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
Cheatham County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Cheatham County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	303	74th	0.7%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	63,122	68th	0.6%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	58,289	17th	0.5%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	554	64th	0.7%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	114	61st
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	39,105	39th	0.6%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	35,912	40th	0.6%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	3,193	35th	0.5%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	8.9%	37th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	129	39th	83.9%
		2000 Census			138	119	39th	86.0%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	2,432	70th	0.1%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	2,552	69th	0.1%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	-4.7%	62nd
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	6.8%	70th	-56.8%
		1990 Census			60.9%	9.4%	70th	-51.5%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	39	66th
		2000 Census			36	35	82nd
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	25.6%	13th	6.1%
			18-24		6.9%	7.2%	13th	0.3%
			24-44		33.2%	31.6%	28th	-1.6%
			45-64		27.0%	28.0%	38th	1.0%
			65 & over		13.4%	10.6%	91st	-2.8%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	27.7%	5th	3.1%
			18-24		9.6%	7.3%	91st	-2.4%
			25-44		30.2%	33.5%	4th	3.3%
			45-64		23.2%	23.0%	78th	-0.2%
			65 & over		12.4%	8.6%	92nd	-3.8%
	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	Cheatham County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	99.8	10th	105.0%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	6.5	73rd	71.4%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	4.6	56th	109.5%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Cheatham County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$31,498	21st	91.9%
		2000			$26,097	$24,870	15th	95.3%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	2.66%	74th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$51,442	6th	123.3%
		2000			$35,760	$46,811	4th	130.9%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.05%	72nd
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	11.2%	4th	-6.00%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	13.4%	5th	-8.40%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	7.4%	3rd	-6.04%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	7.6%	2nd	-10.05%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	13.5%	3rd	-6.91%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	13.3%	10th	-4.46%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.3%	21st	-1.09%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.4%	27th	-1.08%
	*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	Cheatham County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	13.0	34th	93.5%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	36.0%	19th	81.8%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	8.3%	23rd	90.2%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	69.8	50th	87.7%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	9.5	18th	69.9%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	0.8	7th	66.7%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	7.6	4th	80.0%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	179.8	7th	75.5%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	174.8	7th	82.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							7th
							1st
					Tennessee	Cheatham County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.2	92nd	11.3%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	0.2	79th	4.8%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	42.5	66th	92.3%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	1.4%	66th	-8.0%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Cheatham County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	8.9%	9th	-1.3%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	2.8%	2nd	-1.2%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	34.4%	66th	5.4%
	* 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	7,524	47th	0.3%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	28.8%	35th	0.7%
		Local Government			10.9%	19.2%	35th	0.5%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	10.6%	52nd	0.3%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	6.8%	46th	0.2%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	5.4%	17th	0.3%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	5.1%	37th	0.2%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	1.9%	61st	0.1%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	1.3%	29th	0.3%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.2%	47th	0.2%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.1%	58th	0.1%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.8%	34th	0.2%
		Information			1.7%	0.3%	56th	0.1%
		State Government			3.5%	0.3%	44	0.0%
	*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
								7th
								46th
								19th
								44th
								45th
								3rd
								31st
								25th
								29th
								56th
								11th
								50th
								53rd
								52nd

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Cheatham County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$467,056	38th	99.9%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$4,099	21st	121.3%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$8,427,000	73rd	0.3%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$215	77th	50.8%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Cheatham County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     76,607	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     33,334	43.5%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     30,433	39.7%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	2,901	3.8%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       5,528	7.2%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     37,744	49.3%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	20,144	26.3%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	3,015	3.9%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	14,585	19.0%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$742,404	37th	0.5%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$18,985	46th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.78	13th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$181,198	44th	0.3%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$4,634	64th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.25%	52nd

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Cheatham County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    124,750	42nd	0.7%
		Recreation			1,084,915	13,223	21st	1.2%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	12,037	30th	0.6%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	12,000	25th	0.6%
		Public Buildings			441,686	12,000	9th	2.7%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	10,000	36th	0.6%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	9,654	66th	0.2%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	2,100	30th	1.1%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	2,000	19th	0.5%
		Community Development			374,527	1,600	23rd	0.4%
		Fire Protection			218,982	1,000	23rd	0.5%
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	730	16th	0.2%
		Storm Water			355,315	200	35th	0.1%
		Business District Development			954,871	120	25th	0.0%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	-	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		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	$    201,415	41st	0.5%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Cheatham County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	81.4%	18th	-0.3%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	16.7%	24th	-5.7%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	65.0%	20th	-2.0%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	10.5%	27th	-5.5%
	*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	Cheatham County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	0
		Public			14	0
		Private			63	0
	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	0
		Public			151,344	0
		Private			91,256	0
	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	Cheatham County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	6,843
		Percent of Statewide			0.7%
	1999-2010			892,270	6,927
		Percent of Statewide			0.8%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(84)
	Percent Change			6.3%	-1.2%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	44.7%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	9.9%
	Special Education			14.5%	10.9%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.7%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Cheatham County
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	16
	1999-2000			16	17
	Increase/(Decrease)			(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%	97.7%
		1998-1999		96.4%	97.8%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	5.6%
		1998-1999		14.8%	6.7%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Cheatham County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$6,746
		Percent of Statewide			83.0%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,667
		Percent of Statewide			85.2%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,079
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,067
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,009
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0
	Percent Change			25.5%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	63.2%
		Federal		13.5%	10.9%
		Local		39.3%	25.9%
		System Rank for Percent Local			68th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	65.1%
		Federal		9.1%	6.3%
		Local		43.3%	28.6%
		System Rank for Percent Local			81st
				Statewide	Cheatham County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,584	59th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				53.4%

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