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Van Buren County ranked 68th in state for resident earnings in 2017

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Van Buren County ranked 68th among counties in Tennessee by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Van Buren County residents was an inflation-adjusted $20,746 per year. Van Buren County had 2,156 households in 2017, with a population of 5,675.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Williamson County. Williamson County's median income was $42,496 per year after adjusting for inflation – $21,750 more than Van Buren County. It had 73,160 households in 2017 and a population of 212,161.

Fentress County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in Tennessee, with a median income of only $15,980 per year. That was $4,766 less than the median income in Van Buren County at the time. Fentress County had 7,385 households in 2017 and a population of 17,940.

The table below shows the state's counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Tennessee counties ranked by earnings per resident (2017)
RankCountyEarnings per resident ($$$)
1Williamson County42,496
2Wilson County33,002
3Rutherford County30,492
4Sumner County30,223
5Davidson County30,041
6Robertson County29,198
7Montgomery County28,264
8Cheatham County28,255
9Moore County28,088
10Fayette County28,002
11Tipton County27,810
12Knox County26,972
13Maury County26,774
14Loudon County26,508
15Shelby County26,314
16Hamilton County26,269
17Marshall County25,843
18Blount County25,185
19Dickson County25,139
20Cannon County25,002
21Smith County24,904
22Lincoln County24,527
23Madison County24,466
24Dyer County24,388
25Bradley County24,384
26Anderson County24,066
27Coffee County24,035
28Bedford County24,018
29Polk County23,539
30Henderson County23,431
31Roane County23,389
32Washington County23,043
33Giles County23,012
34Trousdale County23,009
35DeKalb County22,926
36Stewart County22,623
37Sullivan County22,594
38Franklin County22,427
39Crockett County22,369
40Lawrence County22,351
41Chester County22,200
42Cumberland County22,122
43Grainger County22,117
44Sevier County22,110
45Hamblen County22,059
46Marion County21,976
47Gibson County21,905
48Union County21,887
49Humphreys County21,879
50Sequatchie County21,804
51Warren County21,781
52Obion County21,763
53Henry County21,718
54Jefferson County21,667
55Meigs County21,658
56Haywood County21,658
57Rhea County21,290
58Putnam County21,232
59Houston County21,178
60Decatur County21,069
61Hawkins County20,990
62Macon County20,958
63Overton County20,938
64McMinn County20,867
65Bledsoe County20,816
66Pickett County20,801
67Hickman County20,780
68Van Buren County20,746
69Greene County20,732
70Monroe County20,689
71Hardin County20,645
72Lewis County20,592
73Morgan County20,386
74Lauderdale County20,372
75Weakley County20,094
76Carroll County20,044
77White County19,854
78Campbell County19,612
79Unicoi County19,529
80McNairy County19,243
81Claiborne County19,243
82Carter County19,205
83Cocke County19,181
84Benton County19,131
85Hardeman County18,918
86Wayne County18,794
87Perry County18,726
88Scott County18,682
89Clay County18,331
90Jackson County18,122
91Hancock County17,102
92Lake County16,770
93Johnson County16,572
94Grundy County15,981
95Fentress County15,980
* All values are inflation-adjusted

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