Rank

2446of 3,144

Madison, Tennessee

Score 5.61 / 10· population 99,193

Madison County sits on Interstate 40 between Memphis and Nashville, and its seat, Jackson, is nicknamed the Hub City as the rough midpoint of West Tennessee. Jackson recorded 17 murders in 2024, or 24.9 per 100,000 residents, about five times the national rate of 5.0. From 2019 to 2023, 37 percent of the county's children lived with one parent, nearly ten points above the Tennessee share.

Sources
  • Nicknamed the Hub City, Jackson is the relative midpoint of West Tennessee, located between Memphis and Nashville jacksontn.gov
  • Madison County's seat is Jackson, and the county has access to Interstate 40 tnecd.com
  • FBI Uniform Crime Reports for 2024: Jackson, TN had 17 murders, a rate of 24.9 per 100,000; Tennessee 7.9; national 5.0 areavibes.com
  • County Health Rankings 2025 data: 36.8 percent of children in Madison County live in single-parent households (8,173 of 22,190); Tennessee 27.3 percent countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings children in single-parent households measure uses American Community Survey five-year estimates for 2019-2023 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 President5.9
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate1.9
  2. Life expectancy3.5
  3. Government employees7.4
  4. Single-parent households1.0

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