Rank

1475of 3,144

Anderson, Tennessee

Score 6.34 / 10· population 80,234

Anderson County is in the Knoxville metro area; its seat is Clinton, and the Energy Department's Y-12 complex is in the county's part of Oak Ridge. Y-12 is operated by a contractor, CNS, and the department's main cleanup contractor there is United Cleanup Oak Ridge, whose members are Amentum, Jacobs and Honeywell companies. Clinton's large employers include SL Tennessee and Aisin Automotive Casting.

Sources
  • Anderson County's metropolitan area is Knoxville, TN. tnecd.com
  • Clinton is the county seat of Anderson County. tnecd.com
  • The DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management is a Department of Energy field site in Oak Ridge whose campuses include the Y-12 National Security Complex. energy.gov
  • The Y-12 National Security Complex is located in Anderson County; Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the former K-25 site are in Roane County. energyca.org
  • CNS is Y-12's management and operating contractor. ucor.com
  • United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) is the Department of Energy's primary cleanup contractor for the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation, focused on large-scale cleanup of the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. energy.gov
  • UCOR is a limited liability company whose members are AECOM Energy & Construction, Inc., an Amentum Company; Jacobs Technology Inc., a Jacobs Company; and Honeywell International Inc., a Honeywell Company. energy.gov
  • SL Tennessee and Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee are on the state's list of top Anderson County employers, both in Clinton. tnecd.com

v4 — beta, 30 October 2026, sourced values

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.7
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.1

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.0
  2. Life expectancy2.4
  3. Government employees8.7
  4. Single-parent households2.5

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