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
Hardeman County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Hardeman County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	668	5th	1.6%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	147,951	29th	1.3%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	159,927	65th	1.4%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	624	54th	0.8%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	237	11th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	27,253	55th	0.4%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	28,105	51st	0.5%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	-852	93rd	-0.1%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	-3.0%	92nd
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	41	55th	26.5%
		2000 Census			138	42	53rd	30.5%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	10,305	42nd	0.3%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	5,969	51st	0.2%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	72.6%	13th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	36.7%	35th	-26.9%
		1990 Census			60.9%	25.5%	48th	-35.4%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	39	72nd
		2000 Census			36	36	73rd
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	22.1%	69th	2.6%
			18-24		6.9%	6.2%	76th	-0.7%
			24-44		33.2%	34.4%	10th	1.2%
			45-64		27.0%	26.2%	70th	-0.8%
			65 & over		13.4%	13.1%	75th	-0.3%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	23.9%	44th	-0.7%
			18-24		9.6%	9.8%	19th	0.1%
			25-44		30.2%	31.3%	11th	1.1%
			45-64		23.2%	22.4%	82nd	-0.8%
			65 & over		12.4%	12.6%	71st	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	Hardeman County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	119.1	4th	125.3%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	10.5	8th	115.4%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	2.2	9th	52.4%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Hardeman County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$25,061	78th	73.1%
		2000			$26,097	$16,627	91st	63.7%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	4.66%	6th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$33,734	64th	80.9%
		2000			$35,760	$28,736	76th	80.4%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.80%	17th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	25.1%	88th	7.90%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	27.4%	69th	5.60%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	19.7%	86th	6.21%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	24.4%	84th	6.81%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	28.5%	78th	8.11%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	22.9%	68th	5.04%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	2.2%	68th	-0.21%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	2.1%	62nd	-0.35%
	*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	Hardeman County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	11.6	20th	83.5%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	61.3%	72nd	139.3%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	9.6%	35th	104.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	77.1	70th	96.9%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	15.5	57th	114.0%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	1.1	10th	91.7%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	9.6	16th	101.1%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	309.1	62nd	129.8%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	194.5	17th	91.2%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							12th
							13th
							19th
					Tennessee	Hardeman County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.7	45th	37.7%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	12.3	1st	292.9%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	53.2	36th	115.6%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	82.4%	1st	73.0%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Hardeman County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	13.6%	78th	3.4%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	5.2%	66th	1.2%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	25.8%	35th	-3.1%
	* 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	6,325	56th	0.2%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	22.4%	50th	0.5%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	9.4%	61st	0.2%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	3.3%	26th	0.2%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	2.7%	55th	0.2%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	1.8%	52nd	0.1%
		Construction			3.9%	1.5%	65th	0.1%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.3%	59th	0.1%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.0%	57th	0.1%
		Information			1.7%	0.5%	52nd	0.1%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.2%	61st	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
								33rd
								41st
								71st
								21st
								38th
								32nd
								69th
								69th
								62nd
								83rd
								82nd

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Hardeman County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$587,967	14th	125.8%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$2,480	82nd	73.4%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$14,022,000	58th	0.5%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$504	55th	118.9%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Hardeman County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     53,193	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     25,908	48.7%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     21,985	41.3%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	3,923	7.4%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       7,113	13.4%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     20,172	37.9%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	8,219	15.5%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	3,943	7.4%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	8,010	15.1%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$356,731	59th	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$13,090	90th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.26	41st
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$115,672	38th	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$4,244	69th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Hardeman County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    159,240	31st	0.8%
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	23,524	4th	5.9%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	19,600	17th	1.0%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	4,567	82nd	0.1%
		Recreation			1,084,915	1,749	66th	0.2%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	1,450	42nd	0.7%
		Fire Protection			218,982	850	26th	0.4%
		Public Buildings			441,686	800	49th	0.2%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	542	40th	0.0%
		Storm Water			355,315	300	32nd	0.1%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	100	90th	0.0%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	-	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		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	$    212,722	39th	0.6%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Hardeman County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	69.3%	84th	-12.5%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	10.9%	62nd	-11.5%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	53.0%	63rd	-14.0%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	7.6%	58th	-8.4%
	*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	Hardeman 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	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	203
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	203
		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	Hardeman County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	4,063
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%
	1999-2010			892,270	4,622
		Percent of Statewide			0.5%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(558)
	Percent Change			6.3%	-12.1%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	65.2%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	64.7%
	Special Education			14.5%	16.1%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Hardeman 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	12
	1999-2000			16	21
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(9)
	*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%
		1998-1999		96.4%	97.0%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	5.5%
		1998-1999		14.8%	15.7%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Hardeman County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$8,366
		Percent of Statewide			102.9%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,825
		Percent of Statewide			88.1%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$3,541
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$41,893
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,242
		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%	61.1%
		Federal		13.5%	15.8%
		Local		39.3%	23.1%
		System Rank for Percent Local			83rd
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	62.7%
		Federal		9.1%	12.8%
		Local		43.3%	24.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			101st
				Statewide	Hardeman County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,360	70th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				45.8%

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