I. Geography & Demographics					VI.  County Government Finance
II. Income & Poverty					VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
III.  Health & Healthcare					VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
IV.  Employment					IX.  Public School Systems
V.  Value of Farmland & Agricultural Products Sold
Blount County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Blount County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	559	23rd	1.4%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	98,403	49th	0.9%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	96,181	39th	0.9%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,154	21st	1.5%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	85	82nd
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	123,010	10th	1.9%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	105,823	11th	1.9%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	17,187	11th	2.6%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	16.2%	15th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	220	10th	143.0%
		2000 Census			138	189	10th	137.3%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	67,114	11th	1.9%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	44,394	11th	1.5%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	51.2%	20th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	63.4%	14th	-0.2%
		1990 Census			60.9%	51.6%	16th	-9.3%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	41	42nd
		2000 Census			36	38	32nd
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	22.3%	58th	2.8%
			18-24		6.9%	6.5%	51st	-0.4%
			24-44		33.2%	30.4%	41st	-2.8%
			45-64		27.0%	28.2%	30th	1.2%
			65 & over		13.4%	14.9%	47th	1.5%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	22.8%	73rd	-1.8%
			18-24		9.6%	8.3%	55th	-1.3%
			25-44		30.2%	29.4%	34th	-0.8%
			45-64		23.2%	25.4%	38th	2.2%
			65 & over		12.4%	14.1%	42nd	1.7%
	Population Growth by Age Bracket, 2000 (Census) to 2005-2009 (5-year average)
		*Note: Census 2010 data not available; 2005-2009 figures from the American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.
	Population Percentages by Race/Ethnicity (2010 Census)
					Tennessee	Blount County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	93.9	78th	98.7%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	10.5	8th	115.4%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	5.1	78th	121.4%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Blount County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$30,362	27th	88.6%
		2000			$26,097	$23,947	20th	91.8%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	2.67%	73rd
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$45,447	13th	108.9%
		2000			$35,760	$38,899	18th	108.8%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.74%	21st
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	11.7%	5th	-5.50%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	15.7%	7th	-6.10%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	9.7%	8th	-3.75%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	12.3%	9th	-5.28%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	15.4%	14th	-4.96%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	14.1%	12th	-3.74%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.2%	12th	-1.20%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.2%	13th	-1.32%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	*Note: Census 2010 data not available; 2005-2009 figures from the American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.

III. Health & Healthcare
					Tennessee	Blount County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	11.5	19th	82.7%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	37.5%	27th	85.2%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	8.4%	24th	91.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	63.0	26th	79.1%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	11.2	30th	82.4%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	0.5	4th	41.7%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	10.0	19th	105.3%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	177.1	6th	74.3%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	232.6	44th	109.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							27th
							8th
							29th
					Tennessee	Blount County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	1.3	18th	72.3%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	5.0	13th	119.0%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	41.6	70th	90.4%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	7.3%	18th	-2.1%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Blount County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	8.4%	4th	-1.8%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	3.6%	11th	-0.4%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	24.2%	26th	-4.8%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2009 Employment Percentages by Major Industry				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Employment Top Industries				2,558,287	39,164	11th	1.5%
		Local Government			10.9%	17.4%	7th	2.4%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	14.2%	13th	1.8%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	14.1%	12th	1.9%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	9.5%	14th	1.2%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	9.4%	12th	1.6%
		Construction			3.9%	7.2%	8th	2.8%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	5.2%	8th	2.0%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	4.1%	12th	1.4%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	3.3%	20th	0.7%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	3.0%	9th	1.0%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	2.5%	12th	1.4%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	2.4%	15th	0.9%
		Management of Companies and Enterprises			1.0%	2.2%	8th	3.2%
		Educational Services			1.5%	1.4%	9th	1.4%
	*Note: Percentages for counties may not total to 100%.
	This table shows the top industries in the county, not all industries.
	2009 Average Annual Wage by Major Industry							County Rank
								3rd
								8th
								4th
								19th
								14th
								38th
								9th
								33rd
								13th
								26th
								12th
								10th
								10th
								31st
								4th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Blount County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$474,105	33rd	101.4%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$5,560	4th	164.6%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$17,370,000	53rd	0.7%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$145	83rd	34.2%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Blount County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$   198,391	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     51,753	26.1%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     44,978	22.7%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	6,775	3.4%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$     13,228	6.7%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$   133,411	67.2%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	63,743	32.1%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	30,253	15.2%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	39,415	19.9%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$3,152,225	10th	2.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$25,626	11th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.04	59th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$1,140,631	13th	1.8%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$9,273	20th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.25%	55th

