Rank

1204of 3,144

Chester, Tennessee

Score 6.49 / 10· population 17,606

Chester County is in the Jackson metro area of West Tennessee, and its two largest employers, both in Henderson, are the county schools and the Southwest Tennessee Human Resource Agency. Nearly one worker in six had a government employer in 2020 to 2024 Census estimates, 15.9 percent against 13.7 statewide. Much of the county's western end went into Chickasaw State Park and Forest in the 1930s, and the park now covers 1,435 acres of hardwood forest and lakes.

Sources
  • Chester County is in the West Tennessee grand division and the Jackson, TN metro area; Henderson is the county seat; the top two employers, both in Henderson, are the Chester County Board of Education (est. 410) and the Southwest TN Human Resource Agency (est. 350) tnecd.com
  • ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024), table B24080 class of worker: local, state and federal government workers are 15.9% of the employed civilian population 16 and over in Chester County (1,158 of 7,293) and 13.7% in Tennessee api.censusreporter.org
  • A large portion of the western end of Chester County became part of the 1930s Chickasaw State Park and Forest project; the Civilian Conservation Corps began work in 1934 tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • Chickasaw State Park, in West Tennessee with a Henderson address, spans 1,435 acres of hardwood forests and lakes tnstateparks.com

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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 President8.2
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.5

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.7
  2. Life expectancy3.1
  3. Government employees2.4
  4. Single-parent households3.1

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