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Tennessee County Profiles & Rankings Offer Data-driven Insights into the Well-being of Youth in Communities Across the State

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County Profiles & Rankings of Child Well-Being in Tennessee provide in depth county level data and rankings on child outcomes related to affordability & economic security, education & early learning, health & development, and child safety & risk behaviors

Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth has released the 2026 County Profiles & Rankings of Child Well-Being in Tennessee, offering an updated look at how children and youth are faring across the state. These county profiles highlight more than 100 county-specific indicators and rank each county based on 12 critical areas that shape child development. Topics covered in this year’s County Profiles & Rankings include affordability & economic security, education & early learning, health & development, mental health, child safety & risk behaviors and demographics; family structure & supports.

The 2026 report includes many new indicators across new domains in each county’s expanded profile. Some of those new indicators include;

  • New contextual data to supplement the one-page ranking, including historical trend lines, statewide comparisons and more thorough explanations of indicator methodology.
  • Major additions to economic well-being data, including the number of children enrolled monthly in SNAP, median income trends, poverty by age, ALICE household data, fair-market rent, and home sales trends.
  • New education insights include student growth, absenteeism trends, ACT performance, per-pupil funding, and more.
  • A comprehensive new section on childcare availability that includes provider counts, infant-care access, subsidy participation, SmartSteps waitlist information and detailed child-care capacity vs. need analysis across all counties.

Comparing data across counties provides a glimpse into the varying needs of each county and the different experiences, access to resources and support a child may have in one county compared to another. This in-depth county level data can also assist communities in identifying areas of success and where to focus resources within opportunities for improvement.

Overall, the counties that ranked in the top 10 are; Williamson County, Wilson County, Sumner County, Moore County, Smith County, Weakley County, Trousdale County, Rutherford County, Loudon County and Blount County.

The counties with the greatest opportunity for improvement are; Grundy County, Lauderdale County, Lewis County, Madison County, Hardeman County, Johnson County, Hancock County, Davidson County, Shelby County and Lake County.

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After publication the County Profiles & Rankings of Child Well-Being in Tennessee and additional information about data methodology can be found on the website and on TCCY’s FUTURE Data Dashboard.

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