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

Davidson County, Tennessee

Selected Statistical Information

I. Geography & Demographics

Tennessee

Davidson County

County
Rank

Percent of State Total

Total Land Area (sq. mi.)

41,217

502

37th

1.2%

Farmland (2007)

Acres of Farmland (2007)

10,969,798

41,353

85th

0.4%

Acres of Farmland (1992)

11,169,086

47,319

77th

0.4%

Number of Farms (2007)

79,280

515

67th

0.6%

Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)

138

87th

Population

2010 Census

6,346,105

626,681

2nd

9.9%

2000 Census

5,689,283

569,891

2nd

10.0%

Population Change (2000 to 2010)

656,822

56,790

2nd

8.6%

Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)

11.5%

10.0%

30th

Population Density (per sq. mi.)

Comparison to State Figure

2010 Census

154

1,248

2nd

810.4%

2000 Census

138

1,135

2nd

822.0%

Urban Population

Percent of State Total

2000 Census

3,618,968

543,955

2nd

15.0%

1990 Census

2,969,948

505,786

2nd

17.0%

Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)

21.9%

7.5%

47th

Percent of Population in Urban Areas

Percentage Point Difference

2000 Census

63.6%

95.4%

2nd

31.8%

1990 Census

60.9%

99.0%

1st

38.1%

Median Age

2010 Census

93rd

2000 Census

91st

Population Percentages by Age Bracket

Percentage Point Difference

2005-2009 (5-year average)

under 18

19.5%

22.2%

63rd

2.7%

18-24

6.9%

6.2%

76th

-0.7%

24-44

33.2%

40.5%

2nd

7.3%

45-64

27.0%

23.6%

92nd

-3.4%

65 & over

13.4%

10.8%

90th

-2.7%

2000 Census

under 18

24.6%

22.2%

81st

-2.4%

18-24

9.6%

11.6%

8th

2.0%

25-44

30.2%

34.0%

2nd

3.8%

45-64

23.2%

21.1%

92nd

-2.1%

65 & over

12.4%

11.1%

85th

-1.2%

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

Davidson County

County
Rank*

Comparison to State Figure

Males per 100 Females (2010)

95.1

93.9

67th

98.8%

Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009

9.1

7.5

40th

82.4%

Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009

4.2

3.2

24th

76.2%

*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.


II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income		Tennessee	Davidson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009	$34,277	$43,457	2nd	126.8%
		2000	$26,097	$33,388	2nd	127.9%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate	3.08%	2.97%	65th

	Median Household Income
		2009	$41,715	$46,249	12th	110.9%
		2000	$35,760	$40,423	11th	113.0%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate	1.73%	1.51%	37th

	2009 Poverty Rate					Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages	17.2%	17.1%	29th	-0.10%
		Related Children Under 18 Years	21.8%	25.7%	56th	3.90%

	2000 Census
		All Ages	13.5%	13.0%	27th	-0.49%
		Related Children Under 18 Years	17.6%	19.1%	60th	1.51%

	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households	20.4%	18.9%	28th	-1.50%
		Percent of Individuals	17.8%	16.1%	22nd	-1.72%

	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households	2.4%	2.6%	83rd	0.16%
		Percent of Individuals	2.5%	2.8%	87th	0.33%

	*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

Davidson County

County
Rank*

Comparison to State Figure

2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates

Live births per 1,000 Population

13.9

17.2

53rd

123.7%

Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents

44.0%

46.2%

61st

105.0%

Percent Low Birth Weight

9.2%

8.7%

27th

94.6%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44

79.6

102.5

85th

128.8%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17

13.6

17.0

63rd

125.0%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14

1.2

1.4

13th

116.7%

* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

2008 Mortality Rates

Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population

9.5

8.6

8th

90.5%

Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death

Diseases of the Heart

238.2

217.7

20th

91.4%

Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)

213.3

190.2

13th

89.2%

* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best conditio

20th

12th

25th

Tennessee

Davidson County

County
Rank

Comparison to State Figure

Access to Healthcare

Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)

1.8

3.7

3rd

206.2%

Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)

4.2

7.1

4th

169.0%

Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)

46.0

41.4

71st

89.9%

Percentage Point Difference

2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care

9.4%

6.9%

20th

-2.5%


IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate		Tennessee	Davidson County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)	10.2%	9.1%	12th	-1.1%
		2000 (annual)	4.0%	3.2%	4th	-0.8%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)	28.9%	29.7%	45th	0.8%

	* 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	416,378	2nd	16.3%
		Health Care and Social Assistance	12.6%	15.4%	1st	19.8%
		Retail Trade	12.0%	9.8%	2nd	13.3%
		State Government	3.5%	9.8%	1st	45.9%
		Accommodation and Food Services	9.1%	9.2%	2nd	16.5%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	6.7%	6.7%	2nd	16.4%
		Local Government	10.9%	5.7%	2nd	8.6%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	4.2%	5.3%	1st	20.5%
		Wholesale Trade	4.6%	5.0%	2nd	17.7%
		Manufacturing	11.7%	4.7%	3rd	6.6%
		Finance and Insurance	4.1%	4.5%	1st	18.1%
		Transportation and Warehousing	4.8%	4.1%	2nd	13.9%
		Construction	3.9%	3.8%	1st	15.5%
		Educational Services	1.5%	3.7%	1st	39.2%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)	2.6%	3.2%	2nd	19.4%

