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Hancock, Tennessee

Score 6.79 / 10· population 6,956

Hancock County's seat, Sneedville, is also its only incorporated town, and State Highway 31 links it to US 11W. Life expectancy is 70.8 years, and nearly a third of adults smoke. Of residents who work, 19 percent draw a government paycheck, most from local government, in a county where the median household income is $39,077.

Sources
  • Sneedville is the county seat and the only incorporated town in Hancock County; State Highway 31 connects Sneedville to U.S. 11W tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • County Health Rankings 2025: life expectancy 70.8 years; adult smoking 31.2%; median household income $39,077 countyhealthrankings.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B24080: of 2,428 employed civilian residents of Hancock County, 370 are local government workers, 48 state and 45 federal (463 total, 19.1%) api.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 President8.8
  4. Sales tax1.8
  5. Property tax7.9

Environment

  1. Air quality5.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.9
  2. Life expectancy1.1
  3. Government employees0.4
  4. Single-parent households7.9

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