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
Roane County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Roane County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	361	62nd	0.9%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	52,582	75th	0.5%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	52,433	44th	0.5%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	580	62nd	0.7%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	91	78th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	54,181	26th	0.9%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	51,910	24th	0.9%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	2,271	40th	0.3%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	4.4%	62nd
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	150	26th	97.5%
		2000 Census			138	144	26th	104.2%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	26,088	20th	0.7%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	20,209	22nd	0.7%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	29.1%	28th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	50.3%	25th	-13.4%
		1990 Census			60.9%	42.8%	25th	-18.1%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	45	6th
		2000 Census			36	41	8th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	21.1%	82nd	1.5%
			18-24		6.9%	6.0%	85th	-0.9%
			24-44		33.2%	27.1%	89th	-6.1%
			45-64		27.0%	30.5%	3rd	3.6%
			65 & over		13.4%	17.0%	15th	3.5%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	22.3%	75th	-2.2%
			18-24		9.6%	7.5%	83rd	-2.1%
			25-44		30.2%	26.9%	81st	-3.4%
			45-64		23.2%	27.2%	4th	4.0%
			65 & over		12.4%	16.1%	13th	3.7%
	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	Roane County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	96.6	12th	101.6%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	7.1	52nd	78.0%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	1.3	4th	31.0%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Roane County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$33,015	15th	96.3%
		2000			$26,097	$22,339	35th	85.6%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	4.44%	8th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$39,007	32nd	93.5%
		2000			$35,760	$34,376	33rd	96.1%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.41%	44th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	13.8%	9th	-3.40%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	20.7%	22nd	-1.10%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	13.9%	38th	0.37%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	18.8%	54th	1.16%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	17.4%	20th	-2.96%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	15.8%	21st	-1.99%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.7%	45th	-0.69%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.7%	43rd	-0.83%
	*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	Roane County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	10.3	8th	74.1%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	41.6%	43rd	94.5%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	9.8%	37th	106.5%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	61.7	21st	77.5%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	10.9	27th	80.1%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	0.6	5th	50.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	11.7	35th	123.2%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	262.4	40th	110.2%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	273.5	68th	128.2%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							6th
							36th
							49th
					Tennessee	Roane County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.7	46th	37.2%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	1.8	55th	42.9%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	50.0	43rd	108.5%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	5.0%	32nd	-4.4%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Roane County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	9.2%	13th	-1.0%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	4.4%	38th	0.4%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	25.3%	31st	-3.6%
	* 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	18,264	22nd	0.7%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	29.2%	7th	5.0%
		Local Government			10.9%	11.2%	21st	0.7%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	10.5%	27th	0.6%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	9.8%	23rd	0.6%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	9.2%	16th	1.0%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	6.6%	25th	0.5%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	6.5%	57th	0.4%
		State Government			3.5%	4.5%	7th	0.9%
		Federal Government			2.0%	2.6%	15th	0.9%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	2.2%	29th	0.3%
		Construction			3.9%	1.9%	37th	0.3%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	1.1%	50th	0.2%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	0.9%	36th	0.2%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	0.5%	30th	0.3%
	*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
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								15th
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V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Roane County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$385,280	72nd	82.4%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$4,250	19th	125.8%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$5,138,000	81st	0.2%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$96	87th	22.7%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Roane County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$   103,424	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     36,395	35.2%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     30,698	29.7%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	5,697	5.5%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       9,146	8.8%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     57,883	56.0%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	28,216	27.3%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	15,497	15.0%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	14,170	13.7%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$1,303,183	24th	0.9%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$24,052	16th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.19	47th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$535,708	9th	0.8%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$9,887	15th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.50%	10th

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Roane County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    136,299	38th	0.7%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	52,258	20th	1.3%
		Other Utilities			604,980	17,710	5th	2.9%
		Recreation			1,084,915	11,941	23rd	1.1%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	7,414	46th	0.4%
		Community Development			374,527	6,878	11th	1.8%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	6,282	9th	3.2%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	6,248	20th	0.2%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	6,100	7th	1.6%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	4,000	43rd	0.3%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	2,235	51st	0.1%
		Public Buildings			441,686	2,000	27th	0.5%
		Solid Waste			40,152	250	19th	0.6%
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		Fire Protection			218,982	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Telecommunications			24,300	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    259,614	31st	0.7%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Roane County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	80.9%	21st	-0.9%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	17.2%	21st	-5.2%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	66.7%	16th	-0.4%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	13.2%	17th	-2.7%
	*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	Roane County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	0
		Public			14	0
		Private			63	0
	Other Public Institutions				94	2
		Community Colleges			13	1
		Technology Centers			27	1
		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	3,370
		Community Colleges			69,816	3,106
		Technology Centers			12,237	264
		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	Roane County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	7,293
		Percent of Statewide			0.8%
	1999-2010			892,270	7,279
		Percent of Statewide			0.8%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	14
	Percent Change			6.3%	0.2%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	45.9%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	39.2%
	Special Education			14.5%	17.0%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	6.9%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Roane County
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	0.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	15
	1999-2000			16	22
	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%	99.1%
		1998-1999		96.4%	96.4%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	5.2%
		1998-1999		14.8%	10.4%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Roane County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$8,022
		Percent of Statewide			98.6%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,517
		Percent of Statewide			100.8%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,505
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$45,551
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$34,574
		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%	51.4%
		Federal		13.5%	12.6%
		Local		39.3%	36.0%
		System Rank for Percent Local			31st
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	55.3%
		Federal		9.1%	10.3%
		Local		43.3%	34.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			46th
				Statewide	Roane County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,686	14th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				90.5%

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