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
Lewis County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Lewis County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	282	77th	0.7%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	35,566	89th	0.3%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	36,978	57th	0.3%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	260	90th	0.3%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	137	39th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	12,161	83rd	0.2%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	11,367	84th	0.2%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	794	64th	0.1%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	7.0%	49th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	43	83rd	28.0%
		2000 Census			138	40	85th	29.2%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	3,201	66th	0.1%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	3,760	62nd	0.1%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	-14.9%	66th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	28.2%	50th	-35.4%
		1990 Census			60.9%	40.7%	29th	-20.2%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	41	47th
		2000 Census			36	37	50th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	25.3%	15th	5.8%
			18-24		6.9%	6.6%	48th	-0.3%
			24-44		33.2%	28.2%	79th	-5.0%
			45-64		27.0%	27.6%	42nd	0.6%
			65 & over		13.4%	14.2%	62nd	0.7%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	25.8%	16th	1.3%
			18-24		9.6%	8.3%	56th	-1.3%
			25-44		30.2%	27.4%	74th	-2.8%
			45-64		23.2%	24.8%	49th	1.6%
			65 & over		12.4%	13.6%	55th	1.2%
	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	Lewis County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	95.9	31st	100.9%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	6.6	69th	72.5%
	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	Lewis County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$23,712	81st	69.2%
		2000			$26,097	$17,536	84th	67.2%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.41%	40th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$33,245	66th	79.7%
		2000			$35,760	$30,606	65th	85.6%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	0.92%	77th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	20.8%	66th	3.60%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	28.5%	75th	6.70%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	13.4%	35th	-0.07%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	16.6%	31st	-0.99%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	29.1%	81st	8.68%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	26.9%	83rd	9.13%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	2.3%	75th	-0.09%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	2.4%	73rd	-0.11%
	*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	Lewis County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	14.2	45th	102.2%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	41.1%	42nd	93.4%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	7.1%	13th	77.2%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	76.0	67th	95.5%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	9.6	19th	70.6%
		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	11.0	28th	115.8%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	321.8	69th	135.1%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	254.1	59th	119.1%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							34th
							19th
					Tennessee	Lewis County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.5	61st	28.7%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	-	n/a	n/a
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	76.6	16th	166.4%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	-	n/a	n/a

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Lewis County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	13.8%	81st	3.6%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	5.6%	80th	1.6%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	23.5%	21st	-5.4%
	* 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	2,472	80th	0.1%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	22.3%	65th	0.2%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	7.6%	85th	0.1%
		Construction			3.9%	3.7%	66th	0.1%
		Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting			0.3%	2.9%	16th	1.0%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.6%	69th	0.1%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	1.5%	45th	0.0%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	1.4%	40th	0.0%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	1.1%	79th	0.0%
		Information			1.7%	1.1%	56th	0.1%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.1%	72nd	0.0%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.4%	63rd	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
								8th
								88th
								42nd
								88th
								71st
								16th
								93rd
								85th
								56th
								75th
								56th
								76th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Lewis County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$391,603	70th	83.8%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$2,863	67th	84.8%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$2,608,000	94th	0.1%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$226	75th	53.4%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Lewis County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     24,025	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     12,519	52.1%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$       9,949	41.4%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	2,570	10.7%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       3,011	12.5%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$       8,494	35.4%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	3,139	13.1%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	1,279	5.3%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	4,076	17.0%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$165,083	87th	0.1%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$13,575	88th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.91	67th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$71,823	34th	0.1%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$5,906	48th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.50%	16th

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Lewis County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Water & Wastewater			$   4,004,578	$      10,569	60th	0.3%
		Transportation			18,890,537	5,610	93rd	0.0%
		Community Development			374,527	1,359	28th	0.4%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	550	59th	0.3%
		Recreation			1,084,915	537	82nd	0.0%
		Public Buildings			441,686	150	67th	0.0%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	120	74th	0.0%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	80	50th	0.0%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	50th	-
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	-	94th	-
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	46th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		Fire Protection			218,982	-	-	-
		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	$      18,975	95th	0.1%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Lewis County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	76.3%	47th	-5.5%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	9.4%	74th	-13.0%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	51.5%	72nd	-15.6%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	5.0%	88th	-10.9%
	*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	Lewis 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	447
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	447
		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	Lewis County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	1,900
		Percent of Statewide			0.2%
	1999-2010			892,270	1,890
		Percent of Statewide			0.2%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	10
	Percent Change			6.3%	0.5%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	54.5%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	65.9%
	Special Education			14.5%	13.0%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.4%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Lewis 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	14
	1999-2000			16	23
	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%	98.0%
		1998-1999		96.4%	96.6%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	8.6%
		1998-1999		14.8%	16.6%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Lewis County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$6,882
		Percent of Statewide			84.6%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,553
		Percent of Statewide			83.2%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,329
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,019
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,084
		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%	65.5%
		Federal		13.5%	15.9%
		Local		39.3%	18.6%
		System Rank for Percent Local			110th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	69.1%
		Federal		9.1%	12.4%
		Local		43.3%	18.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			130th
				Statewide	Lewis County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,288	73rd
	Percent of Statewide Figure				43.4%

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