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
Monroe County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Monroe County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	635	6th	1.5%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	92,570	52nd	0.8%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	100,176	66th	0.9%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	935	38th	1.2%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	99	74th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	44,519	34th	0.7%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	38,961	36th	0.7%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	5,558	26th	0.8%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	14.3%	21st
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	70	34th	45.5%
		2000 Census			138	61	33rd	44.5%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	8,509	50th	0.2%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	8,087	40th	0.3%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	5.2%	49th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	21.8%	56th	-41.8%
		1990 Census			60.9%	26.5%	45th	-34.4%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	42	38th
		2000 Census			36	37	56th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	23.7%	39th	4.1%
			18-24		6.9%	6.4%	58th	-0.5%
			24-44		33.2%	29.4%	57th	-3.8%
			45-64		27.0%	26.9%	59th	-0.1%
			65 & over		13.4%	15.0%	46th	1.5%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	24.7%	30th	0.2%
			18-24		9.6%	8.7%	36th	-1.0%
			25-44		30.2%	28.6%	50th	-1.6%
			45-64		23.2%	24.8%	47th	1.6%
			65 & over		12.4%	13.2%	63rd	0.8%
	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	Monroe County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	97.9	13th	102.9%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	8.1	26th	89.0%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	4.6	56th	109.5%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Monroe County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$23,567	85th	68.8%
		2000			$26,097	$17,456	88th	66.9%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.39%	43rd
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$36,314	49th	87.1%
		2000			$35,760	$31,156	57th	87.1%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.72%	22nd
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	20.6%	63rd	3.40%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	24.6%	46th	2.80%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	15.5%	58th	1.97%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	19.4%	62nd	1.74%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	25.3%	66th	4.92%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	22.0%	60th	4.23%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.2%	13th	-1.20%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.1%	11th	-1.33%
	*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	Monroe County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	11.9	23rd	85.6%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	43.7%	52nd	99.3%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	8.5%	25th	92.4%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	63.5	28th	79.8%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	13.6	47th	100.0%
		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	10.4	23rd	109.5%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	271.7	46th	114.1%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	254.0	58th	119.1%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							32nd
							16th
					Tennessee	Monroe County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.6	56th	30.8%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	1.3	66th	31.0%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	38.5	76th	83.6%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	4.5%	33rd	-4.9%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Monroe County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	13.8%	81st	3.6%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	5.5%	77th	1.5%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	43.1%	84th	14.1%
	* 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	11,648	31st	0.5%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	31.7%	23rd	1.2%
		Local Government			10.9%	13.7%	33rd	0.6%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	13.3%	34th	0.5%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	10.7%	26th	0.4%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	8.6%	28th	0.4%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	4.2%	27th	0.4%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	3.5%	36th	0.2%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	2.5%	35th	0.3%
		Construction			3.9%	1.7%	51st	0.2%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.2%	44th	0.2%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	1.1%	31st	0.1%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	1.1%	22nd	0.4%
		Federal Government			2.0%	0.9%	42nd	0.2%
		Educational Services			1.5%	0.6%	20th	0.2%
	*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
								2nd
								20th
								55th
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								50th
								40th
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								36th
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								35th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Monroe County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$404,826	61st	86.6%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$4,089	23rd	121.0%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$23,505,000	43rd	0.9%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$524	53rd	123.7%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Monroe County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     75,816	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     30,724	40.5%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     24,818	32.7%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	5,906	7.8%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       6,987	9.2%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     38,105	50.3%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	15,938	21.0%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	7,770	10.2%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	14,396	19.0%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$1,008,087	27th	0.7%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$22,644	25th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.58	85th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$287,918	13th	0.4%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$6,467	42nd
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.25%	20th

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Monroe County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$      57,012	71st	0.3%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	27,861	35th	0.7%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	12,400	29th	0.8%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	12,350	24th	0.7%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	10,156	35th	0.5%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	6,411	8th	3.3%
		Other Utilities			604,980	3,500	12th	0.6%
		Storm Water			355,315	3,500	14th	1.0%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	2,500	13th	0.6%
		Recreation			1,084,915	2,140	59th	0.2%
		Fire Protection			218,982	850	26th	0.4%
		Public Buildings			441,686	600	53rd	0.1%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	-	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		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	$    139,279	60th	0.4%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Monroe County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	71.5%	76th	-10.3%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	11.0%	59th	-11.4%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	49.9%	80th	-17.1%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	7.6%	55th	-8.3%
	*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	Monroe County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	0
		Public			14	0
		Private			63	0
	Other Public Institutions				94	0
		Community Colleges			13	0
		Technology Centers			27	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			20	1
		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	153
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			13,088	153
		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	Monroe County	Sweetwater City
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	5,524	1,480
		Percent of Statewide			0.6%	0.2%
	1999-2010			892,270	4,948	1,402
		Percent of Statewide			0.6%	0.2%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	576	77
	Percent Change			6.3%	11.6%	5.5%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	69.1%	47.3%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	41.8%	97.6%
	Special Education			14.5%	15.7%	13.8%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.1%	1.8%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Monroe County	Sweetwater City
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	0.0%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	0.0%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	17	14.2
	1999-2000			16	27	17.5
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(10)	(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%	97.6%	98.4%
		1998-1999		96.4%	98.9%	95.4%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	n/a	5.4%
		1998-1999		14.8%	n/a	8.3%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Monroe County	Sweetwater City
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,111	$7,492
		Percent of Statewide			87.4%	92.1%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,743	$4,605
		Percent of Statewide			86.6%	84.1%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,368	$2,886
	Percent Change			48.5%		62.7%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$41,483	$46,645
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	102.3%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$30,247	$32,735
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	90.1%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0	$13,910
	Percent Change			25.5%		42.5%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	63.2%	60.5%
		Federal		13.5%	13.7%	17.5%
		Local		39.3%	23.2%	22.0%
		System Rank for Percent Local			81st	91st
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	60.7%	61.3%
		Federal		9.1%	10.5%	10.8%
		Local		43.3%	28.8%	27.9%
		System Rank for Percent Local			82nd	88th
				Statewide	Monroe County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,741	48th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				58.7%

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