Rank

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Humphreys, Tennessee

Score 6.66 / 10· population 19,209

Humphreys County, in Middle Tennessee, has its seat at Waverly and reaches Kentucky Lake at New Johnsonville, where Chemours is the second-largest employer after the school district. In 2020-2022 life expectancy was 71.5 years, two below Tennessee's 73.5, and in 2016-2022 road crashes killed 29.8 residents per 100,000 a year, against 17.2 statewide. The 2026 sales tax is 9.75%: the state's 7% plus 2.75% for the county.

Sources
  • Humphreys County is in the Middle Tennessee grand division; its county seat is Waverly tnecd.com
  • Top county employers: Humphreys County School District (500, Waverly), then Chemours (482, New Johnsonville) tnecd.com
  • TVA created Kentucky Lake by damming the Tennessee River; Kentucky Lake flooded Old Johnsonville in spring 1944; Johnsonville State Historic Park in New Johnsonville, Humphreys County, commemorates the former townsite theclio.com
  • Life expectancy: Humphreys County 71.5 years, Tennessee 73.5 years (2025 County Health Rankings) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Motor vehicle crash deaths per 100,000: Humphreys County 29.8, Tennessee 17.2 (2025 County Health Rankings) countyhealthrankings.org
  • In the 2025 County Health Rankings, life expectancy uses 2020-2022 data and motor vehicle crash deaths use 2016-2022 data countyhealthrankings.org
  • Humphreys County combined sales tax rate for 2026 is 9.75%: Tennessee 7% plus county 2.75% avalara.com

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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 President7.7
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax8.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.1
  2. Life expectancy1.7
  3. Government employees3.3
  4. Single-parent households5.7

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