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Blount County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    331,343	13th	1.8%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	57,186	8th	3.0%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	34,300	14th	0.8%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	34,000	13th	2.2%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	20,047	47th	0.5%
		Recreation			1,084,915	14,924	18th	1.4%
		Telecommunications			24,300	6,800	2nd	28.0%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	1,611	38th	0.8%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	1,591	21st	0.4%
		Public Buildings			441,686	1,350	34th	0.3%
		Other Utilities			604,980	1,250	20th	0.2%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	630	66th	0.0%
		Fire Protection			218,982	509	38th	0.2%
		Other Facilities			31,137	500	10th	1.6%
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Solid Waste			40,152	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    506,041	15th	1.3%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Blount County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	84.5%	10th	2.7%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	20.7%	15th	-1.7%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	68.5%	11th	1.4%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	14.3%	16th	-1.7%
	*Note: Percentages do not add to 100%
	because categories are not mutually exclusive.
	*Note: 2010 educational attainment data not yet available.
Number of Post-secondary Institutions (2010)					Tennessee	Blount County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	1
		Public			14	0
		Private			63	1
	Other Public Institutions				94	0
		Community Colleges			13	0
		Technology Centers			27	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			20	0
		Off-campus Sites			34	0
2009-2010 Enrollment at Post-secondary Institutions
	Four-year Colleges and Universities*				242,600	1,080
		Public			151,344	0
		Private			91,256	1,080
	Other Public Institutions*				129,651	0
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			13,088	0
		Off-campus Sites			34,510	0
		*Note: Census 2010 data not available; 2005-2009 figures from the American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.

IX.  Public School Systems			(Total number of school systems is 136)
				Statewide	Blount County	Alcoa City	Maryville City
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	11,412	1,681	4,965
		Percent of Statewide			1.2%	0.2%	0.5%
	1999-2010			892,270	10,627	1,332	4,184
		Percent of Statewide			1.2%	0.1%	0.5%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	785	348	782
	Percent Change			6.3%	7.4%	26.1%	18.7%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	50.5%	49.7%	28.8%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	12.5%	2.6%	14.0%
	Special Education			14.5%	13.8%	12.9%	12.4%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	1.1%	4.1%	2.3%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Blount County	Alcoa City	Maryville City
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%	100.0%	25.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	16	15.5	15.5
	1999-2000			16	18	14.2	16.3
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(2)	1	(1)
	*Note: Classroom teachers include art, music and physical education teachers.  Because these auxiliary teachers are
	included, ratios of students to classroom teachers do not represent and tend to be lower than actual class sizes.
Progress Through School
	Promotion Rate
		2008-2009		98.5%	98.6%	96.0%	99.2%
		1998-1999		96.4%	97.7%	96.6%	97.6%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	11.7%	2.7%	5.6%
		1998-1999		14.8%	9.3%	1.3%	4.3%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Blount County	Alcoa City	Maryville City
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,633	$9,305	$8,831
		Percent of Statewide			93.9%	114.4%	108.6%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,021	$6,991	$6,178
		Percent of Statewide			91.7%	127.7%	112.8%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,611	$2,314	$2,652
	Percent Change			48.5%		33.1%	42.9%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$45,799	$55,604	$54,584
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	121.9%	119.7%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$38,740	$44,318	$42,667
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	122.0%	117.4%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0	$11,286	$11,917
	Percent Change			25.5%		25.5%	27.9%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	52.4%	40.0%	39.9%
		Federal		13.5%	12.0%	7.8%	7.4%
		Local		39.3%	35.6%	52.2%	52.6%
		System Rank for Percent Local			34th	10th	9th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	52.1%	36.8%	42.0%
		Federal		9.1%	7.9%	5.1%	5.6%
		Local		43.3%	40.0%	58.1%	52.4%
		System Rank for Percent Local			45th	6th	13th
				Statewide	Blount County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,651	18th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				89.4%

Sources of Information for County Profiles
I.	Geography & Demographics
	U.S. Bureau of the Census--all data except for marriage and divorce rates.
		www.census.gov
	U.S. Department of Agriculture - farmland data
		http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
	TN Dept. of Health - marriage and divorce rates.
		http://health.tn.gov
II.	Income & Poverty
	U.S. Bureau of the Census--median household income data & poverty rates.
		www.census.gov
	TN Dept. of Human Services--Food Stamp data and Families First data.
		http://www.tn.gov/foodstamps
		http://tn.gov/humanserv/adfam/afs_tanf.html
	U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - per capita income data
		www.bea.gov
III.	Health & Healthcare
	TN Dept.of Health, Health Statistics & Research--pregnancy, births, mortality & healthcare access data.
		http://health.tn.gov/statistics/healthdata.htm
IV.	Employment
	TN Dept. Of Labor and Workforce Development - unemployment data.
		http://www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/
	U.S. Department of Labor - employment data.
		ww.bls.gov/lau/home.htm
V.	Value of Farmland and Agricultural Product Sold
	U.S. Department of Agriculture - farmland data
		http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
VI.	County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	TN County Technical Advisory Service (CTAS), Resource Center--county revenue data.
		www.ctas.utk.edu
	TN Comptroller of the Treasury, Division of Property Assessment--equalized assessed property values.
		http://www.comptroller.state.tn.us/pa/taxaggr.htm
	TN Dept. of Revenue--total taxable sales.
		www.tn.gov/revenue/files.htm
VII.	Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	TN Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations--all data.
		http://tn.gov/tacir/infrastructure.html
VIII.	Adult & Post-secondary Education
	U.S. Bureau of the Census--educational attainment.
		www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html
	TN Higher Education Commission--post-secondary institution and enrollment data.
		www.tn.gov/thec
IX.	Public School Systems (Total number of school systems is 136)
	TN Department of Education--all data except fiscal capacity.
		http://www.tn.gov/education/reports_data.shtml
	TN Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations--education fiscal capacity.
		http://tn.gov/tacir/fiscalcapacity.html
Prepared by TACIR