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

Hamilton County, Tennessee

Selected Statistical Information

I. Geography & Demographics

Tennessee

Hamilton County

County
Rank

Percent of State Total

Total Land Area (sq. mi.)

41,217

542

27th

1.3%

Farmland (2007)

Acres of Farmland (2007)

10,969,798

54,599

73rd

0.5%

Acres of Farmland (1992)

11,169,086

62,542

79th

0.6%

Number of Farms (2007)

79,280

669

50th

0.8%

Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)

138

86th

Population

2010 Census

6,346,105

336,463

4th

5.3%

2000 Census

5,689,283

307,896

4th

5.4%

Population Change (2000 to 2010)

656,822

28,567

8th

4.3%

Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)

11.5%

9.3%

35th

Population Density (per sq. mi.)

Comparison to State Figure

2010 Census

154

620

4th

402.9%

2000 Census

138

568

4th

411.2%

Urban Population

Percent of State Total

2000 Census

3,618,968

277,882

4th

7.7%

1990 Census

2,969,948

250,761

4th

8.4%

Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)

21.9%

10.8%

39th

Percent of Population in Urban Areas

Percentage Point Difference

2000 Census

63.6%

90.3%

3rd

26.6%

1990 Census

60.9%

87.8%

3rd

26.9%

Median Age

2010 Census

66th

2000 Census

46th

Population Percentages by Age Bracket

Percentage Point Difference

2005-2009 (5-year average)

under 18

19.5%

22.2%

64th

2.7%

18-24

6.9%

6.8%

28th

-0.1%

24-44

33.2%

32.9%

15th

-0.3%

45-64

27.0%

27.4%

47th

0.4%

65 & over

13.4%

14.4%

55th

1.0%

2000 Census

under 18

24.6%

23.2%

59th

-1.4%

18-24

9.6%

21st

0.0%

25-44

30.2%

29.0%

40th

-1.2%

45-64

23.2%

24.3%

57th

1.1%

65 & over

12.4%

13.8%

47th

1.5%

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

Hamilton County

County
Rank*

Comparison to State Figure

Males per 100 Females (2010)

95.1

92.8

60th

97.5%

Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009

9.1

6.9

60th

75.8%

Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009

4.2

4.3

50th

102.4%

*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.


II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income		Tennessee	Hamilton County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009	$34,277	$36,971	5th	107.9%
		2000	$26,097	$29,822	5th	114.3%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate	3.08%	2.42%	80th

	Median Household Income
		2009	$41,715	$43,214	18th	103.6%
		2000	$35,760	$39,048	17th	109.2%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate	1.73%	1.13%	66th

	2009 Poverty Rate					Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages	17.2%	18.1%	38th	0.90%
		Related Children Under 18 Years	21.8%	20.5%	21st	-1.30%

	2000 Census
		All Ages	13.5%	12.1%	17th	-1.40%
		Related Children Under 18 Years	17.6%	16.8%	32nd	-0.84%

	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households	20.4%	18.2%	23rd	-2.15%
		Percent of Individuals	17.8%	14.8%	16th	-3.01%

	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households	2.4%	2.4%	78th	0.00%
		Percent of Individuals	2.5%	2.5%	79th	0.04%

	*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

Hamilton County

County
Rank*

Comparison to State Figure

2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates

Live births per 1,000 Population

13.9

13.7

41st

98.6%

Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents

44.0%

45.3%

60th

103.0%

Percent Low Birth Weight

9.2%

10.3%

41st

112.0%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44

79.6

75.4

65th

94.7%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17

13.6

11.0

28th

80.9%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14

1.2

0.4

3rd

33.3%

* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

2008 Mortality Rates

Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population

9.5

10.3

22nd

108.4%

Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death

Diseases of the Heart

238.2

267.9

45th

112.5%

Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)

213.3

223.7

32nd

104.9%

* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best conditio

26th

25th

41st

Tennessee

Hamilton County

County
Rank

Comparison to State Figure

Access to Healthcare

Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)

1.8

2.7

7th

148.4%

Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)

4.2

6.9

5th

164.3%

Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)

46.0

37.8

78th

82.1%

Percentage Point Difference

2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care

9.4%

8.3%

14th

-1.1%


IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate		Tennessee	Hamilton County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)	10.2%	9.2%	13th	-1.0%
		2000 (annual)	4.0%	3.4%	9th	-0.6%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)	28.9%	26.7%	37th	-2.3%

	* 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	179,161	4th	7.0%
		Health Care and Social Assistance	12.6%	12.4%	4th	6.9%
		Manufacturing	11.7%	11.8%	2nd	7.1%
		Retail Trade	12.0%	10.1%	4th	5.9%
		Accommodation and Food Services	9.1%	9.6%	4th	7.4%
		Local Government	10.9%	8.9%	4th	5.7%
		Transportation and Warehousing	4.8%	7.5%	3rd	10.9%
		Finance and Insurance	4.1%	7.0%	3rd	12.1%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	6.7%	5.7%	4th	6.0%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	4.2%	4.5%	5th	7.5%
		Construction	3.9%	4.2%	4th	7.4%
		Wholesale Trade	4.6%	3.8%	4th	5.7%
		Federal Government	2.0%	3.3%	3rd	11.2%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)	2.6%	3.0%	4th	8.1%
		State Government	3.5%	2.0%	4th	4.0%

