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

McMinn County, Tennessee

Selected Statistical Information

I. Geography & Demographics

Tennessee

McMinn County

County
Rank

Percent of State Total

Total Land Area (sq. mi.)

41,217

430

53rd

1.0%

Farmland (2007)

Acres of Farmland (2007)

10,969,798

122,502

39th

1.1%

Acres of Farmland (1992)

11,169,086

161,902

90th

1.4%

Number of Farms (2007)

79,280

1,204

20th

1.5%

Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)

138

102

71st

Population

2010 Census

6,346,105

52,266

28th

0.8%

2000 Census

5,689,283

49,015

26th

0.9%

Population Change (2000 to 2010)

656,822

3,251

34th

0.5%

Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)

11.5%

6.6%

50th

Population Density (per sq. mi.)

Comparison to State Figure

2010 Census

154

121

28th

78.9%

2000 Census

138

114

27th

82.5%

Urban Population

Percent of State Total

2000 Census

3,618,968

20,333

27th

0.6%

1990 Census

2,969,948

15,881

26th

0.5%

Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)

21.9%

28.0%

31st

Percent of Population in Urban Areas

Percentage Point Difference

2000 Census

63.6%

41.5%

29th

-22.1%

1990 Census

60.9%

37.5%

31st

-23.4%

Median Age

2010 Census

38th

2000 Census

41st

Population Percentages by Age Bracket

Percentage Point Difference

2005-2009 (5-year average)

under 18

19.5%

25.7%

9th

6.1%

18-24

6.9%

6.8%

28th

-0.1%

24-44

33.2%

29.3%

59th

-3.8%

45-64

27.0%

25.4%

83rd

-1.6%

65 & over

13.4%

12.9%

76th

-0.6%

2000 Census

under 18

24.6%

23.9%

43rd

-0.7%

18-24

9.6%

8.4%

46th

-1.2%

25-44

30.2%

28.5%

51st

-1.7%

45-64

23.2%

24.8%

50th

1.6%

65 & over

12.4%

14.3%

38th

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

McMinn County

County
Rank*

Comparison to State Figure

Males per 100 Females (2010)

95.1

94.4

38th

99.3%

Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009

9.1

7.0

56th

76.9%

Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009

4.2

4.1

46th

97.6%

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


II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income		Tennessee	McMinn County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009	$34,277	$26,787	57th	78.1%
		2000	$26,097	$20,520	54th	78.6%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate	3.08%	3.01%	62nd

	Median Household Income
		2009	$41,715	$36,969	45th	88.6%
		2000	$35,760	$33,049	42nd	92.4%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate	1.73%	1.25%	55th

	2009 Poverty Rate					Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages	17.2%	18.2%	39th	1.00%
		Related Children Under 18 Years	21.8%	23.8%	42nd	2.00%

	2000 Census
		All Ages	13.5%	14.5%	50th	0.97%
		Related Children Under 18 Years	17.6%	18.2%	46th	0.58%

	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households	20.4%	15.8%	15th	-4.62%
		Percent of Individuals	17.8%	14.7%	15th	-3.12%

	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households	2.4%	1.5%	30th	-0.97%
		Percent of Individuals	2.5%	1.4%	26th	-1.12%

	*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

McMinn County

County
Rank*

Comparison to State Figure

2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates

Live births per 1,000 Population

13.9

12.0

24th

86.3%

Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents

44.0%

35.5%

17th

80.7%

Percent Low Birth Weight

9.2%

8.0%

21st

87.0%

Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44

79.6

66.3

40th

83.3%

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

0.0%

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

2008 Mortality Rates

Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population

9.5

11.6

34th

122.1%

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

Diseases of the Heart

238.2

241.9

31st

101.6%

Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)

213.3

226.8

39th

106.3%

* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best conditio

4th

5th

Tennessee

McMinn County

County
Rank

Comparison to State Figure

Access to Healthcare

Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)

1.8

1.1

22nd

60.3%

Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)

4.2

3.6

29th

85.7%

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

46.0

19.4

94th

42.2%

Percentage Point Difference

2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care

9.4%

1.9%

57th

-7.5%


IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate		Tennessee	McMinn County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)	10.2%	12.3%	59th	2.1%
		2000 (annual)	4.0%	4.6%	45th	0.6%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)	28.9%	35.3%	69th	6.4%

	* 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	14,960	27th	0.6%
		Manufacturing	11.7%	26.9%	21st	1.3%
		Retail Trade	12.0%	13.8%	25th	0.7%
		Local Government	10.9%	12.4%	26th	0.7%
		Accommodation and Food Services	9.1%	7.6%	27th	0.5%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	6.7%	4.3%	27th	0.4%
		Finance and Insurance	4.1%	3.4%	22nd	0.5%
		Construction	3.9%	3.2%	31st	0.5%
		Wholesale Trade	4.6%	3.1%	28th	0.4%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)	2.6%	1.8%	26th	0.4%
		Federal Government	2.0%	0.8%	35th	0.2%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	1.3%	0.8%	24th	0.4%
		Information	1.7%	0.8%	30th	0.3%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	1.1%	0.7%	25th	0.4%
		State Government	3.5%	0.2%	37th	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


