Rank
1362of 3,144
Hawkins, Tennessee
Score 6.40 / 10· population 58,600
Donald Trump won 84% of the 2024 presidential vote in Hawkins County, part of the Kingsport-Bristol metro, with Rogersville as its seat. Factories employ 3,778 people, 665 of them at Cardinal Glass in Church Hill, and in 2022 the county's 1,283 farms took 79% of their sales from livestock. Each town levies the 2.75% maximum local rate on top of the state's 7%, so sales tax is 9.75% countywide.
Sources
- Official November 5, 2024 general election results by county, Tennessee Secretary of State: Hawkins County gave Trump 22,066 votes and Harris 3,987, with 213 for five other candidates, 26,266 in all; Trump share 84.0% sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com
- Hawkins County is in the Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA metropolitan area; county seat Rogersville tnecd.com
- Manufacturing employs 3,778 people in the county; Cardinal Glass Industries employs 665 in Church Hill tnecd.com
- 2022 Census of Agriculture: 1,283 farms in Hawkins County; livestock, poultry, and products were 79% of sales, crops 21% nass.usda.gov
- County sales tax rate 2.75%, and the local option rate is 2.75% in every listed city (Bulls Gap, Church Hill, Kingsport, Mount Carmel, Rogersville, Surgoinsville); state rate 7.00% tnecd.com
- Tennessee's local sales tax rate may not be higher than 2.75% tn.gov
- Combined sales tax rate for Hawkins County in 2026 is 9.75% (7% state, 2.75% county) avalara.com
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.4
- Sales tax1.1
- Property tax7.4
Environment
- Air quality5.9
- Floods / hurricanes3.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.4
- Life expectancy2.1
- Government employees3.8
- Single-parent households3.0