	*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


						5th
						5th
						9th
						9th
						4th
						4th
						5th
						5th
						11th
						11th
						10th
						10th
						17th
						17th
						8th
						8th
						7th
						7th
						7th
						7th
						18th
						18th
						10th
						10th
						3rd
						3rd
						10th
						10th
						8th
						8th


VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)			Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Hamilton County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total		$ 8,660,673	100.0%	$ -	n/a
		Total State Revenue		$ 2,637,323	30.5%	$ -	n/a
			Public Schools*	2,236,881	25.8%	$ -	n/a
			All Other	400,441	4.6%	-	n/a
		Federal Revenue		$ 614,129	7.1%	$ -	n/a
		Total Local Revenue		$ 5,409,221	62.5%	$ -	n/a
			Property Tax	2,563,733	29.6%	-	n/a
			Local Sales Tax	1,081,514	12.5%	-	n/a
			Other Local	1,763,975	20.4%	-	n/a

	Tax Base			Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)		$144,745,094	$8,377,475	4th	5.8%
			Tax Base Per Capita	$22,808	$24,899	14th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)			$2.77	14th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)		$64,073,298	$4,204,903	3rd	6.6%
			Tax Base Per Capita	$10,096	$12,497	7th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate		2.25%	36th


VII. Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)		Tennessee	Hamilton County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project Type
		Transportation	$ 18,890,537	$ 929,613	4th	4.9%
		Non K-12 Education	4,096,971	337,031	4th	8.2%
		Law Enforcement	1,880,412	36,019	12th	1.9%
		Existing School Improvements	1,905,950	33,023	12th	1.7%
		Water & Wastewater	4,004,578	27,100	39th	0.7%
		Recreation	1,084,915	19,676	14th	1.8%
		Storm Water	355,315	7,419	11th	2.1%
		Public Health Facilities	395,979	5,169	10th	1.3%
		Fire Protection	218,982	4,600	9th	2.1%
		Public Buildings	441,686	4,311	17th	1.0%
		Industrial Sites & Parks	194,809	3,100	22nd	1.6%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites	390,159	2,100	18th	0.5%
		Community Development	374,527	1,572	24th	0.4%
		K-12 New School Construction	1,548,048	-	-	-
		Business District Development	954,871	-	-	-
		Other Utilities	604,980	-	-	-
		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	$ 1,410,733	6th	3.8%

VIII. Adult & Post-secondary Education

Adult Educational Attainment

Tennessee

Hamilton County

County
Rank

Percentage Point Difference

2005-2009 American Community Survey

Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better

81.8%

85.0%

7th

3.2%

Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better

22.4%

26.9%

5th

4.5%

1990 Census

Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better

67.1%

72.5%

7th

5.5%

Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better

16.0%

19.7%

5th

3.7%

*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

Hamilton County

Four-year Colleges and Universities

Public

Private

Other Public Institutions

Community Colleges

Technology Centers

Two-Year Private Institutions

Off-campus Sites

2009-2010 Enrollment at Post-secondary Institutions

Four-year Colleges and Universities*

242,600

17,686

Public

151,344

11,843

Private

91,256

5,843

Other Public Institutions*

129,651

10,988

Community Colleges

69,816

9,611

Technology Centers

12,237

Two-Year Private Institutions

13,088

1,085

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	Hamilton County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	40,677
		Percent of Statewide			4.3%
	1999-2010			892,270	41,453
		Percent of Statewide			4.6%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(776)
	Percent Change			6.3%	-1.9%

	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	85.4%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	36.6%
	Special Education			14.5%	16.3%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	8.3%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Hamilton County
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	0.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.

Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	14
	1999-2000			16	22
	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%	99.4%
		1998-1999		96.4%	92.5%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	n/a
		1998-1999		14.8%	9.8%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Hamilton County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$8,521
		Percent of Statewide			104.8%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,993
		Percent of Statewide			109.5%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,528
	Percent Change			48.5%

Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$45,044
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$39,008
		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%	34.1%
		Federal		13.5%	12.9%
		Local		39.3%	53.0%
		System Rank for Percent Local			7th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	35.3%
		Federal		9.1%	10.0%
		Local		43.3%	54.7%
		System Rank for Percent Local			14th

				Statewide	Hamilton County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$4,300	4th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				144.9%


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


V. Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
	2007 Estimates	Tennessee	Hamilton County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)	$467,420	$443,871	45th	95.0%
	Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)	$3,378	$5,439	7th	161.0%
	Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$2,617,394,000	$9,249,000	72nd	0.4%
	Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$424	$28	93rd	6.6%