						14th
						14th
						53rd
						53rd
						13th
						13th
						54th
						54th
						24th
						24th
						21st
						21st
						54th
						54th
						13th
						13th
						55th
						55th
						40th
						40th
						38th
						38th
						33rd
						33rd
						50th
						50th
						48th
						48th
						37th
						37th


VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)			Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	McMinn County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total		$ 8,660,673	100.0%	$ -	n/a
		Total State Revenue		$ 2,637,323	30.5%	$ -	n/a
			Public Schools*	2,236,881	25.8%	$ -	n/a
			All Other	400,441	4.6%	-	n/a
		Federal Revenue		$ 614,129	7.1%	$ -	n/a
		Total Local Revenue		$ 5,409,221	62.5%	$ -	n/a
			Property Tax	2,563,733	29.6%	-	n/a
			Local Sales Tax	1,081,514	12.5%	-	n/a
			Other Local	1,763,975	20.4%	-	n/a

	Tax Base			Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)		$144,745,094	$1,218,107	25th	0.8%
			Tax Base Per Capita	$22,808	$23,306	20th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)			$1.56	86th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)		$64,073,298	$396,779	15th	0.6%
			Tax Base Per Capita	$10,096	$7,592	28th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate		2.00%	40th


VII. Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)		Tennessee	McMinn County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project Type
		Transportation	$ 18,890,537	$ 305,710	17th	1.6%
		Water & Wastewater	4,004,578	40,976	23rd	1.0%
		Existing School Improvements	1,905,950	19,375	19th	1.0%
		Recreation	1,084,915	14,473	19th	1.3%
		Storm Water	355,315	10,000	7th	2.8%
		Business District Development	954,871	7,250	8th	0.8%
		Telecommunications	24,300	6,500	3rd	26.7%
		Public Buildings	441,686	6,100	14th	1.4%
		Solid Waste	40,152	5,150	1st	12.8%
		Other Utilities	604,980	4,850	11th	0.8%
		Community Development	374,527	4,250	17th	1.1%
		Law Enforcement	1,880,412	3,000	49th	0.2%
		Fire Protection	218,982	2,250	15th	1.0%
		Non K-12 Education	4,096,971	240	47th	0.0%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites	390,159	100	48th	0.0%
		K-12 New School Construction	1,548,048	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities	395,979	-	-	-
		Industrial Sites & Parks	194,809	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need	112,243	-	-	-
		Other Facilities	31,137	-	-	-
		Housing	14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition	-	-	-
	Grand Total		$ 37,565,189	$ 430,223	19th	1.1%

VIII. Adult & Post-secondary Education

Adult Educational Attainment

Tennessee

McMinn County

County
Rank

Percentage Point Difference

2005-2009 American Community Survey

Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better

81.8%

71.1%

77th

-10.7%

Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better

22.4%

8.1%

86th

-14.3%

1990 Census

Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better

67.1%

57.1%

46th

-9.9%

Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better

16.0%

10.5%

28th

-5.5%

*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

McMinn 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

1,103

Public

151,344

Private

91,256

1,103

Other Public Institutions*

129,651

226

Community Colleges

69,816

Technology Centers

12,237

226

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	McMinn County	Athens City	Etowah City
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	5,885	1,674	329
		Percent of Statewide			0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
	1999-2010			892,270	5,713	1,772	386
		Percent of Statewide			0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	172	(98)	(57)
	Percent Change			6.3%	3.0%	-5.5%	-14.7%

	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	56.3%	65.4%	58.6%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	59.7%	10.0%	96.4%
	Special Education			14.5%	14.5%	15.4%	17.2%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	12.0%	0.6%	3.3%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	McMinn County	Athens City	Etowah City
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.

Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	16	14.4	12.3
	1999-2000			16	26	17.4	14.9
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(10)	(3)	(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%	99.6%	94.2%	98.4%
		1998-1999		96.4%	97.2%	93.8%	96.1%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	n/a	n/a	2.9%
		1998-1999		14.8%	n/a	n/a	6.5%

	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	McMinn County	Athens City	Etowah City
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$6,905	$8,854	$9,235
		Percent of Statewide			84.9%	108.9%	113.6%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,764	$5,675	$4,902
		Percent of Statewide			87.0%	103.7%	89.5%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,141	$3,178	$4,334
	Percent Change			48.5%		56.0%	88.4%

Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$45,383	$48,658	$44,693
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	106.7%	98.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$35,387	$38,843	$32,645
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	106.9%	89.9%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0	$9,815	$12,048
	Percent Change			25.5%		25.3%	36.9%

Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	57.9%	49.1%	56.6%
		Federal		13.5%	14.5%	17.6%	19.5%
		Local		39.3%	27.6%	33.3%	23.9%
		System Rank for Percent Local			64th	41st	77th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	57.7%	47.0%	53.5%
		Federal		9.1%	8.3%	10.1%	14.9%
		Local		43.3%	34.0%	42.9%	31.7%
		System Rank for Percent Local			58th	28th	72nd

				Statewide	McMinn County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,457	24th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				82.8%


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


V. Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
	2007 Estimates	Tennessee	McMinn County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)	$467,420	$409,461	59th	87.6%
	Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)	$3,378	$4,024	26th	119.1%
	Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$2,617,394,000	$48,446,000	16th	1.9%
	Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold	$424	$930	33rd	219.2%