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
Bradley County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Bradley County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	329	67th	0.8%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	95,602	50th	0.9%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	91,858	31st	0.8%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	959	35th	1.2%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	100	72nd
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	98,963	13th	1.6%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	87,965	14th	1.5%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	10,998	15th	1.7%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	12.5%	23rd
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	301	13th	195.5%
		2000 Census			138	268	14th	193.9%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	58,439	13th	1.6%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	40,975	12th	1.4%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	42.6%	23rd
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	66.4%	13th	2.8%
		1990 Census			60.9%	55.6%	13th	-5.3%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	38	81st
		2000 Census			36	36	79th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	23.1%	45th	3.6%
			18-24		6.9%	7.1%	17th	0.2%
			24-44		33.2%	33.1%	14th	0.0%
			45-64		27.0%	25.5%	81st	-1.5%
			65 & over		13.4%	13.6%	69th	0.1%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	23.7%	49th	-0.9%
			18-24		9.6%	11.3%	9th	1.6%
			25-44		30.2%	29.8%	30th	-0.4%
			45-64		23.2%	23.5%	68th	0.3%
			65 & over		12.4%	11.7%	80th	-0.6%
	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	Bradley County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	94.9	71st	99.7%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	8.0	28th	87.9%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	4.8	65th	114.3%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Bradley County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$30,335	28th	88.5%
		2000			$26,097	$22,726	29th	87.1%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.26%	49th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$39,569	29th	94.9%
		2000			$35,760	$36,101	25th	101.0%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.02%	74th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	16.4%	25th	-0.80%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	18.6%	12th	-3.20%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	12.2%	20th	-1.26%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	15.4%	25th	-2.24%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	20.4%	35th	-0.02%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	18.0%	31st	0.21%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.3%	15th	-1.12%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.2%	17th	-1.25%
	*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	Bradley County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	12.5	29th	89.9%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	37.5%	27th	85.2%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	7.6%	17th	82.6%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	64.3	31st	80.8%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	12.4	40th	91.2%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	0.3	2nd	25.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	9.2	13th	96.8%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	260.1	39th	109.2%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	185.6	11th	87.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							28th
							9th
							31st
					Tennessee	Bradley County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	1.3	19th	72.2%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	3.7	28th	88.1%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	35.6	85th	77.4%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	11.8%	7th	2.4%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Bradley County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	10.1%	25th	-0.1%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	3.6%	11th	-0.4%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	30.0%	49th	1.1%
	* 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	33,767	16th	1.3%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	25.0%	8th	2.8%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	12.7%	12th	1.3%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	12.3%	16th	1.3%
		Local Government			10.9%	11.3%	11th	1.4%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	8.2%	17th	1.2%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	5.9%	13th	1.2%
		Construction			3.9%	3.4%	17th	1.1%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	3.1%	11th	0.9%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	3.1%	15th	1.0%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	3.0%	11th	1.5%
		Educational Services			1.5%	2.5%	7th	2.2%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	2.0%	17th	0.6%
		State Government			3.5%	1.2%	10th	0.5%
		Management of Companies and Enterprises			1.0%	0.9%	13th	1.1%
	*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
								8th
								14th
								30th
								9th
								14th
								27th
								25th
								32nd
								33rd
								22nd
								9th
								33rd
								19th
								22nd
								29th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Bradley County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$478,879	31st	102.5%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$4,804	12th	142.2%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$98,461,000	3rd	3.8%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$1,031	29th	243.2%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Bradley County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$   161,595	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     47,261	29.2%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     40,192	24.9%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	7,069	4.4%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$     12,399	7.7%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$   101,935	63.1%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	40,053	24.8%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	26,154	16.2%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	35,728	22.1%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$2,046,690	14th	1.4%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$20,681	30th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.79	76th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$825,790	15th	1.3%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$8,344	26th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Bradley County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    207,735	22nd	1.1%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	29,473	33rd	0.7%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	26,943	16th	1.4%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	12,000	30th	0.8%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	6,887	19th	0.2%
		Storm Water			355,315	3,510	13th	1.0%
		Public Buildings			441,686	3,238	21st	0.7%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	3,031	23rd	1.6%
		Community Development			374,527	2,500	20th	0.7%
		Recreation			1,084,915	2,481	55th	0.2%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	730	65th	0.0%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	660	33rd	0.2%
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Fire Protection			218,982	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Solid Waste			40,152	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Telecommunications			24,300	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    299,188	28th	0.8%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Bradley County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	79.6%	29th	-2.2%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	19.2%	17th	-3.2%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	64.4%	21st	-2.7%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	11.9%	20th	-4.0%
	*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	Bradley County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	2
		Public			14	0
		Private			63	2
	Other Public Institutions				94	1
		Community Colleges			13	1
		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	4,587
		Public			151,344	0
		Private			91,256	4,587
	Other Public Institutions*				129,651	3,358
		Community Colleges			69,816	3,358
		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	Bradley County	Cleveland City
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	10,076	4,801
		Percent of Statewide			1.1%	0.5%
	1999-2010			892,270	8,899	4,375
		Percent of Statewide			1.0%	0.5%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	1,177	426
	Percent Change			6.3%	13.2%	9.7%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	58.4%	59.8%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	37.2%	24.2%
	Special Education			14.5%	8.9%	13.8%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	1.4%	4.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Bradley County	Cleveland City
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	16	15.7
	1999-2000			16	17	15.1
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(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%	99.1%	98.9%
		1998-1999		96.4%	95.6%	98.1%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	6.3%	4.7%
		1998-1999		14.8%	26.3%	5.9%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Bradley County	Cleveland City
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$6,958	$8,132
		Percent of Statewide			85.6%	100.0%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,767	$5,802
		Percent of Statewide			87.1%	106.0%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,191	$2,330
	Percent Change			48.5%		40.2%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$45,194	$45,850
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	100.6%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$35,988	$37,686
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	103.7%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0	$8,164
	Percent Change			25.5%		21.7%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	54.8%	48.1%
		Federal		13.5%	14.5%	13.8%
		Local		39.3%	30.8%	38.1%
		System Rank for Percent Local			53rd	28th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	52.9%	44.7%
		Federal		9.1%	10.7%	9.6%
		Local		43.3%	36.4%	45.7%
		System Rank for Percent Local			50th	24th
				Statewide	Bradley County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,568	21st
	Percent of Statewide Figure				86.6%

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