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Tennessee #43
37.6 composite of 100 Based on 68% of intended metrics
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Bill Lee R
Governor · since 2019-01-19
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Median household income67,631 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
24.9
Income growth (YoY)3.64% · 2022→2023 ·
46.5
Poverty rate13.8% · SAIPE 2023 ·
44.0
Income inequality (Gini)0.476 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
43.0
Not yet sourced: Real (cost-of-living-adjusted) income (BEA Regional Price Parities API key pending); Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights dataset download pending).