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
Polk County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Polk County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	435	48th	1.1%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	32,397	92nd	0.3%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	31,368	35th	0.3%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	305	88th	0.4%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	106	69th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	16,825	75th	0.3%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	16,050	75th	0.3%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	775	65th	0.1%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	4.8%	60th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	39	75th	25.1%
		2000 Census			138	37	76th	26.7%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	0	71st	0.0%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	0	72nd	0.0%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	n/a	n/a
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	0.0%	71st	-63.6%
		1990 Census			60.9%	0.0%	72nd	-60.9%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	43	23rd
		2000 Census			36	39	29th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	22.2%	67th	2.6%
			18-24		6.9%	6.3%	65th	-0.6%
			24-44		33.2%	29.1%	61st	-4.0%
			45-64		27.0%	29.6%	7th	2.7%
			65 & over		13.4%	16.5%	21st	3.0%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	22.6%	74th	-2.0%
			18-24		9.6%	8.2%	63rd	-1.5%
			25-44		30.2%	28.5%	52nd	-1.7%
			45-64		23.2%	26.4%	11th	3.2%
			65 & over		12.4%	14.3%	37th	2.0%
	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	Polk County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	99.0	6th	104.1%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	11.4	6th	125.3%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	2.4	11th	57.1%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Polk County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$27,468	51st	80.1%
		2000			$26,097	$20,396	57th	78.2%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.36%	45th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$34,441	57th	82.6%
		2000			$35,760	$30,756	64th	86.0%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.27%	52nd
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	18.2%	39th	1.00%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	25.5%	54th	3.70%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	13.0%	28th	-0.44%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	13.8%	16th	-3.81%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	21.2%	43rd	0.78%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	22.5%	65th	4.72%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.2%	8th	-1.25%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.2%	14th	-1.31%
	*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	Polk County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	12.4	28th	89.2%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	33.7%	13th	76.6%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	9.5%	34th	103.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	69.6	49th	87.4%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	19.6	70th	144.1%
		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	10.4	23rd	109.5%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	237.2	28th	99.6%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	199.8	20th	93.7%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							35th
							44th
					Tennessee	Polk County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.7	41st	38.6%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	1.6	61st	38.1%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	52.7	39th	114.4%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	2.7%	48th	-6.7%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Polk County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	12.0%	48th	1.8%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	4.6%	45th	0.6%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	46.2%	88th	17.2%
	* 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	2,483	79th	0.1%
		Local Government			10.9%	28.2%	55th	0.3%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	13.8%	13th	1.2%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	12.8%	77th	0.1%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	10.1%	58th	0.1%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	7.2%	86th	0.1%
		Federal Government			2.0%	3.3%	48th	0.2%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	3.1%	71st	0.1%
		Construction			3.9%	1.7%	74th	0.0%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	1.7%	44th	0.0%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	1.6%	61st	0.0%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	0.7%	74th	0.0%
		State Government			3.5%	0.6%	47th	0.0%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.6%	58th	0.0%
		Information			1.7%	0.5%	61st	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
								6th
								28th
								72nd
								72nd
								46th
								38th
								6th
								84th
								75th
								37th
								32nd
								51st
								65th
								52nd
								62nd

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Polk County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$495,514	25th	106.0%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$4,665	14th	138.1%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$25,075,000	40th	1.0%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$1,594	20th	376.0%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Polk County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     34,016	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     16,990	49.9%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     13,204	38.8%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	3,786	11.1%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       4,553	13.4%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     12,472	36.7%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	7,383	21.7%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	1,724	5.1%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	3,365	9.9%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$340,997	65th	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$20,267	34th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.18	49th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$60,079	22nd	0.1%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$3,571	79th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.25%	14th

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Polk County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    383,775	9th	2.0%
		Recreation			1,084,915	24,415	11th	2.3%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	9,536	67th	0.2%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	2,355	68th	0.1%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	2,181	29th	1.1%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	1,629	20th	0.4%
		Public Buildings			441,686	600	53rd	0.1%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	50th	-
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	-	76th	-
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	46th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	28th	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		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	$    424,491	20th	1.1%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Polk County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	70.6%	78th	-11.1%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	9.3%	75th	-13.1%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	51.3%	74th	-15.8%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	5.8%	80th	-10.1%
	*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	Polk 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	Polk County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	2,640
		Percent of Statewide			0.3%
	1999-2010			892,270	2,271
		Percent of Statewide			0.3%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	369
	Percent Change			6.3%	16.2%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	53.7%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	47.3%
	Special Education			14.5%	12.5%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Polk 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	21
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(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%	98.7%
		1998-1999		96.4%	95.5%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	2.3%
		1998-1999		14.8%	10.8%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Polk County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,520
		Percent of Statewide			92.5%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,376
		Percent of Statewide			98.2%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,144
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$43,376
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$32,418
		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%	63.7%
		Federal		13.5%	16.1%
		Local		39.3%	20.3%
		System Rank for Percent Local			102nd
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	61.8%
		Federal		9.1%	14.4%
		Local		43.3%	23.8%
		System Rank for Percent Local			94th
				Statewide	Polk County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,231	75th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				41.5%

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