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
Hamblen County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Hamblen County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	161	93rd	0.4%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	69,383	66th	0.6%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	57,216	6th	0.5%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	715	45th	0.9%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	97	75th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	62,544	21st	1.0%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	58,128	20th	1.0%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	4,416	28th	0.7%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	7.6%	45th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	388	21st	252.3%
		2000 Census			138	361	21st	261.5%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	43,131	15th	1.2%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	21,385	21st	0.7%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	101.7%	8th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	74.2%	7th	10.6%
		1990 Census			60.9%	42.4%	26th	-18.5%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	40	63rd
		2000 Census			36	37	54th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	23.7%	38th	4.1%
			18-24		6.9%	6.4%	58th	-0.5%
			24-44		33.2%	31.4%	32nd	-1.8%
			45-64		27.0%	25.5%	80th	-1.4%
			65 & over		13.4%	15.0%	45th	1.6%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	23.3%	56th	-1.3%
			18-24		9.6%	8.9%	27th	-0.7%
			25-44		30.2%	29.6%	32nd	-0.6%
			45-64		23.2%	24.9%	44th	1.7%
			65 & over		12.4%	13.3%	60th	0.9%
	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	Hamblen County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	94.9	54th	99.8%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	6.1	86th	67.0%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	3.8	35th	90.5%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Hamblen County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$28,579	43rd	83.4%
		2000			$26,097	$22,628	31st	86.7%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	2.63%	75th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$37,622	42nd	90.2%
		2000			$35,760	$33,449	39th	93.5%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.31%	48th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	15.4%	19th	-1.80%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	24.8%	48th	3.00%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	14.4%	49th	0.90%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	18.8%	55th	1.21%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	20.6%	37th	0.18%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	18.1%	33rd	0.34%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.6%	38th	-0.79%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.5%	34th	-1.00%
	*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	Hamblen County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	14.3	46th	102.9%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	40.2%	36th	91.4%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	10.4%	42nd	113.0%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	85.4	82nd	107.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	16.5	61st	121.3%
		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	11.5	33rd	121.1%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	252.1	35th	105.8%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	287.7	77th	134.9%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							16th
							28th
							38th
					Tennessee	Hamblen County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	1.7	13th	94.4%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	4.9	14th	116.7%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	37.2	80th	80.9%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	2.9%	44th	-6.5%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Hamblen County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	12.3%	59th	2.1%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	4.1%	29th	0.1%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	21.0%	12th	-8.0%
	* 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	28,483	18th	1.1%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	27.6%	10th	2.6%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	13.1%	17th	1.2%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	12.7%	15th	1.1%
		Local Government			10.9%	8.6%	16th	0.9%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	6.4%	15th	1.1%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	6.0%	20th	0.7%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	5.4%	7th	1.2%
		Construction			3.9%	3.2%	18th	0.9%
		State Government			3.5%	2.8%	8th	0.9%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	2.1%	20th	0.9%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	1.7%	24th	0.5%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	1.2%	20th	0.3%
		Information			1.7%	1.0%	17th	0.7%
		Management of Companies and Enterprises			1.0%	0.8%	15th	0.8%
	*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
								14th
								27th
								3rd
								19th
								42nd
								32nd
								12th
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								30th
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								20th
								55th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Hamblen County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$370,033	77th	79.2%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$3,813	28th	112.9%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$29,439,000	30th	1.1%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$475	56th	112.1%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Hamblen County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$   113,031	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     43,352	38.4%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     38,037	33.7%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	5,314	4.7%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$     11,464	10.1%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     58,216	51.5%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	24,880	22.0%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	20,217	17.9%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	13,119	11.6%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$1,458,860	20th	1.0%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$23,325	19th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.85	71st
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$637,653	15th	1.0%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$10,195	12th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Hamblen County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    184,113	26th	1.0%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	66,425	15th	1.7%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	27,745	15th	0.7%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	25,000	18th	1.6%
		Telecommunications			24,300	10,000	1st	41.2%
		Other Utilities			604,980	9,100	8th	1.5%
		Recreation			1,084,915	6,951	37th	0.6%
		Public Buildings			441,686	4,500	16th	1.0%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	3,368	58th	0.2%
		Community Development			374,527	484	45th	0.1%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	340	71st	0.0%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	123	47th	0.0%
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		Fire Protection			218,982	-	-	-
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Solid Waste			40,152	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    338,148	24th	0.9%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Hamblen County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	77.1%	40th	-4.7%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	14.8%	30th	-7.6%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	61.6%	28th	-5.4%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	11.2%	23rd	-4.7%
	*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	Hamblen County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	0
		Public			14	0
		Private			63	0
	Other Public Institutions				94	2
		Community Colleges			13	1
		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	7,451
		Community Colleges			69,816	6,595
		Technology Centers			12,237	856
		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	Hamblen County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	9,819
		Percent of Statewide			1.0%
	1999-2010			892,270	8,953
		Percent of Statewide			1.0%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	865
	Percent Change			6.3%	9.7%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	59.0%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	36.6%
	Special Education			14.5%	11.9%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.1%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Hamblen County
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	0.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	15
	1999-2000			16	20
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(5)
	*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%	97.5%
		1998-1999		96.4%	94.4%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	19.1%
		1998-1999		14.8%	15.8%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Hamblen County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,177
		Percent of Statewide			88.3%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,434
		Percent of Statewide			99.3%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$1,743
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$42,818
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$34,663
		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%	50.5%
		Federal		13.5%	13.7%
		Local		39.3%	35.7%
		System Rank for Percent Local			33rd
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	46.9%
		Federal		9.1%	9.5%
		Local		43.3%	43.7%
		System Rank for Percent Local			26th
				Statewide	Hamblen County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,767	12th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				93.3%

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