Rank

1322of 3,144

Benton, Tennessee

Score 6.42 / 10· population 16,103

The Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake form the eastern edge of Benton County, a heavily forested part of West Tennessee whose seat, Camden, is about 20 miles north of Interstate 40. No one in the county employs more people than county government, at about 462 workers, and the school system, at 328. The state health department counts one primary care provider per 8,640 residents and none for pediatric or obstetric care, and the median age is 47.9.

Sources
  • Benton County's eastern boundary is the Tennessee River, with shoreline on Kentucky Lake; the county is rolling and heavily forested; Interstate 40 is about twenty miles south of Camden via U.S. 641 tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • Camden is the county seat; Benton County is in West Tennessee; largest employers are Benton County Government (est. 462) and Benton County Board of Education (est. 328) tnecd.com
  • Primary care population-to-provider ratio 8,640:1; no pediatric or obstetric providers; median age 47.9 tn.gov

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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 President8.1
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.9

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.3
  2. Life expectancy0.6
  3. Government employees1.3
  4. Single-parent households6.4

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