Rank

964of 3,144

Morgan, Tennessee

Score 6.63 / 10· population 21,573

Morgan County's seat, Wartburg, sits at 1,373 feet on the Cumberland Plateau along US 27, 26 miles north of Interstate 40, and has the visitor center for the Obed Wild and Scenic River. The maximum-security state prison in Wartburg, with about 800 staff, is one of the county's largest employers. Deaths in 2020-2022 put local life expectancy at 71.9 years, 1.7 years under the state figure, and 25.4 percent of adults smoked in 2022.

Sources
  • Wartburg is the county seat of Morgan County, at an elevation of 1,373 feet on the Cumberland Plateau, on US 27, 26 miles north of I-40 sherpaguides.com
  • The Obed Wild and Scenic River Visitor Center is in downtown Wartburg, Tennessee, at 208 North Maiden Street nps.gov
  • Morgan County Correctional Complex is a maximum-security facility located in Wartburg, one of Morgan County's largest employers, with approximately 800 staff tn.gov
  • Life expectancy: Morgan County 71.9 years, Tennessee 73.5 years (County Health Rankings 2025, data years 2020-2022), a gap of 1.7 years countyhealthrankings.org
  • Adult smoking: 25.4 percent of Morgan County adults reported currently smoking, against 19.2 percent in Tennessee (County Health Rankings 2025, data year 2022) countyhealthrankings.org
  • County Health Rankings 2025 data years: life expectancy 2020-2022; adult smoking 2022 (BRFSS) 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 President8.7
  4. Sales tax1.8
  5. Property tax8.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.6
  2. Life expectancy1.2
  3. Government employees2.6
  4. Single-parent households2.9

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