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Pickett, Tennessee

Score 7.13 / 10· population 5,128

Pickett County lies on the Cumberland Plateau along the Kentucky line, and Dale Hollow Lake, formed by a 1943 dam on the Obey River, covers much of its western end. Homeowners paid a median $728 in property tax in 2020-2024, about half the state's $1,442. People here could expect to live 75.4 years at 2020-2022 death rates, 1.9 more than Tennessee's, and the schools and county government are the two biggest employers, with 103 and 96 jobs.

Sources
  • Pickett County is in the Cumberland Plateau region of upper Middle Tennessee, along Tennessee's northern border with Kentucky tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • In 1943 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Obey River, creating Dale Hollow Reservoir, which spreads over much of the western end of the county tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • Median real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied housing units, ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024): Pickett County $728, Tennessee $1,442 (Census table B25103) api.censusreporter.org
  • Life expectancy: Pickett County 75.4 years, Tennessee 73.5 years (County Health Rankings 2025), a difference of 1.9 years countyhealthrankings.org
  • County Health Rankings 2025 life expectancy data years are 2020-2022 countyhealthrankings.org
  • Top county employers: Pickett County School District 103, Pickett County Government 96 (the two largest listed), both in Byrdstown tnecd.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 President8.3
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax9.4

Environment

  1. Air quality est.6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.5
  2. Life expectancy4.7
  3. Government employees1.9
  4. Single-parent households8.0

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