Rank

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Cocke, Tennessee

Score 6.20 / 10· population 37,404

Cocke County lies against the Great Smoky Mountains in upper East Tennessee, with I-40 crossing it and Newport as its seat. Life expectancy there was 68 years in 2020-2022, five and a half years below the state, and drug overdoses killed 65 of every 100,000 residents a year. A third of children lived with one parent in 2019-2023, and 21.9% of residents were below the poverty line in 2020-2024.

Sources
  • Cocke County is in upper East Tennessee and rests against the Great Smoky Mountains. tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • Newport is the county seat. tnecd.com
  • Interstate 40 runs through Cocke County. tnecd.com
  • In the 2025 County Health Rankings, life expectancy was 68.0 years in Cocke County against 73.5 for Tennessee, and drug overdose deaths were 64.8 per 100,000 people against 51.0 for Tennessee. countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings life expectancy measure uses 2020-2022 data. countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings drug overdose deaths measure (drug poisoning deaths per 100,000 population) uses 2020-2022 data. countyhealthrankings.org
  • 33.2% of children in Cocke County lived in single-parent households, against 27.3% in Tennessee (2025 County Health Rankings). countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings single-parent households measure uses 2019-2023 data. countyhealthrankings.org
  • 21.9% of Cocke County residents were below the poverty line (ACS 2024 5-year estimates, 2020-2024). censusreporter.org

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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 President8.4
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.6

Environment

  1. Air quality6.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes3.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.4
  2. Life expectancy0.0
  3. Government employees4.9
  4. Single-parent households1.5

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