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
Henderson County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Henderson County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	520	34th	1.3%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	165,442	21st	1.5%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	146,868	13th	1.3%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,017	29th	1.3%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	163	24th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	27,769	54th	0.4%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	25,522	56th	0.4%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	2,247	41st	0.3%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	8.8%	38th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	53	54th	34.7%
		2000 Census			138	49	54th	35.6%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	5,799	54th	0.2%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	5,810	52nd	0.2%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	-0.2%	55th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	22.7%	54th	-40.9%
		1990 Census			60.9%	26.6%	44th	-34.3%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	40	60th
		2000 Census			36	37	50th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	24.2%	29th	4.7%
			18-24		6.9%	6.6%	48th	-0.3%
			24-44		33.2%	30.6%	36th	-2.6%
			45-64		27.0%	26.8%	62nd	-0.2%
			65 & over		13.4%	14.3%	60th	0.8%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	24.3%	36th	-0.2%
			18-24		9.6%	8.7%	34th	-0.9%
			25-44		30.2%	28.8%	43rd	-1.4%
			45-64		23.2%	23.9%	62nd	0.7%
			65 & over		12.4%	14.2%	41st	1.9%
	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	Henderson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	92.7	55th	97.5%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	9.2	12th	101.1%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	29.0	95th	690.5%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Henderson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$25,623	72nd	74.8%
		2000			$26,097	$21,583	45th	82.7%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	1.92%	92nd
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$37,746	40th	90.5%
		2000			$35,760	$33,170	40th	92.8%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.45%	43rd
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	16.5%	26th	-0.70%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	20.8%	23rd	-1.00%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	12.4%	21st	-1.09%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	14.6%	22nd	-3.03%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	25.5%	67th	5.09%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	22.5%	64th	4.68%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	2.3%	74th	-0.11%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	2.3%	67th	-0.20%
	*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	Henderson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	13.8	42nd	99.3%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	39.4%	32nd	89.5%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	10.2%	40th	110.9%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	72.0	54th	90.5%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	12.4	40th	91.2%
		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	10.4	23rd	109.5%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	298.7	55th	125.4%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	224.9	34th	105.4%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							11th
							4th
					Tennessee	Henderson County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.6	53rd	33.0%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	1.7	57th	40.5%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	45.0	57th	97.7%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	5.1%	31st	-4.3%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Henderson County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	14.2%	85th	4.0%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	5.1%	62nd	1.1%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	42.3%	82nd	13.4%
	* 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	7,190	50th	0.3%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	26.7%	40th	0.6%
		Local Government			10.9%	15.3%	46th	0.4%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	14.1%	49th	0.3%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	8.4%	32nd	0.2%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	5.2%	19th	0.3%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	5.1%	29th	0.4%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	4.4%	41st	0.2%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.5%	49th	0.2%
		Federal Government			2.0%	0.9%	56th	0.1%
		Information			1.7%	0.8%	47th	0.1%
		State Government			3.5%	0.6%	32nd	0.0%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.3%	54th	0.1%
		Educational Services			1.5%	0.2%	29	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
								11th
								63rd
								46th
								17th
								21st
								18th
								48th
								36th
								41st
								74th
								45th
								55th
								61st
								28th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Henderson County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$380,482	73rd	81.4%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$2,339	88th	69.2%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$19,486,000	49th	0.7%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$728	41st	171.7%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Henderson County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     45,984	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     20,304	44.2%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     17,149	37.3%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	3,156	6.9%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       4,624	10.1%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     21,056	45.8%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	8,256	18.0%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	6,509	14.2%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	6,291	13.7%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$399,921	55th	0.3%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$14,402	80th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.55	22nd
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$201,006	27th	0.3%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$7,239	32nd
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Henderson County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    115,300	45th	0.6%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	12,000	25th	0.6%
		Public Buildings			441,686	7,500	13th	1.7%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	6,625	76th	0.2%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	3,421	56th	0.2%
		Recreation			1,084,915	3,148	48th	0.3%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	1,300	32nd	0.0%
		Fire Protection			218,982	800	29th	0.4%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	453	36th	0.1%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	46th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	28th	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	-	-	-
		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	$    150,546	54th	0.4%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Henderson County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	76.2%	49th	-5.5%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	10.9%	61st	-11.5%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	55.2%	56th	-11.9%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	6.8%	67th	-9.1%
	*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	Henderson 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	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	0
		Public			151,344	0
		Private			91,256	0
	Other Public Institutions*				129,651	456
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			13,088	0
		Off-campus Sites			34,510	456
		*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	Henderson County	Lexington City
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	3,682	1,025
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%	0.1%
	1999-2010			892,270	3,364	916
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%	0.1%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	318	109
	Percent Change			6.3%	9.5%	11.9%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	53.6%	65.7%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	61.7%	98.7%
	Special Education			14.5%	13.8%	11.8%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	1.7%	0.5%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Henderson County	Lexington City
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	16	13.0
	1999-2000			16	21	16.4
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(5)	(3)
	*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%	97.9%	97.6%
		1998-1999		96.4%	98.2%	96.8%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	0.0%	4.7%
		1998-1999		14.8%	n/a	12.1%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Henderson County	Lexington City
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,460	$8,515
		Percent of Statewide			91.7%	104.7%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,817	$5,193
		Percent of Statewide			88.0%	94.9%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,644	$3,322
	Percent Change			48.5%		64.0%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,463	$39,787
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	87.3%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,689	$36,047
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	99.2%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0	$3,740
	Percent Change			25.5%		10.4%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	61.1%	57.3%
		Federal		13.5%	14.4%	13.1%
		Local		39.3%	24.5%	29.6%
		System Rank for Percent Local			73rd	56th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	70.0%	62.3%
		Federal		9.1%	10.1%	7.0%
		Local		43.3%	20.0%	30.6%
		System Rank for Percent Local			120th	70th
				Statewide	Henderson County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,674	51st
	Percent of Statewide Figure				56.4%

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