Rank

2085of 3,144

Haywood, Tennessee

Score 5.96 / 10· population 17,328

Haywood County lies on I-40, 55 miles east of Memphis and 25 miles west of Jackson, with Brownsville as its seat. In the 2024 presidential race Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump here by 25 votes, 3,311 to 3,286. From 2019 to 2023, 43% of its children lived with one parent, against 27% statewide, and life expectancy for 2020-2022 was 70.5 years, three years below Tennessee's 73.5.

Sources
  • On I-40, Haywood County is east of Memphis (55 miles) and west of Jackson (25 miles) haywood.tennessee.edu
  • Brownsville is the county seat of Haywood County haywood.tennessee.edu
  • November 5, 2024 presidential election, Haywood County: Harris/Walz 3,311, Trump/Vance 3,286 sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com
  • Children in single-parent households: Haywood County 42.9%, Tennessee 27.3% (2025 County Health Rankings) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Life expectancy: Haywood County 70.5 years, Tennessee 73.5 years (2025 County Health Rankings) countyhealthrankings.org
  • In the 2025 County Health Rankings, life expectancy uses 2020-2022 data and children in single-parent households uses 2019-2023 American Community Survey five-year estimates 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 President4.9
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy1.3
  3. Government employees2.3
  4. Single-parent households0.6

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