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
Obion County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Obion County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	545	26th	1.3%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	251,844	5th	2.3%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	257,000	51st	2.3%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	693	49th	0.9%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	363	4th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	31,807	48th	0.5%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	32,450	43rd	0.6%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	-643	92nd	-0.1%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	-2.0%	91st
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	58	48th	37.9%
		2000 Census			138	60	46th	43.1%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	13,249	36th	0.4%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	13,201	30th	0.4%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	0.4%	53rd
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	40.8%	30th	-22.8%
		1990 Census			60.9%	41.6%	28th	-19.3%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	41	42nd
		2000 Census			36	39	26th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	23.1%	48th	3.5%
			18-24		6.9%	6.4%	58th	-0.5%
			24-44		33.2%	29.6%	52nd	-3.5%
			45-64		27.0%	27.3%	49th	0.4%
			65 & over		13.4%	16.4%	23rd	2.9%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	23.4%	53rd	-1.1%
			18-24		9.6%	8.4%	53rd	-1.3%
			25-44		30.2%	27.7%	68th	-2.5%
			45-64		23.2%	25.4%	39th	2.2%
			65 & over		12.4%	15.2%	24th	2.8%
	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	Obion County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	93.0	30th	97.8%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	7.7	34th	84.6%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	4.7	61st	111.9%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Obion County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$32,968	16th	96.2%
		2000			$26,097	$24,338	18th	93.3%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.43%	39th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$38,157	36th	91.5%
		2000			$35,760	$34,348	34th	96.1%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.18%	63rd
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	16.2%	24th	-1.00%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	22.5%	34th	0.70%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	13.3%	33rd	-0.17%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	18.6%	52nd	0.98%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	20.9%	39th	0.57%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	19.8%	43rd	1.96%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.3%	20th	-1.09%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.3%	21st	-1.18%
	*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	Obion 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%	43.3%	50th	98.4%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	7.2%	14th	78.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	72.1	55th	90.6%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	11.5	33rd	84.6%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	1.0	9th	83.3%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	13.3	49th	140.0%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	364.5	85th	153.0%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	318.2	87th	149.2%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							9th
							32nd
							45th
					Tennessee	Obion County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	1.0	25th	57.6%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	5.3	11th	126.2%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	50.1	42nd	108.8%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	10.8%	9th	1.4%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Obion County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	11.0%	36th	0.8%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	4.4%	38th	0.4%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	32.6%	60th	3.7%
	* 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	11,516	32nd	0.5%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	29.8%	25th	1.2%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	14.4%	31st	0.5%
		Local Government			10.9%	12.5%	36th	0.5%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	7.3%	34th	0.4%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	5.2%	20th	0.5%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	3.7%	34th	0.2%
		Construction			3.9%	3.6%	34th	0.4%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	3.1%	30th	0.3%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.5%	37th	0.2%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.1%	35th	0.2%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	1.0%	25th	0.3%
		Information			1.7%	0.9%	33rd	0.2%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	0.7%	35th	0.3%
		Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting			0.3%	0.6%	18th	0.9%
	*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
								1st
								15th
								34th
								25th
								21st
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								21st
								11th
								57th
								50th
								53rd
								39th
								23rd
								25th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Obion County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$926,419	4th	198.2%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$2,549	78th	75.5%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$85,584,000	4th	3.3%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$2,710	7th	639.2%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Obion County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     58,897	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     21,378	36.3%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     17,232	29.3%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	4,146	7.0%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       3,569	6.1%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     33,949	57.6%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	9,885	16.8%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	8,650	14.7%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	15,414	26.2%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$540,039	50th	0.4%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$16,979	61st
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.95	66th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$266,426	14th	0.4%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$8,376	25th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Obion County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    333,145	12th	1.8%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	13,429	29th	0.7%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	6,039	78th	0.2%
		Recreation			1,084,915	3,734	43rd	0.3%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	1,840	54th	0.1%
		Public Buildings			441,686	750	52nd	0.2%
		Fire Protection			218,982	660	35th	0.3%
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	500	21st	0.1%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	500	60th	0.3%
		Storm Water			355,315	200	35th	0.1%
		School System-wide Need			112,243	192	11th	0.2%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	-	-
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	-	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		Solid Waste			40,152	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Telecommunications			24,300	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    360,989	22nd	1.0%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Obion County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	79.7%	28th	-2.1%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	12.3%	49th	-10.1%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	61.3%	30th	-5.8%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	8.5%	45th	-7.4%
	*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	Obion 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	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	0
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	0
		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	Obion County	Union City
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	3,837	1,454
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%	0.2%
	1999-2010			892,270	4,036	1,375
		Percent of Statewide			0.5%	0.2%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(199)	78
	Percent Change			6.3%	-4.9%	5.7%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	62.4%	67.4%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	34.3%	49.8%
	Special Education			14.5%	16.9%	11.4%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.0%	1.9%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Obion County	Union City
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	0.0%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	25.0%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	14	13.0
	1999-2000			16	22	20.2
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(8)	(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%	98.8%	97.6%
		1998-1999		96.4%	98.4%	97.2%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	4.6%	4.0%
		1998-1999		14.8%	14.2%	10.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Obion County	Union City
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,404	$8,160
		Percent of Statewide			91.0%	100.3%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,877	$6,321
		Percent of Statewide			89.1%	115.5%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,527	$1,839
	Percent Change			48.5%		29.1%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$41,529	$41,365
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	90.7%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$33,354	$39,045
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	107.5%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0	$2,321
	Percent Change			25.5%		5.9%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	58.7%	49.7%
		Federal		13.5%	12.2%	15.4%
		Local		39.3%	29.1%	34.9%
		System Rank for Percent Local			59th	37th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	54.2%	45.5%
		Federal		9.1%	9.4%	8.4%
		Local		43.3%	36.4%	46.1%
		System Rank for Percent Local			41st	21st
				Statewide	Obion County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,298	27th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				77.4%

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