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

Macon County, Tennessee

Selected Statistical Information

I. Geography & Demographics

Tennessee

Macon County

County
Rank

Percent of State Total

Total Land Area (sq. mi.)

41,217

307

72nd

0.7%

Farmland (2007)

Acres of Farmland (2007)

10,969,798

127,801

34th

1.2%

Acres of Farmland (1992)

11,169,086

123,557

32nd

1.1%

Number of Farms (2007)

79,280

1,066

26th

1.3%

Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)

138

120

59th

Population

2010 Census

6,346,105

22,248

61st

0.4%

2000 Census

5,689,283

20,386

62nd

0.4%

Population Change (2000 to 2010)

656,822

1,862

48th

0.3%

Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)

11.5%

9.1%

36th

Population Density (per sq. mi.)

Comparison to State Figure

2010 Census

154

61st

47.0%

2000 Census

138

61st

48.1%

Urban Population

Percent of State Total

2000 Census

3,618,968

3,765

61st

0.1%

1990 Census

2,969,948

3,641

65th

0.1%

Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)

21.9%

3.4%

50th

Percent of Population in Urban Areas

Percentage Point Difference

2000 Census

63.6%

18.5%

62nd

-45.1%

1990 Census

60.9%

22.9%

58th

-38.0%

Median Age

2010 Census

75th

2000 Census

79th

Population Percentages by Age Bracket

Percentage Point Difference

2005-2009 (5-year average)

under 18

19.5%

22.6%

55th

3.1%

18-24

6.9%

25th

0.0%

24-44

33.2%

31.6%

27th

-1.6%

45-64

27.0%

29.1%

16th

2.1%

65 & over

13.4%

14.3%

59th

0.8%

2000 Census

under 18

24.6%

26.1%

14th

1.5%

18-24

9.6%

8.5%

39th

-1.1%

25-44

30.2%

29.4%

35th

-0.8%

45-64

23.2%

23.3%

71st

0.1%

65 & over

12.4%

12.7%

68th

0.3%

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

Macon County

County
Rank*

Comparison to State Figure

Males per 100 Females (2010)

95.1

97.1

18th

102.1%

Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009

9.1

7.3

45th

80.2%

Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009

4.2

5.3

82nd

126.2%

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


II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income		Tennessee	Macon County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009	$34,277	$25,608	73rd	74.7%
		2000	$26,097	$20,923	51st	80.2%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate	3.08%	2.27%	85th

	Median Household Income
		2009	$41,715	$34,710	56th	83.2%
		2000	$35,760	$31,119	58th	87.0%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate	1.73%	1.22%	58th

	2009 Poverty Rate					Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages	17.2%	20.7%	65th	3.50%
		Related Children Under 18 Years	21.8%	26.2%	58th	4.40%

	2000 Census
		All Ages	13.5%	15.1%	55th	1.62%
		Related Children Under 18 Years	17.6%	17.0%	38th	-0.65%

	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households	20.4%	28.9%	80th	8.57%
		Percent of Individuals	17.8%	26.6%	82nd	8.77%

	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households	2.4%	2.2%	67th	-0.23%
		Percent of Individuals	2.5%	2.3%	69th	-0.19%

	*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

Macon County

County
Rank*

Comparison to State Figure

2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates

Live births per 1,000 Population

13.9

13.0

34th

93.5%

Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents

44.0%

43.9%

53rd

99.8%

Percent Low Birth Weight

9.2%

6.2%

9th

67.4%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44

79.6

65.1

34th

81.8%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17

13.6

20.3

71st

149.3%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14

1.2

1.3

12th

108.3%

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

2008 Mortality Rates

Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population

9.5

12.7

44th

133.7%

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

Diseases of the Heart

238.2

355.5

83rd

149.2%

Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)

213.3

252.0

57th

118.1%

* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best conditio

17th

26th

Tennessee

Macon County

County
Rank

Comparison to State Figure

Access to Healthcare

Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)

1.8

0.1

94th

7.6%

Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)

4.2

1.1

70th

26.2%

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

46.0

156.2

3rd

339.3%

Percentage Point Difference

2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care

9.4%

1.6%

63rd

-7.8%


IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate		Tennessee	Macon County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)	10.2%	10.8%	33rd	0.6%
		2000 (annual)	4.0%	3.8%	20th	-0.2%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)	28.9%	36.3%	73rd	7.3%

