Rank

1133of 3,144

Greene, Tennessee

Score 6.53 / 10· population 72,577

Greene County lies in the Great Valley in Tennessee's northeast corner, where mountains to the east slope down to the Nolichucky River and farms still raise tobacco and beef cattle. Four employers top the county schools' 900 jobs, led by ERMCO's 1,900 in Greeneville and 1,000 each at SumiRiko and a Walmart distribution center in Midway. The 2025 County Health Rankings put life expectancy in Greene at 72.0 years, a year and a half short of Tennessee's 73.5.

Sources
  • Greene County lies in the Great Valley of Tennessee in the northeast corner of the state; the Unaka (Great Smoky) Mountains to the east slope down to the Nolichucky River tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • Tobacco, beef cattle, and hay remain important products from the county's farmland tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • Largest employers by estimated employees: 1. ERMCO 1,900 (Greeneville); 2. Walmart Distribution Center 1,000 (Midway); 3. SumiRiko Tennessee 1,000 (Midway); 4. Landair Transport 951 (Greeneville); 5. Greene County Schools 900 (Greeneville) tnecd.com
  • County Health Rankings 2025 analytic data: life expectancy 71.99 years in Greene County (47059) and 73.51 years in Tennessee 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 President8.2
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.9

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes3.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.4
  2. Life expectancy1.8
  3. Government employees6.2
  4. Single-parent households4.2

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