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
Dickson County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Dickson County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	490	40th	1.2%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	139,176	32nd	1.3%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	144,267	56th	1.3%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,285	15th	1.6%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	108	67th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	49,666	31st	0.8%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	43,156	31st	0.8%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	6,510	23rd	1.0%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	15.1%	18th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	101	31st	65.8%
		2000 Census			138	88	31st	63.8%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	13,453	35th	0.4%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	8,791	38th	0.3%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	53.0%	19th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	31.2%	44th	-32.4%
		1990 Census			60.9%	25.1%	50th	-35.8%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	39	75th
		2000 Census			36	36	78th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	25.7%	10th	6.1%
			18-24		6.9%	6.8%	28th	-0.1%
			24-44		33.2%	31.7%	24th	-1.4%
			45-64		27.0%	26.5%	66th	-0.5%
			65 & over		13.4%	12.3%	84th	-1.2%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	26.6%	8th	2.0%
			18-24		9.6%	8.1%	68th	-1.6%
			25-44		30.2%	30.7%	19th	0.5%
			45-64		23.2%	22.9%	79th	-0.3%
			65 & over		12.4%	11.7%	79th	-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	Dickson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	96.4	40th	101.4%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	4.6	95th	50.5%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	5.0	71st	119.0%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Dickson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$29,377	34th	85.7%
		2000			$26,097	$23,531	21st	90.2%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	2.50%	77th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$43,261	17th	103.7%
		2000			$35,760	$39,293	15th	109.9%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.07%	70th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	15.4%	19th	-1.80%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	19.2%	17th	-2.60%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	10.2%	12th	-3.28%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	12.9%	14th	-4.71%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	18.4%	25th	-2.02%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	17.4%	25th	-0.44%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.5%	33rd	-0.94%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.4%	32nd	-1.03%
	*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	Dickson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	14.6	48th	105.0%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	45.2%	59th	102.7%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	7.9%	20th	85.9%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	80.0	75th	100.5%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	12.3	39th	90.4%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	2.5	18th	208.3%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	9.7	17th	102.1%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	258.4	36th	108.5%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	224.8	33rd	105.4%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							2nd
							21st
							17th
					Tennessee	Dickson County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	1.1	24th	58.2%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	3.3	35th	78.6%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	43.4	63rd	94.3%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	2.3%	51st	-7.1%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Dickson County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	10.4%	28th	0.2%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	3.7%	19th	-0.3%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	25.6%	32nd	-3.4%
	* 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	13,101	30th	0.5%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	19.0%	32nd	0.8%
		Local Government			10.9%	16.1%	20th	0.8%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	15.4%	26th	0.7%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	15.1%	21st	0.6%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	9.0%	26th	0.5%
		Construction			3.9%	5.5%	22nd	0.7%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	4.2%	23rd	0.5%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	3.7%	30th	0.3%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	3.1%	26th	0.4%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.5%	33rd	0.3%
		Information			1.7%	1.1%	25th	0.3%
		Federal Government			2.0%	0.8%	40th	0.2%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	0.8%	27th	0.4%
		State Government			3.5%	0.6%	20th	0.1%
	*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
								25th
								57th
								43rd
								21st
								20th
								8th
								52nd
								16th
								5th
								39th
								20th
								32nd
								13th
								34th
								53rd

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Dickson County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$367,318	79th	78.6%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$3,391	46th	100.4%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$13,454,000	60th	0.5%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$284	73rd	66.9%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Dickson County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$   105,485	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     39,946	37.9%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     35,463	33.6%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	4,482	4.2%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       7,932	7.5%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     57,607	54.6%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	27,765	26.3%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	10,110	9.6%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	19,731	18.7%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$988,087	28th	0.7%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$19,895	39th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.85	10th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$461,713	19th	0.7%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$9,296	19th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Dickson County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$      82,654	57th	0.4%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	48,000	7th	2.6%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	34,486	26th	0.9%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	33,988	14th	2.2%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	29,111	14th	1.5%
		Recreation			1,084,915	10,118	29th	0.9%
		Solid Waste			40,152	3,000	6th	7.5%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	2,220	16th	0.6%
		Business District Development			954,871	1,500	16th	0.2%
		Fire Protection			218,982	1,000	23rd	0.5%
		Other Facilities			31,137	1,000	7th	3.2%
		Community Development			374,527	600	37th	0.2%
		Public Buildings			441,686	500	56th	0.1%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	490	41st	0.0%
		Telecommunications			24,300	400	4th	1.6%
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    249,068	34th	0.7%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Dickson County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	80.4%	24th	-1.4%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	15.5%	28th	-6.9%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	61.5%	29th	-5.6%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	9.2%	36th	-6.8%
	*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	Dickson County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	0
		Public			14	0
		Private			63	0
	Other Public Institutions				94	1
		Community Colleges			13	0
		Technology Centers			27	1
		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	676
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	676
		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	Dickson County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	8,362
		Percent of Statewide			0.9%
	1999-2010			892,270	7,910
		Percent of Statewide			0.9%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	453
	Percent Change			6.3%	5.7%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	54.1%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	30.6%
	Special Education			14.5%	16.7%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	5.1%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Dickson 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	16
	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%	98.6%
		1998-1999		96.4%	98.5%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	13.6%
		1998-1999		14.8%	17.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Dickson County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,244
		Percent of Statewide			89.1%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,119
		Percent of Statewide			93.5%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,126
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$42,501
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$32,628
		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%	56.0%
		Federal		13.5%	11.5%
		Local		39.3%	32.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			46th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	53.5%
		Federal		9.1%	7.8%
		Local		43.3%	38.6%
		System Rank for Percent Local			43rd
				Statewide	Dickson County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,241	31st
	Percent of Statewide Figure				75.5%

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