	* 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	4,015	67th	0.2%
		Local Government	10.9%	25.8%	47th	0.4%
		Retail Trade	12.0%	16.7%	57th	0.2%
		Manufacturing	11.7%	14.6%	69th	0.2%
		Finance and Insurance	4.1%	5.1%	49th	0.2%
		Wholesale Trade	4.6%	3.9%	46th	0.1%
		Information	1.7%	3.3%	26th	0.3%
		Construction	3.9%	2.7%	63rd	0.1%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)	2.6%	1.5%	63rd	0.1%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	4.2%	1.2%	40th	0.0%
		Federal Government	2.0%	1.1%	66th	0.1%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	6.7%	1.0%	60th	0.0%
		Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	0.3%	0.7%	25th	0.4%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	1.3%	0.7%	51st	0.1%
		State Government	3.5%	0.4%	47th	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
						8th
						74th
						74th
						44th
						44th
						42nd
						42nd
						61st
						61st
						39th
						39th
						80th
						80th
						18th
						18th
						31st
						31st
						91st
						91st
						58th
						58th
						77th
						77th
						20th
						20th
						19th
						19th
						75th
						75th


VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)			Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Macon County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total		$ 8,660,673	100.0%	$ 40,876	100.00%
		Total State Revenue		$ 2,637,323	30.5%	$ 21,621	52.9%
			Public Schools*	2,236,881	25.8%	$ 18,154	44.4%
			All Other	400,441	4.6%	3,467	8.5%
		Federal Revenue		$ 614,129	7.1%	$ 3,979	9.7%
		Total Local Revenue		$ 5,409,221	62.5%	$ 15,276	37.4%
			Property Tax	2,563,733	29.6%	6,932	17.0%
			Local Sales Tax	1,081,514	12.5%	1,904	4.7%
			Other Local	1,763,975	20.4%	6,440	15.8%

	Tax Base			Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)		$144,745,094	$319,008	71st	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita	$22,808	$14,339	82nd
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)			$2.25	42nd
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)		$64,073,298	$123,188	25th	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita	$10,096	$5,537	55th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate		2.25%	22nd


VII. Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)		Tennessee	Macon County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project Type
		Transportation	$ 18,890,537	$ 112,662	46th	0.6%
		Water & Wastewater	4,004,578	17,500	51st	0.4%
		K-12 New School Construction	1,548,048	10,000	36th	0.6%
		Industrial Sites & Parks	194,809	3,210	21st	1.6%
		Non K-12 Education	4,096,971	3,000	27th	0.1%
		Existing School Improvements	1,905,950	2,500	66th	0.1%
		Recreation	1,084,915	1,560	69th	0.1%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites	390,159	750	30th	0.2%
		Public Health Facilities	395,979	600	19th	0.2%
		Community Development	374,527	540	40th	0.1%
		Law Enforcement	1,880,412	-	76th	-
		Business District Development	954,871	-	-	-
		Other Utilities	604,980	-	-	-
		Public Buildings	441,686	-	-	-
		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	$ 152,322	53rd	0.4%

VIII. Adult & Post-secondary Education

Adult Educational Attainment

Tennessee

Macon County

County
Rank

Percentage Point Difference

2005-2009 American Community Survey

Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better

81.8%

73.6%

62nd

-8.1%

Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better

22.4%

11.0%

60th

-11.4%

1990 Census

Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better

67.1%

49.2%

82nd

-17.9%

Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better

16.0%

5.5%

82nd

-10.5%

*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

Macon 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

Public

151,344

Private

91,256

Other Public Institutions*

129,651

Community Colleges

69,816

Technology Centers

12,237

Two-Year Private Institutions

13,088

Off-campus Sites

34,510

*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	Macon County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	3,724
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%
	1999-2010			892,270	3,495
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	229
	Percent Change			6.3%	6.6%

	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	74.6%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	69.0%
	Special Education			14.5%	14.3%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.6%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Macon 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	16
	1999-2000			16	22
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(6)

	*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%
		1998-1999		96.4%	96.4%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	9.0%
		1998-1999		14.8%	13.9%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Macon County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$6,776
		Percent of Statewide			83.3%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,904
		Percent of Statewide			89.6%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$1,872
	Percent Change			48.5%

Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,629
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,774
		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%	69.3%
		Federal		13.5%	13.2%
		Local		39.3%	17.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			116th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	71.3%
		Federal		9.1%	9.4%
		Local		43.3%	19.3%
		System Rank for Percent Local			125th

				Statewide	Macon County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,525	64th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				51.4%


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


V. Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
	2007 Estimates	Tennessee	Macon County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)	$467,420	$391,972	69th	83.9%
	Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)	$3,378	$3,269	50th	96.8%
	Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$2,617,394,000	$22,784,000	45th	0.9%
	Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$424	$1,050	27th	247.7%