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
Grainger County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Grainger County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	280	78th	0.7%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	91,862	55th	0.8%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	104,457	74th	0.9%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,008	31st	1.3%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	91	78th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	22,657	60th	0.4%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	20,659	61st	0.4%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	1,998	45th	0.3%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	9.7%	33rd
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	81	60th	52.5%
		2000 Census			138	74	60th	53.4%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	0	71st	0.0%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	0	72nd	0.0%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	n/a	n/a
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	0.0%	71st	-63.6%
		1990 Census			60.9%	0.0%	72nd	-60.9%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	42	28th
		2000 Census			36	38	43rd
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	22.2%	66th	2.6%
			18-24		6.9%	6.3%	65th	-0.6%
			24-44		33.2%	29.7%	50th	-3.4%
			45-64		27.0%	28.1%	32nd	1.1%
			65 & over		13.4%	14.4%	57th	0.9%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	22.9%	69th	-1.7%
			18-24		9.6%	8.2%	62nd	-1.4%
			25-44		30.2%	30.5%	20th	0.3%
			45-64		23.2%	25.8%	26th	2.6%
			65 & over		12.4%	12.5%	73rd	0.2%
	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	Grainger County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	99.3	14th	104.4%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	6.4	79th	70.3%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	3.6	30th	85.7%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Grainger County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$26,091	65th	76.1%
		2000			$26,097	$18,947	70th	72.6%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.62%	33rd
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$29,122	87th	69.8%
		2000			$35,760	$29,035	75th	81.2%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	0.03%	95th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	20.3%	61st	3.10%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	27.6%	71st	5.80%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	18.7%	80th	5.20%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	22.4%	75th	4.76%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	21.2%	44th	0.80%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	20.4%	48th	2.60%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.5%	31st	-0.95%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.3%	23rd	-1.16%
	*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	Grainger County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	11.5	19th	82.7%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	26.5%	2nd	60.2%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	8.0%	21st	87.0%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	61.5	19th	77.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	8.8	14th	64.7%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	-		0.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	10.8	26th	113.7%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	205.2	15th	86.1%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	275.1	70th	129.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							19th
							8th
					Tennessee	Grainger County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.2	93rd	9.8%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	-	n/a	n/a
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	38.9	74th	84.4%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	-	n/a	n/a

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Grainger County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	13.4%	76th	3.2%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	4.6%	45th	0.6%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	46.0%	86th	17.1%
	* 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	3,170	74th	0.1%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	28.8%	63rd	0.3%
		Local Government			10.9%	26.9%	50th	0.3%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	11.2%	75th	0.1%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	7.1%	47th	0.1%
		Construction			3.9%	5.0%	57th	0.2%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	3.6%	31st	0.1%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	2.1%	72nd	0.1%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.8%	61st	0.1%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	1.7%	58th	0.0%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	1.0%	61st	0.0%
		State Government			3.5%	0.5%	47th	0.0%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.3%	63rd	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
								35th
								31st
								8th
								11th
								7th
								69th
								64th
								37th
								72nd
								68th
								50th
								57th
								61st

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Grainger County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$345,012	86th	73.8%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$3,786	29th	112.1%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$17,312,000	54th	0.7%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$766	38th	180.6%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Grainger County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     41,459	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     21,857	52.7%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     18,325	44.2%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	3,531	8.5%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       4,394	10.6%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     15,209	36.7%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	8,934	21.5%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	1,291	3.1%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	4,983	12.0%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$355,277	60th	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$15,681	71st
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.50	23rd
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$53,949	54th	0.1%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$2,381	91st
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Grainger County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$      93,414	52nd	0.5%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	22,290	43rd	0.6%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	1,490	75th	0.1%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	735	58th	0.4%
		Recreation			1,084,915	700	80th	0.1%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	500	35th	0.1%
		Community Development			374,527	109	53rd	0.0%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	50th	-
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	-	76th	-
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	46th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	28th	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Buildings			441,686	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		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	$    119,238	67th	0.3%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Grainger County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	62.8%	93rd	-19.0%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	7.5%	89th	-14.9%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	46.3%	88th	-20.8%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	4.8%	92nd	-11.2%
	*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	Grainger 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	Grainger County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	3,528
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%
	1999-2010			892,270	3,205
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	323
	Percent Change			6.3%	10.1%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	66.1%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	72.7%
	Special Education			14.5%	15.3%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.3%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Grainger 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	23
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(7)
	*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%	98.3%
		1998-1999		96.4%	98.6%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	3.1%
		1998-1999		14.8%	9.4%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Grainger County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$6,947
		Percent of Statewide			85.4%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,491
		Percent of Statewide			82.0%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,456
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,801
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$32,112
		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%	68.1%
		Federal		13.5%	16.1%
		Local		39.3%	15.9%
		System Rank for Percent Local			124th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	70.5%
		Federal		9.1%	11.4%
		Local		43.3%	18.1%
		System Rank for Percent Local			126th
				Statewide	Grainger County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$808	93rd
	Percent of Statewide Figure				27.2%

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