Tennessee has 30 community health centers that filed Uniform Data System reports for 2025: 29 Health Center Program awardees and 1 FQHC Look-Alike. The awardees served 427,688 patients in 2025, down 1.3% from 2024.
HRSA's published figures for Section 330-funded health centers; look-alikes are not included.
Measure
Tennessee
National
Patients
Patients served
427,688
32,746,392
Children under 18
22.3%
28.6%
Adults 65 and older
13.8%
12.8%
At or below 200% of the federal poverty guideline
88.7%
90.0%
Insurance status
Uninsured
30.4%
17.2%
Medicaid / CHIP
28.8%
47.9%
Medicare
13.3%
11.6%
Private insurance
27.5%
23.0%
Cost
Total accrued cost per patient
$1,165
$1,672
Cost per visit
$317
$438
Clinical quality
Cervical cancer screening
46.9%
57.0%
Colorectal cancer screening
35.7%
44.9%
Breast cancer screening
48.1%
56.0%
Controlling high blood pressure
68.8%
69.1%
Diabetes: HbA1c poor control (lower is better)
26.4%
26.3%
Depression screening and follow-up
80.9%
75.3%
Early entry into prenatal care
62.1%
73.4%
Childhood immunization status
28.7%
29.5%
Tobacco screening and cessation
85.4%
84.8%
Statin therapy for cardiovascular disease
78.0%
79.0%
Tennessee trends, 2016–2025
Year
Patients (awardees)
Uninsured
Medicaid/CHIP
2025
427,688
30.4%
28.8%
2024
433,231
32.7%
28.3%
2023
425,237
29.5%
31.7%
2022
423,633
29.4%
32.3%
2021
437,128
30.1%
31.1%
2020
415,720
30.7%
29.9%
2019
434,271
32.6%
31.0%
2018
422,458
32.9%
31.4%
2017
422,316
33.3%
33.1%
2016
396,877
33.4%
34.4%
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