# Tennessee Senior Housing & Health Data
Tennessee has 722 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 33,694 elderly units, of which 559 are rural and 608 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 722
- Elderly units: 33,694
- HUD Section 202: 145 properties (15,826 units)
- USDA Section 515: 330 properties (11,648 units)
- Rural properties: 559 across 89 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 608 (27,717 units)
- Population 65+: 1,172,740 (est. 444,475 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/TN