Rank

1127of 3,144

Franklin, Tennessee

Score 6.53 / 10· population 44,654

Franklin County has Winchester as its seat, the University of the South at Sewanee, and a Nissan plant in Decherd that tops the county's list of employers. Shoppers pay at least 9.25 percent in combined sales tax. In Census estimates for 2019 to 2023, 29.8 percent of the county's children lived with a single parent, above the Tennessee share of 27.3 percent.

Sources
  • Winchester is the Franklin County seat, named for General James Winchester and laid out in 1810 tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • The University of the South is at 735 University Avenue, Sewanee TN 37383 new.sewanee.edu
  • Franklin County top employers (estimated employees): Nissan, 2,100, Decherd, first on the list; county seat Winchester tnecd.com
  • The minimum combined 2026 sales tax rate for Franklin County, Tennessee is 9.25% (7% state, 2.25% county) avalara.com
  • County Health Rankings 2025 release: children in single-parent households 29.8% in Franklin County, 27.3% in Tennessee countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings children in single-parent households measure uses American Community Survey five-year estimates for 2019-2023 countyhealthrankings.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 President7.6
  4. Sales tax1.6
  5. Property tax7.6

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.3
  2. Life expectancy4.4
  3. Government employees6.6
  4. Single-parent households2.2

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