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
Greene County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Greene County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	622	7th	1.5%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	229,204	9th	2.1%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	236,912	55th	2.1%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	3,061	1st	3.9%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	75	90th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	68,831	19th	1.1%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	62,909	18th	1.1%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	5,922	25th	0.9%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	9.4%	34th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	111	19th	71.9%
		2000 Census			138	101	19th	73.3%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	19,443	29th	0.5%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	13,532	29th	0.5%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	43.7%	22nd
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	30.9%	46th	-32.7%
		1990 Census			60.9%	24.2%	55th	-36.7%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	43	21st
		2000 Census			36	39	21st
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	21.7%	75th	2.1%
			18-24		6.9%	6.6%	48th	-0.3%
			24-44		33.2%	29.4%	58th	-3.8%
			45-64		27.0%	28.0%	37th	1.0%
			65 & over		13.4%	16.3%	25th	2.8%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	22.2%	79th	-2.3%
			18-24		9.6%	8.1%	64th	-1.5%
			25-44		30.2%	28.7%	46th	-1.5%
			45-64		23.2%	26.1%	23rd	2.9%
			65 & over		12.4%	14.8%	31st	2.4%
	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	Greene County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	96.3	39th	101.2%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	6.8	62nd	74.7%
	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	Greene County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$31,476	22nd	91.8%
		2000			$26,097	$22,749	28th	87.2%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.67%	30th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$34,225	60th	82.0%
		2000			$35,760	$31,100	60th	87.0%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.07%	71st
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	18.5%	44th	1.30%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	23.9%	43rd	2.10%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	14.5%	51st	1.02%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	19.0%	58th	1.36%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	19.0%	30th	-1.35%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	17.6%	28th	-0.19%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.7%	44th	-0.70%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.6%	39th	-0.88%
	*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	Greene County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	10.7	11th	77.0%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	44.2%	55th	100.5%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	9.4%	33rd	102.2%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	58.4	13th	73.4%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	13.1	44th	96.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	1.6	14th	133.3%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	12.5	42nd	131.6%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	363.1	84th	152.4%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	300.1	83rd	140.7%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							11th
							3rd
							11th
					Tennessee	Greene County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	1.4	16th	76.2%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	3.6	29th	85.7%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	42.7	64th	92.7%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	5.4%	28th	-4.0%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Greene County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	13.2%	71st	3.0%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	5.9%	82nd	1.9%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	31.9%	57th	3.0%
	* 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	23,427	20th	0.9%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	21.0%	16th	1.6%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	15.5%	18th	1.2%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	5.9%	22nd	0.6%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	5.7%	10th	1.3%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	5.4%	8th	1.0%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	3.7%	16th	0.7%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	2.4%	29th	0.3%
		Construction			3.9%	1.9%	32nd	0.4%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.6%	22nd	0.6%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.1%	22nd	0.5%
		Information			1.7%	0.9%	22nd	0.5%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	0.5%	21st	0.4%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.5%	26th	0.3%
		Unclassified			0.0%	0.0%	9th	0.6%
	*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
								23rd
								40th
								13th
								31st
								42nd
								4th
								33rd
								47th
								52nd
								19th
								45th
								27th
								56th
								70th
								38th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Greene County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$319,705	92nd	68.4%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$4,270	18th	126.4%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$76,725,000	7th	2.9%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$1,165	24th	274.8%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Greene County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     97,849	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     36,947	37.8%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     31,290	32.0%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	5,656	5.8%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$     10,103	10.3%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     50,799	51.9%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	20,025	20.5%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	15,385	15.7%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	15,390	15.7%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$1,359,793	22nd	0.9%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$19,756	40th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.51	88th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$471,650	17th	0.7%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$6,852	36th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Greene County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    281,769	18th	1.5%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	110,008	9th	2.7%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	22,800	19th	1.5%
		Storm Water			355,315	20,500	5th	5.8%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	12,550	23rd	0.7%
		Recreation			1,084,915	9,947	30th	0.9%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	9,693	36th	0.5%
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	7,745	9th	2.0%
		Fire Protection			218,982	6,000	7th	2.7%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	6,000	10th	3.1%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	4,170	25th	0.1%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	2,950	11th	0.8%
		Other Utilities			604,980	2,700	17th	0.4%
		Solid Waste			40,152	1,470	10th	3.7%
		Business District Development			954,871	1,000	19th	0.1%
		Community Development			374,527	750	36th	0.2%
		Public Buildings			441,686	500	56th	0.1%
		Telecommunications			24,300	300	5th	1.2%
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    500,853	16th	1.3%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Greene County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	75.4%	54th	-6.4%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	12.8%	46th	-9.6%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	58.1%	38th	-8.9%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	10.3%	30th	-5.7%
	*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	Greene County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	1
		Public			14	0
		Private			63	1
	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	2,249
		Public			151,344	0
		Private			91,256	2,249
	Other Public Institutions*				129,651	1,103
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			13,088	0
		Off-campus Sites			34,510	1,103
		*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	Greene County	Greeneville City
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	7,113	2,696
		Percent of Statewide			0.7%	0.3%
	1999-2010			892,270	6,917	2,591
		Percent of Statewide			0.8%	0.3%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	196	105
	Percent Change			6.3%	2.8%	4.1%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	41.8%	81.8%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	64.1%	22.3%
	Special Education			14.5%	17.4%	19.6%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	1.6%	0.8%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Greene County	Greeneville City
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	0.0%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	0.0%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	15	12.9
	1999-2000			16	22	21.4
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(6)	(8)
	*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%	99.0%	97.4%
		1998-1999		96.4%	98.7%	95.1%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	0.4%	1.7%
		1998-1999		14.8%	4.0%	46.8%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Greene County	Greeneville City
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,013	$9,741
		Percent of Statewide			86.2%	119.8%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,716	$6,725
		Percent of Statewide			86.1%	122.8%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,297	$3,016
	Percent Change			48.5%		44.9%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$42,055	$46,454
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	101.9%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,693	$38,653
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	106.4%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0	$7,801
	Percent Change			25.5%		20.2%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	59.1%	42.3%
		Federal		13.5%	17.0%	14.6%
		Local		39.3%	23.9%	43.2%
		System Rank for Percent Local			76th	19th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	58.7%	37.7%
		Federal		9.1%	10.2%	8.9%
		Local		43.3%	31.2%	53.4%
		System Rank for Percent Local			68th	19th
				Statewide	Greene County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,342	26th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				78.9%

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