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
Lawrence County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Lawrence County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	617	9th	1.5%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	238,318	7th	2.2%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	196,733	7th	1.8%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,842	2nd	2.3%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	129	51st
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	41,869	35th	0.7%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	39,926	32nd	0.7%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	1,943	47th	0.3%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	4.9%	59th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	68	35th	44.1%
		2000 Census			138	65	36th	46.9%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	9,987	45th	0.3%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	10,412	33rd	0.4%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	-4.1%	61st
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	25.0%	52nd	-38.6%
		1990 Census			60.9%	29.5%	41st	-31.4%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	40	60th
		2000 Census			36	36	70th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	25.6%	11th	6.1%
			18-24		6.9%	7.0%	23rd	0.1%
			24-44		33.2%	29.5%	56th	-3.6%
			45-64		27.0%	25.0%	87th	-2.0%
			65 & over		13.4%	15.6%	33rd	2.2%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	26.2%	13th	1.6%
			18-24		9.6%	8.4%	49th	-1.3%
			25-44		30.2%	28.1%	60th	-2.2%
			45-64		23.2%	23.0%	77th	-0.2%
			65 & over		12.4%	14.4%	36th	2.0%
	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	Lawrence County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	95.3	38th	100.2%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	6.7	66th	73.6%
	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	Lawrence County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$24,898	79th	72.6%
		2000			$26,097	$20,232	59th	77.5%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	2.33%	82nd
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$34,254	59th	82.1%
		2000			$35,760	$31,211	54th	87.3%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.04%	73rd
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	18.0%	37th	0.80%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	22.8%	36th	1.00%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	14.6%	52nd	1.08%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	19.2%	61st	1.57%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	21.1%	42nd	0.69%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	19.4%	41st	1.60%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.4%	26th	-1.06%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.4%	29th	-1.07%
	*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	Lawrence 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%	30.6%	5th	69.5%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	10.1%	39th	109.8%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	74.5	62nd	93.6%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	11.3	31st	83.1%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	0.7	6th	58.3%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	10.8	26th	113.7%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	248.0	32nd	104.1%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	226.4	37th	106.1%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							17th
							6th
							14th
					Tennessee	Lawrence County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.5	59th	29.7%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	2.6	45th	61.9%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	48.3	49th	104.8%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	-	n/a-	n/a

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Lawrence County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	14.2%	85th	4.0%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	9.5%	95th	5.5%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	30.0%	48th	1.1%
	* 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	9,523	41st	0.4%
		Local Government			10.9%	18.1%	30th	0.6%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	17.6%	44th	0.6%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	14.8%	39th	0.5%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	8.9%	33rd	0.4%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	7.5%	17th	0.6%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	5.3%	16th	0.4%
		Construction			3.9%	3.3%	39th	0.3%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	2.1%	50th	0.2%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	1.9%	25th	0.2%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.4%	31st	0.3%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.3%	48th	0.2%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	1.1%	54th	0.1%
		Information			1.7%	1.1%	35th	0.2%
		State Government			3.5%	0.9%	16th	0.1%
	*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
								48th
								26th
								39th
								64th
								14th
								30th
								29th
								16th
								49th
								49th
								60th
								32nd
								68th
								35th
								48th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Lawrence County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$401,150	63rd	85.8%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$3,101	64th	91.8%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$45,546,000	18th	1.7%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$1,114	25th	262.7%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Lawrence County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     83,661	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     36,532	43.7%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     32,238	38.5%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	4,294	5.1%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       9,184	11.0%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     37,945	45.4%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	16,211	19.4%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	9,651	11.5%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	12,083	14.4%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$576,729	46th	0.4%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$13,775	87th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.74	16th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$277,845	19th	0.4%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$6,636	38th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Lawrence County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    108,058	48th	0.6%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	13,589	27th	0.7%
		Recreation			1,084,915	11,260	24th	1.0%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	9,230	33rd	0.5%
		Storm Water			355,315	7,500	10th	2.1%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	6,990	75th	0.2%
		Solid Waste			40,152	2,712	7th	6.8%
		Fire Protection			218,982	850	26th	0.4%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	800	55th	0.4%
		Other Utilities			604,980	200	32nd	0.0%
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	200	24th	0.1%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	186	43rd	0.0%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	-	-
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	-	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Public Buildings			441,686	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Telecommunications			24,300	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    161,575	51st	0.4%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Lawrence County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	74.6%	57th	-7.2%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	10.8%	63rd	-11.6%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	53.7%	61st	-13.4%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	6.7%	69th	-9.3%
	*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	Lawrence 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	791
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			13,088	0
		Off-campus Sites			34,510	791
		*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	Lawrence County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	6,732
		Percent of Statewide			0.7%
	1999-2010			892,270	6,886
		Percent of Statewide			0.8%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(154)
	Percent Change			6.3%	-2.2%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	66.8%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	51.8%
	Special Education			14.5%	16.1%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	1.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Lawrence County
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	15
	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%	96.8%
		1998-1999		96.4%	97.0%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	5.5%
		1998-1999		14.8%	16.4%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Lawrence County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,220
		Percent of Statewide			88.8%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,850
		Percent of Statewide			88.6%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,370
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,945
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$32,282
		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%	62.5%
		Federal		13.5%	14.9%
		Local		39.3%	22.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			87th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	60.6%
		Federal		9.1%	9.1%
		Local		43.3%	30.2%
		System Rank for Percent Local			78th
				Statewide	Lawrence County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,637	57th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				55.2%

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