	*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


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VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)			Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Davidson County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total		$ 8,660,673	100.0%	$ -	n/a
		Total State Revenue		$ 2,637,323	30.5%	$ -	n/a
			Public Schools*	2,236,881	25.8%	$ -	n/a
			All Other	400,441	4.6%	-	n/a
		Federal Revenue		$ 614,129	7.1%	$ -	n/a
		Total Local Revenue		$ 5,409,221	62.5%	$ -	n/a
			Property Tax	2,563,733	29.6%	-	n/a
			Local Sales Tax	1,081,514	12.5%	-	n/a
			Other Local	1,763,975	20.4%	-	n/a

	Tax Base			Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)		$144,745,094	$19,175,150	1st	13.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita	$22,808	$30,598	5th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)			$3.56	2nd
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)		$64,073,298	$9,976,772	1st	15.6%
			Tax Base Per Capita	$10,096	$15,920	2nd
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate		2.25%	45th


VII. Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)		Tennessee	Davidson County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project Type
		Transportation	$ 18,890,537	$ 1,054,286	3rd	5.6%
		Business District Development	954,871	795,100	1st	83.3%
		Water & Wastewater	4,004,578	637,679	1st	15.9%
		Other Utilities	604,980	405,000	1st	66.9%
		Law Enforcement	1,880,412	370,707	2nd	19.7%
		Existing School Improvements	1,905,950	363,836	1st	19.1%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites	390,159	244,991	1st	62.8%
		Non K-12 Education	4,096,971	181,444	7th	4.4%
		Recreation	1,084,915	112,102	1st	10.3%
		Public Health Facilities	395,979	106,240	2nd	26.8%
		Community Development	374,527	45,967	2nd	12.3%
		Public Buildings	441,686	31,224	4th	7.1%
		Fire Protection	218,982	13,112	3rd	6.0%
		K-12 New School Construction	1,548,048	12,478	28th	0.8%
		Storm Water	355,315	9,830	8th	2.8%
		Other Facilities	31,137	8,625	2nd	27.7%
		School System-wide Need	112,243	8,032	5th	7.2%
		Solid Waste	40,152	4,100	4th	10.2%
		Industrial Sites & Parks	194,809	-	-	-
		Telecommunications	24,300	-	-	-
		Housing	14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition	-	-	-
	Grand Total		$ 37,565,189	$ 4,404,753	2nd	11.7%

VIII. Adult & Post-secondary Education

Adult Educational Attainment

Tennessee

Davidson County

County
Rank

Percentage Point Difference

2005-2009 American Community Survey

Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better

81.8%

85.1%

6th

3.3%

Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better

22.4%

33.6%

2nd

11.2%

1990 Census

Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better

67.1%

75.9%

3rd

8.8%

Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better

16.0%

24.4%

2nd

8.4%

*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

Davidson County

Four-year Colleges and Universities

Public

Private

Other Public Institutions

Community Colleges

Technology Centers

Two-Year Private Institutions

Off-campus Sites

2009-2010 Enrollment at Post-secondary Institutions

Four-year Colleges and Universities*

242,600

41,441

Public

151,344

8,079

Private

91,256

33,362

Other Public Institutions*

129,651

16,084

Community Colleges

69,816

8,869

Technology Centers

12,237

822

Two-Year Private Institutions

13,088

6,267

Off-campus Sites

34,510

126

*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	Davidson County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	73,447
		Percent of Statewide			7.7%
	1999-2010			892,270	68,345
		Percent of Statewide			7.7%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	5,102
	Percent Change			6.3%	7.5%

	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	75.9%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	54.8%
	Special Education			14.5%	12.2%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	1.1%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Davidson 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	15
	1999-2000			16	15
	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%	98.5%
		1998-1999		96.4%	92.6%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	15.8%
		1998-1999		14.8%	17.5%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Davidson County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$10,013
		Percent of Statewide			123.1%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$6,491
		Percent of Statewide			118.6%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$3,522
	Percent Change			48.5%

Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$48,683
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$41,072
		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%	28.1%
		Federal		13.5%	14.4%
		Local		39.3%	57.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			3rd
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	31.2%
		Federal		9.1%	9.0%
		Local		43.3%	59.8%
		System Rank for Percent Local			4th

				Statewide	Davidson County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$5,610	1st
	Percent of Statewide Figure				189.1%


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


V. Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
	2007 Estimates	Tennessee	Davidson County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)	$467,420	$499,368	23rd	106.8%
	Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)	$3,378	$6,219	3rd	184.1%
	Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$2,617,394,000	$11,569,000	67th	0.4%
	Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$424	$19	95th	4.4%