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
Gibson County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Gibson County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	603	13th	1.5%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	286,769	1st	2.6%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	272,121	28th	2.4%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,049	27th	1.3%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	273	8th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	49,683	30th	0.8%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	48,152	27th	0.8%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	1,531	52nd	0.2%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	3.2%	72nd
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	82	30th	53.5%
		2000 Census			138	80	30th	57.9%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	24,267	23rd	0.7%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	21,982	20th	0.7%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	10.4%	40th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	50.4%	24th	-13.2%
		1990 Census			60.9%	47.5%	20th	-13.4%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	40	56th
		2000 Census			36	39	23rd
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	24.1%	31st	4.6%
			18-24		6.9%	6.8%	28th	-0.1%
			24-44		33.2%	29.1%	62nd	-4.0%
			45-64		27.0%	26.0%	74th	-1.0%
			65 & over		13.4%	16.9%	16th	3.5%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	24.0%	41st	-0.6%
			18-24		9.6%	8.1%	69th	-1.6%
			25-44		30.2%	26.9%	80th	-3.3%
			45-64		23.2%	23.3%	72nd	0.1%
			65 & over		12.4%	17.7%	6th	5.4%
	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	Gibson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	91.0	68th	95.7%
	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	2.8	18th	66.7%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Gibson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$28,590	42nd	83.4%
		2000			$26,097	$22,333	36th	85.6%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	2.78%	72nd
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$33,481	65th	80.3%
		2000			$35,760	$32,081	48th	89.7%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	0.48%	92nd
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	17.3%	30th	0.10%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	22.4%	32nd	0.60%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	12.8%	25th	-0.63%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	17.0%	40th	-0.59%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	24.0%	58th	3.64%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	21.1%	54th	3.33%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	3.0%	90th	0.57%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	3.2%	92nd	0.76%
	*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	Gibson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	12.6	30th	90.6%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	43.3%	50th	98.4%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	8.5%	25th	92.4%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	72.7	58th	91.3%
		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	0.7	6th	58.3%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	13.9	51st	146.3%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	347.4	80th	145.8%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	277.5	71st	130.1%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							4th
							25th
							23rd
					Tennessee	Gibson County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.6	57th	30.7%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	4.8	15th	114.3%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	100.7	8th	218.6%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	2.0%	55th	-7.4%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Gibson County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	14.2%	85th	4.0%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	5.4%	75th	1.4%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	34.7%	67th	5.8%
	* 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	14,076	28th	0.6%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	20.5%	28th	1.0%
		Local Government			10.9%	18.1%	15th	0.9%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	15.1%	24th	0.7%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	6.5%	30th	0.4%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	5.6%	25th	0.5%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	5.1%	13th	0.6%
		Construction			3.9%	4.5%	25th	0.6%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	3.9%	21st	0.5%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.7%	28th	0.4%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.3%	27th	0.3%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	1.1%	27th	0.1%
		Information			1.7%	1.1%	23rd	0.3%
		Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting			0.3%	0.6%	13th	1.2%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.4%	34th	0.2%
	*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
								5th
								21st
								42nd
								48th
								13th
								48th
								22nd
								50th
								54th
								27th
								11th
								50th
								27th
								47th
								52nd

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Gibson County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$699,824	9th	149.7%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$2,560	77th	75.8%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$71,677,000	10th	2.7%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$1,480	21st	349.0%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Gibson County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     37,020	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$       4,577	12.4%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$              -	n/a
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	4,577	12.4%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$          228	0.6%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     32,215	87.0%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	5,369	14.5%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	8,271	22.3%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	18,575	50.2%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$728,932	38th	0.5%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$14,672	78th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$0.94	95th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$306,687	21st	0.5%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$6,173	46th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.25%	40th

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Gibson County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    143,099	35th	0.8%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	22,481	18th	1.2%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	19,500	19th	1.0%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	7,101	74th	0.2%
		Recreation			1,084,915	3,388	44th	0.3%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	2,950	28th	0.1%
		Fire Protection			218,982	1,300	20th	0.6%
		Public Buildings			441,686	900	46th	0.2%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	750	56th	0.4%
		Storm Water			355,315	300	32nd	0.1%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	46th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		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	$    201,770	40th	0.5%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Gibson County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	78.1%	38th	-3.7%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	14.6%	31st	-7.8%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	57.5%	41st	-9.6%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	8.0%	50th	-8.0%
	*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	Gibson 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	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			20	0
		Off-campus Sites			34	1
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	292
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			13,088	0
		Off-campus Sites			34,510	292
		*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	Humboldt City	Milan SSD	Trenton SSD	Bradford SSD	Gibson SSD
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	1,293	2,108	1,400	526	3,458
		Percent of Statewide			0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%
	1999-2010			892,270	1,844	2,025	1,438	621	2,522
		Percent of Statewide			0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(551)	83	(39)	(96)	936
	Percent Change			6.3%	-29.9%	4.1%	-2.7%	-15.4%	37.1%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	56.8%	58.6%	56.4%	47.4%	58.9%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	47.0%	39.1%	66.6%	22.0%	34.1%
	Special Education			14.5%	13.5%	16.3%	9.6%	0.0%	16.4%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.8%	1.8%	1.3%	0.9%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Humboldt City	Milan SSD	Trenton SSD	Bradford SSD	Gibson SSD
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	13	14.4	14.8	13.4	16.2
	1999-2000			16	21	20.8	23.9	22.2	22.3
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(8)	(6)	(9)	(9)	(6)
	*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%	98.4%	98.4%	n/a	98.8%	98.1%
		1998-1999		96.4%	96.9%	95.2%	96.0%	99.9%	96.1%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	1.9%	3.7%	1.4%	5.9%	7.0%
		1998-1999		14.8%	8.5%	9.5%	10.0%	1.1%	13.1%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Humboldt City	Milan SSD	Trenton SSD	Bradford SSD	Gibson SSD
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$8,956	$7,382	$7,194	$9,304	$6,201
		Percent of Statewide			110.1%	90.8%	88.5%	114.4%	76.3%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,260	$4,989	$4,998	$4,882	$4,285
		Percent of Statewide			96.1%	91.1%	91.3%	89.2%	78.3%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$3,696	$2,393	$2,196	$4,423	$1,916
	Percent Change			48.5%		48.0%	43.9%	90.6%	44.7%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$38,991	$41,438	$40,317	$38,898	$38,603
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	90.9%	88.4%	85.3%	84.7%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,420	$32,137	$31,732	$31,919	$31,081
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	88.5%	87.3%	87.9%	85.6%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0	$9,301	$8,585	$6,979	$7,522
	Percent Change			25.5%		28.9%	27.1%	21.9%	24.2%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	56.7%	58.6%	59.7%	54.9%	58.9%
		Federal		13.5%	20.6%	13.0%	13.9%	22.4%	11.7%
		Local		39.3%	22.7%	28.4%	26.4%	22.7%	29.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			85th	62nd	67th	86th	58th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	58.1%	57.4%	54.6%	65.9%	59.2%
		Federal		9.1%	12.5%	8.3%	13.6%	10.8%	7.4%
		Local		43.3%	29.5%	34.3%	31.8%	23.3%	33.4%
		System Rank for Percent Local			77th	51st	67th	86th	59th
				Statewide	Gibson County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,660	52nd
	Percent of Statewide Figure				56.0%

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