Rank
1149of 3,144
Hamblen, Tennessee
Score 6.52 / 10· population 66,216
Hamblen County lies in a valley between the Holston and Nolichucky Rivers, and its seat, Morristown, is 8 miles from where Interstates 40 and 81 meet. Manufacturing held 23.7% of the county's jobs in 2022, against 9.2% for state and local government. Life expectancy was 71.1 years in 2020-2022, six years under the US figure, and 30.7% of children lived with a single parent in 2019-2023, above Tennessee's 27.3%.
Sources
- Hamblen County is located between the Holston and Nolichucky Rivers in a valley tennesseeencyclopedia.net
- Morristown is the county seat tennesseeencyclopedia.net
- Morristown is located 8 miles from the intersection of Interstates 40 and 81 selectmorristowntn.com
- Manufacturing had 10,008 jobs, 23.7% of Hamblen County jobs (BEA 2022 employment by industry) selectmorristowntn.com
- State and local government had 3,882 jobs, 9.2% of Hamblen County jobs (BEA 2022) selectmorristowntn.com
- Hamblen County life expectancy was 71.1 years versus 77.1 for the US (County Health Rankings 2025 release, 2020-2022 data) countyhealthrankings.org
- 30.7% of Hamblen County children lived in single-parent households versus 27.3% for Tennessee (County Health Rankings 2025 release, 2019-2023 ACS data) countyhealthrankings.org
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.9
- Sales tax1.1
- Property tax8.2
Environment
- Air quality5.6
- Floods / hurricanes4.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.0
- Life expectancy1.4
- Government employees7.8
- Single-parent households2.0