Signature · 8.4% low-access (17th pct)
Claiborne County, TN
Claiborne County lands in the lower national band on low-access (8.4%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 8.4%
- low-access pop.
- 2
- food-desert tracts
- 14.8%
- on SNAP
- 32K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Claiborne County, TN
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-MODERATE 8.4% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -13.7 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 2 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 14.8% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.0% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 22% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Johnson County ( -0.2 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Claiborne County lands in the lower national band (8.4%, #2,604 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,604
- national by low-access %
- #67
- in TN
- 2
- low-access tracts
- 1K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 8.4% low-access (17th pct) (-13.7 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Claiborne County compares nationally
Claiborne County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 8.4% low-access share that beats 17% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,614).
Claiborne County's lower-band USDA tier split
9 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 2 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Claiborne County has 0 urban and 9 rural census tracts. The 1-mile (urban) vs 10-mile (rural) distance threshold above applies per tract, so a county's access rate reflects this mix.
Claiborne County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Tennessee, not a full county-board reprint
- Montgomery
Montgomery 47%
47 % low-access
- Carroll 9.4
Carroll 9.4%
9.4 % low-access
- Robertson 9.4
Robertson 9.4%
9.4 % low-access
- Claiborne 8.4
Claiborne 8.4%
8.4 % low-access
- Johnson 8.2
Johnson 8.2%
8.2 % low-access
- Cheatham 7.6
Cheatham 7.6%
7.6 % low-access
- Grainger 0
Grainger 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 9 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 32,213 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 2 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 2 |
| Low-Access Population | 2,711 |
| Low-Access Share | 8.4%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 1,430 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 32,466 |
| Median Household Income | $49,379 |
| Poverty Rate | 17.4%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 2,031 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 14.8%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.0%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 3.9% |
Thick SNAP store book in Claiborne County
Claiborne County has 35 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 6 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 17 locations (49% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 17
- cedar grove pic-n-pay mkt, new tazewell
- catdaddy's market sunoco, tazewell
- harry's 31, new tazewell
- hometown produce, new tazewell
- johnson grocery & deli, clairfield
- lee's food mart 01, tazewell
- lee's food mart 118, tazewell
- lee's food mart 13, tazewell
- lee's food mart 14, new tazewell
- lee's food mart 19, harrogate
- lee's food mart 2, harrogate
- lee's food mart 7, cumberland gap
- rigsby's hunting & fishing, tazewell
- springdale pic n pay food mart, tazewell
- southern outdoors n/a, tazewell
- stop n shop 1, speedwell
- tazewell citgo, tazewell
Combination Grocery/Other · 12
- dollar general 13799, new tazewell
- dollar general 3309, harrogate
- dollar general 444, new tazewell
- dollar general 14971, speedwell
- dollar general 20914, harrogate
- dollar general 21019, tazewell
- dollar general 22035, clairfield
- dollar general 23961, tazewell
- dollar general 31044, tazewell
- dollar general store 16211, speedwell
- dollartree 2255, new tazewell
- walgreens 11435, new tazewell
Large Grocery Store · 2
- united grocery outlet 19, new tazewell
- village market, harrogate
Supermarket · 2
- food city 645, tazewell
- ingles markets 302, new tazewell
Medium Grocery Store · 1
- hickory corner farms, speedwell
Super Store · 1
- walmart store 1159, new tazewell
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Tennessee
One of 94 counties in Tennessee, 6 are shown here.
Compare Claiborne County vs Anderson County → · All Tennessee counties →
Counties near Claiborne County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Claiborne County, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside TN (8.4% here).
- Schuylkill County, PA · 8.4% low-access
- Schuylkill County, PA · 8.4% low-access
- Columbia County, PA · 8.4% low-access
- Columbia County, PA · 8.4% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TN (14.8% here).
- Freestone County, TX · 14.8% SNAP
- Freestone County, TX · 14.8% SNAP
- Benton County, WA · 14.8% SNAP
- Benton County, WA · 14.8% SNAP
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Peers floor at 10,000 residents so stub counties cannot own the match.
Claiborne County inside a lower low-access state context
Claiborne County sits inside Tennessee (ringed). Each state is colored by population-weighted low-access; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Claiborne County, TN are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 47025. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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