospitals
- Hancock Countydiabetes 20.3%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Hardeman Countydiabetes 17.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Hardin Countydiabetes 17.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Hawkins Countydiabetes 16.0%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Haywood Countydiabetes 20.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Henderson Countydiabetes 15.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Henry Countydiabetes 16.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Hickman Countydiabetes 14.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Houston Countydiabetes 14.7%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Humphreys Countydiabetes 15.0%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Jackson Countydiabetes 17.0%, 3 shortage areas
- Jefferson Countydiabetes 13.6%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Johnson Countydiabetes 17.5%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Knox Countydiabetes 12.0%, 2 shortage areas, 4 hospitals
- Lake Countydiabetes 19.0%, 3 shortage areas
- Lauderdale Countydiabetes 17.2%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Lawrence Countydiabetes 14.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Lewis Countydiabetes 14.9%, 3 shortage areas
- Lincoln Countydiabetes 14.8%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Loudon Countydiabetes 15.1%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Macon Countydiabetes 14.6%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Madison Countydiabetes 16.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Marion Countydiabetes 16.2%, 3 shortage areas
- Marshall Countydiabetes 13.6%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Maury Countydiabetes 12.6%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- McMinn Countydiabetes 15.4%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- McNairy Countydiabetes 16.2%, 3 shortage areas
- Meigs Countydiabetes 15.9%, 2 shortage areas
- Monroe Countydiabetes 15.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Montgomery Countydiabetes 10.8%, 1 hospital
- Moore Countydiabetes 14.7%, 1 shortage area
- Morgan Countydiabetes 14.8%, 3 shortage areas
- Obion Countydiabetes 16.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Overton Countydiabetes 15.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Perry Countydiabetes 16.4%, 3 shortage areas
- Pickett Countydiabetes 19.1%, 3 shortage areas
- Polk Countydiabetes 15.1%, 2 shortage areas
- Putnam Countydiabetes 12.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Rhea Countydiabetes 15.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Roane Countydiabetes 14.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Robertson Countydiabetes 12.7%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Rutherford Countydiabetes 10.9%, 1 shortage area, 4 hospitals
- Scott Countydiabetes 16.6%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Sequatchie Countydiabetes 16.7%, 3 shortage areas
- Sevier Countydiabetes 14.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Shelby Countydiabetes 15.9%, 10 shortage areas, 7 hospitals
- Smith Countydiabetes 13.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Stewart Countydiabetes 14.0%, 1 shortage area
- Sullivan Countydiabetes 15.2%, 2 shortage areas, 3 hospitals
- Sumner Countydiabetes 12.2%, 2 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Tipton Countydiabetes 14.2%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Trousdale Countydiabetes 11.7%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Unicoi Countydiabetes 16.5%, 2 shortage areas
- Union Countydiabetes 14.6%, 3 shortage areas
- Van Buren Countydiabetes 16.0%, 3 shortage areas
- Warren Countydiabetes 15.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Washington Countydiabetes 12.8%, 2 shortage areas, 3 hospitals
- Wayne Countydiabetes 15.4%, 3 shortage areas
- Weakley Countydiabetes 13.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- White Countydiabetes 15.6%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Williamson Countydiabetes 10.0%, 1 hospital
- Wilson Countydiabetes 11.3%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page
Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page
Tennessee rural health plan
Tennessee Rural Health Transformation Program
Goals, as the state's abstract names them (page 63):
- Rural Healthcare Transformation
- Maternal and Child Health
- Make Rural Tennessee Healthy Again
- Technological Infrastructure
- Workforce Development
CMS says the abstract budgets are illustrative and are not award amounts, so none are shown.
Source: CMS Rural Health Transformation Program state project abstracts, as of December 2025. Publisher page
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About this data
County rates are CDC PLACES model-based estimates of adults, built from the CDC BRFSS survey and Census population data. State and US figures are BRFSS survey results for the same year. They are not averages of counties, and small differences may not be meaningful.
Shortage rows are HRSA designations with status Designated. Scores run from 0 to 25 (0 to 26 for dental); a higher score means greater need. Hospitals are acute care and critical access hospitals CMS lists in the county, with 30-day rates of unplanned readmission. Health centers are active HRSA-funded and look-alike sites.
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Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page
Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page