Rank

1779of 3,144

Bedford, Tennessee

Score 6.16 / 10· population 53,055

From 2020 to 2024, about 43 percent of Bedford County households with children under 18 were headed by a single parent, by Census estimates. Shelbyville, the county seat, hosts the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration every year, and farms across the county's 475 square miles raise beef cattle and breed walking horses. The Duck River runs through the county from east to west, and Wartrace and Bell Buckle are smaller railroad towns.

Sources
  • Single-parent households with own children under 18 were 42.73% of households with own children under 18 in Bedford County (ACS 5-year estimate, 2024 observation covering 2020 to 2024) fred.stlouisfed.org
  • Shelbyville is the county seat; the county covers 475 square miles; it is a beef producing region with Walking Horse farms; it hosts the annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration; the Duck River runs through the county from east to west bedfordcountytn.gov
  • The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad main line created Bell Buckle, Normandy and Wartrace; Shelbyville has hosted the Walking Horse National Celebration since 1939 tennesseeencyclopedia.net

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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 President7.8
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.3

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes3.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.0
  2. Life expectancy3.2
  3. Government employees4.1
  4. Single-parent households1.5

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