Rank

1604of 3,144

Hickman, Tennessee

Score 6.27 / 10· population 25,826

Hickman County's seat, Centerville, sits on a hill above the Duck River, 55 miles southwest of Nashville. In 2024 government held 1,330 of the county's 4,072 jobs, 311 of them with the state, which runs the Turney Center Industrial Complex prison at Only. Drug overdoses caused 88 deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020-2022, where Tennessee's rate was 51, and Hickman's life expectancy of 69.9 years trailed the state figure of 73.5.

Sources
  • Centerville, the Hickman County seat, sits on a hill overlooking the Duck River, 55 miles southwest of Nashville centervilletn.org
  • 2024 annual average covered employment in Hickman County: 4,072 total; federal government 50, state government 311, local government 969 (1,330 government) data.bls.gov
  • Turney Center Industrial Complex is a Tennessee Department of Correction state prison in Only, Hickman County tn.gov
  • Life expectancy: Hickman County 69.9 years, Tennessee 73.5 years (2025 County Health Rankings) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Drug overdose deaths per 100,000: Hickman County 88.0, Tennessee 51.0 (2025 County Health Rankings) countyhealthrankings.org
  • In the 2025 County Health Rankings, life expectancy and drug overdose deaths use 2020-2022 data 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 President8.0
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.9

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.1
  2. Life expectancy0.5
  3. Government employees1.6
  4. Single-parent households2.1

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