Every county in Tennessee
95 countiesRanked by units under contract. 83 of 95 publish a wait figure; the rest are suppressed (fewer than 11 families), missing, or non-reporting, and are shown as "no data" rather than as a zero.
| County | Units | Households | Wait (mo, those admitted) | ELI need met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson County | 18,374 | 15,651 | 22 | 46% |
| Shelby County | 17,701 | 16,110 | 22 | 33.7% |
| Knox County | 11,107 | 8,975 | 16 | 45.4% |
| Hamilton County | 7,957 | 6,588 | 32 | 46.5% |
| Madison County | 3,207 | 2,838 | 53 | 52.7% |
| Sullivan County | 2,935 | 2,470 | 13 | 41.9% |
| Washington County | 2,297 | 2,141 | 5 | 34.1% |
| Sumner County | 2,172 | 1,870 | 14 | 33% |
| Rutherford County | 2,155 | 1,956 | 22 | 21% |
| Montgomery County | 2,117 | 1,618 | 14 | 29.3% |
| Anderson County | 1,709 | 1,405 | 80 | 42.6% |
| Dickson County | 1,486 | 798 | 24 | 61.5% |
| Bradley County | 1,220 | 1,083 | 3 | 29.1% |
| Wilson County | 1,203 | 989 | 13 | 30.1% |
| Carter County | 1,173 | 1,023 | 9 | 47.4% |
| Hamblen County | 1,130 | 991 | 11 | 34.4% |
| McMinn County | 1,088 | 929 | 3 | 47.1% |
| Maury County | 1,017 | 863 | 14 | 34.3% |
| Campbell County | 929 | 848 | 10 | 41.9% |
| Putnam County | 917 | 825 | 13 | 20.5% |
| Roane County | 915 | 850 | 8 | 42.5% |
| Coffee County | 877 | 830 | 12 | 41.6% |
| Gibson County | 847 | 768 | 9 | 27.1% |
| Tipton County | 847 | 743 | 44 | 41.1% |
| Dyer County | 831 | 791 | 13 | 45.4% |
| Robertson County | 767 | 677 | 7 | 34% |
| Greene County | 763 | 682 | 8 | 29.1% |
| Cumberland County | 739 | 627 | 22 | 32.3% |
| Hawkins County | 731 | 659 | 9 | 31.3% |
| Warren County | 708 | 635 | 5 | 48% |
| Obion County | 674 | 594 | 5 | 47.1% |
| Bedford County | 640 | 595 | 10 | 45% |
| Rhea County | 613 | 444 | 11 | 35.1% |
| Sevier County | 597 | 534 | 20 | 20.4% |
| Cocke County | 590 | 537 | 7 | 34.3% |
| Loudon County | 569 | 512 | 19 | 33.8% |
| Williamson County | 562 | 415 | 21 | 17.2% |
| Lauderdale County | 524 | 456 | 9 | 41% |
| Marshall County | 509 | 477 | 8 | 47.4% |
| Blount County | 484 | 386 | 25 | 13.1% |
| Henry County | 477 | 451 | 7 | 44.1% |
| Haywood County | 454 | 364 | 14 | 30.4% |
| Giles County | 436 | 393 | 4 | 38.3% |
| Scott County | 400 | 375 | 10 | 42% |
| Franklin County | 394 | 365 | 3 | 21.4% |
| Lawrence County | 392 | 385 | 7 | 24.4% |
| Lincoln County | 392 | 351 | 8 | 42.8% |
| Weakley County | 372 | 350 | no data | 23.3% |
| Jefferson County | 347 | 315 | 17 | 27.9% |
| Fayette County | 344 | 298 | 26 | 30.7% |
| Carroll County | 343 | 293 | 4 | 31.4% |
| Marion County | 340 | 328 | 13 | 32% |
| Monroe County | 313 | 271 | 25 | 15.4% |
| DeKalb County | 290 | 277 | 7 | 37.4% |
| Lake County | 290 | 268 | 17 | 48.1% |
| Claiborne County | 268 | 236 | 11 | 16.3% |
| White County | 250 | 241 | 31 | 27.1% |
| Henderson County | 242 | 235 | 2 | 23.1% |
| Chester County | 218 | 201 | no data | 46.7% |
| Hardeman County | 208 | 195 | 53 | 21.6% |
| Union County | 206 | 147 | 21 | 24.7% |
| Johnson County | 187 | 165 | 9 | 23.9% |
| Sequatchie County | 186 | 175 | 2 | 47.4% |
| Smith County | 178 | 171 | 16 | 26.1% |
| Unicoi County | 178 | 162 | 31 | 19.7% |
| Macon County | 174 | 170 | 5 | 14.8% |
| Hardin County | 173 | 164 | 9 | 14.5% |
| Lewis County | 172 | 171 | 14 | 39.5% |
| Overton County | 166 | 149 | no data | 18.6% |
| Bledsoe County | 161 | 137 | 6 | 28.2% |
| Fentress County | 159 | 149 | 4 | 17.4% |
| Grundy County | 142 | 140 | 5 | 47% |
| McNairy County | 139 | 125 | 7 | 19.8% |
| Humphreys County | 137 | 0 | no data | no data |
| Meigs County | 135 | 102 | 6 | 22.6% |
| Grainger County | 134 | 118 | 8 | 12.1% |
| Cannon County | 119 | 117 | 8 | 17.3% |
| Decatur County | 118 | 96 | 6 | 26.5% |
| Benton County | 105 | 98 | no data | 19.5% |
| Hickman County | 98 | 94 | no data | 13.5% |
| Morgan County | 93 | 87 | 7 | 19.7% |
| Hancock County | 84 | 75 | 1 | 21.1% |
| Jackson County | 72 | 67 | 20 | 17.9% |
| Houston County | 61 | 59 | 14 | 13% |
| Crockett County | 57 | 53 | 2 | 13.1% |
| Trousdale County | 57 | 50 | 3 | 29.7% |
| Cheatham County | 46 | 35 | no data | 3.4% |
| Van Buren County | 46 | 39 | 2 | 10.3% |
| Polk County | 45 | 45 | no data | 12.6% |
| Clay County | 37 | 36 | 21 | 10.4% |
| Wayne County | 34 | 33 | no data | 4% |
| Pickett County | 25 | 24 | 8 | 9.4% |
| Perry County | 24 | 21 | no data | 5.7% |
| Stewart County | 18 | 14 | no data | 8.8% |
| Moore County | 2 | 0 | no data | no data |
The wait is the time households who were admitted spent waiting. Everyone still on a list is absent from HUD's file entirely, so the real wait is longer than any figure here. Need is from HUD CHAS (2017-2021 ACS); supply is from the HUD Picture file (2025). See the methodology.
Generated 2026-07-13 02:52 UTC
Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (2025 snapshot, 2009-2025 trend) joined to HUD CHAS 2017-2021 ACS for the eligible-household denominator