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Decatur, Tennessee

Score 6.95 / 10· population 11,656

Decatur County sits on the Tennessee River in West Tennessee; Decaturville is the county seat and Parsons, with 2,590 people, is the largest town. Residents live 70.7 years on average, nearly three fewer than the state's 73.5, and the Parsons hospital has stayed closed since the county commission voted to shut it in 2020. About 15 percent of children here live with a single parent, against 27 percent across Tennessee.

Sources
  • Decatur County borders the Tennessee River in West Tennessee; Decaturville is the county seat and Parsons is the largest town tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • 2020 Census: Parsons had a population of 2,590 decaturcountytn.gov
  • County Health Rankings 2025: life expectancy 70.7 years in Decatur County vs 73.5 in Tennessee; children in single-parent households 14.6% in Decatur County vs 27.3% in Tennessee countyhealthrankings.org
  • In March 2020 the County Commission voted to close Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons (Comptroller release dated April 1, 2020) comptroller.tn.gov
  • The replacement Decatur County Community Hospital at 969 TN-69, Parsons, lists its status as Closed decatur.health

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.4
  4. Sales tax1.4
  5. Property tax8.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.2
  2. Life expectancy2.0
  3. Government employees3.7
  4. Single-parent households8.7

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