The median income of Shelby County residents was $28,181 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 351,194 households with a population of 936,374.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Williamson County with $45,817 per year after adjusting for inflation – $17,636 more than Shelby County. It had 77,855 households with a population of 225,389.
The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Lake County with $17,079 per year after adjusting for inflation – $11,102 less than Shelby County. It had 2,243 households with a population of 7,401.
Tennessee counties by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williamson County | $45,817 |
| 2 | Wilson County | $35,388 |
| 3 | Davidson County | $32,518 |
| 4 | Sumner County | $32,203 |
| 5 | Rutherford County | $32,018 |
| 6 | Moore County | $31,250 |
| 7 | Robertson County | $31,153 |
| 8 | Montgomery County | $31,030 |
| 9 | Cheatham County | $30,987 |
| 10 | Tipton County | $30,703 |
| 11 | Maury County | $30,161 |
| 12 | Knox County | $29,660 |
| 13 | Fayette County | $29,502 |
| 14 | Hamilton County | $29,070 |
| 15 | Loudon County | $28,529 |
| 16 | Marshall County | $28,320 |
| 17 | Blount County | $28,221 |
| 18 | Smith County | $28,205 |
| 19 | Shelby County | $28,181 |
| 20 | DeKalb County | $28,066 |
| 21 | Dickson County | $28,052 |
| 22 | Lincoln County | $27,624 |
| 23 | Cannon County | $27,262 |
| 24 | Trousdale County | $26,749 |
| 25 | Madison County | $26,718 |
| 26 | Giles County | $26,631 |
| 27 | Bradley County | $26,412 |
| 28 | Anderson County | $26,136 |
| 29 | Roane County | $26,097 |
| 30 | Bedford County | $26,084 |
| 31 | Dyer County | $25,698 |
| 32 | Crockett County | $25,620 |
| 33 | Coffee County | $25,585 |
| 34 | Franklin County | $25,327 |
| 35 | Polk County | $25,015 |
| 36 | Washington County | $24,948 |
| 37 | Sullivan County | $24,758 |
| 38 | Henderson County | $24,619 |
| 39 | Chester County | $24,558 |
| 40 | Gibson County | $24,373 |
| 41 | Cumberland County | $24,268 |
| 42 | Stewart County | $24,176 |
| 43 | Putnam County | $24,160 |
| 44 | Meigs County | $24,033 |
| 45 | Sevier County | $23,907 |
| 46 | Obion County | $23,795 |
| 47 | Marion County | $23,598 |
| 48 | Lawrence County | $23,591 |
| 49 | Humphreys County | $23,413 |
| 50 | Macon County | $23,375 |
| 51 | Hamblen County | $23,358 |
| 52 | Overton County | $23,281 |
| 53 | Warren County | $23,268 |
| 54 | Bledsoe County | $23,166 |
| 55 | Rhea County | $23,097 |
| 56 | Houston County | $23,090 |
| 57 | Jefferson County | $22,984 |
| 58 | Haywood County | $22,915 |
| 59 | Hawkins County | $22,905 |
| 60 | Hickman County | $22,891 |
| 61 | White County | $22,788 |
| 62 | Union County | $22,784 |
| 63 | Greene County | $22,668 |
| 64 | Grainger County | $22,533 |
| 65 | Henry County | $22,462 |
| 66 | McMinn County | $22,440 |
| 67 | Monroe County | $22,364 |
| 68 | Carter County | $22,290 |
| 69 | Lauderdale County | $22,263 |
| 70 | Carroll County | $22,236 |
| 71 | Lewis County | $22,104 |
| 72 | Decatur County | $22,024 |
| 73 | Van Buren County | $21,845 |
| 74 | Morgan County | $21,844 |
| 75 | Unicoi County | $21,814 |
| 76 | Sequatchie County | $21,794 |
| 77 | Campbell County | $21,656 |
| 78 | Pickett County | $21,654 |
| 79 | Hardin County | $21,631 |
| 80 | McNairy County | $21,602 |
| 81 | Weakley County | $21,594 |
| 82 | Wayne County | $21,390 |
| 83 | Cocke County | $21,351 |
| 84 | Hardeman County | $20,987 |
| 85 | Scott County | $20,467 |
| 86 | Claiborne County | $20,312 |
| 87 | Grundy County | $20,029 |
| 88 | Benton County | $19,844 |
| 89 | Jackson County | $19,749 |
| 90 | Perry County | $19,701 |
| 91 | Fentress County | $19,473 |
| 92 | Hancock County | $18,665 |
| 93 | Johnson County | $17,509 |
| 94 | Clay County | $17,133 |
| 95 | Lake County | $17,079 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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