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
Robertson County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Robertson County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	476	43rd	1.2%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	227,298	11th	2.1%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	233,312	52nd	2.1%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,408	13th	1.8%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	161	25th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	66,283	20th	1.0%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	54,433	22nd	1.0%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	11,850	13th	1.8%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	21.8%	10th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	139	20th	90.4%
		2000 Census			138	114	20th	82.8%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	22,979	24th	0.6%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	15,824	27th	0.5%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	45.2%	21st
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	42.2%	28th	-21.4%
		1990 Census			60.9%	38.1%	30th	-22.8%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	38	83rd
		2000 Census			36	35	81st
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	26.3%	7th	6.8%
			18-24		6.9%	6.5%	51st	-0.4%
			24-44		33.2%	32.5%	17th	-0.7%
			45-64		27.0%	25.6%	79th	-1.3%
			65 & over		13.4%	11.3%	87th	-2.2%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	26.8%	7th	2.2%
			18-24		9.6%	8.5%	44th	-1.2%
			25-44		30.2%	31.4%	10th	1.2%
			45-64		23.2%	22.5%	81st	-0.7%
			65 & over		12.4%	10.8%	87th	-1.5%
	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	Robertson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	97.0	11th	102.0%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	7.9	30th	86.8%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	4.3	50th	102.4%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Robertson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$30,570	25th	89.2%
		2000			$26,097	$25,333	12th	97.1%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	2.11%	87th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$50,539	9th	121.2%
		2000			$35,760	$44,369	6th	124.1%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.46%	41st
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	13.5%	8th	-3.70%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	15.6%	6th	-6.20%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	9.0%	6th	-4.47%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	10.9%	7th	-6.67%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	18.2%	22nd	-2.20%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	15.1%	18th	-2.68%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.6%	39th	-0.78%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.5%	36th	-0.97%
	*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	Robertson County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	16.6	51st	119.4%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	36.3%	21st	82.5%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	8.4%	24th	91.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	86.4	83rd	108.5%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	15.1	56th	111.0%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	0.5	4th	41.7%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	9.4	15th	98.9%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	267.7	44th	112.4%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	219.4	30th	102.9%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							7th
							23rd
							24th
					Tennessee	Robertson County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.6	48th	35.5%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	1.7	57th	40.5%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	45.9	52nd	99.8%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	3.3%	39th	-6.1%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Robertson County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	9.4%	16th	-0.8%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	3.6%	11th	-0.4%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	20.5%	11th	-8.5%
	* 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	16,630	24th	0.7%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	26.2%	18th	1.5%
		Local Government			10.9%	19.5%	13th	1.2%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	13.4%	23rd	0.7%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	8.0%	23rd	0.6%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	6.4%	21st	0.6%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	5.5%	28th	0.3%
		Construction			3.9%	4.8%	21st	0.8%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	4.3%	18th	0.6%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	2.3%	28th	0.4%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.8%	23rd	0.4%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	1.2%	18th	0.6%
		Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting			0.3%	1.0%	10th	2.2%
		Federal Government			2.0%	0.7%	39th	0.2%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	0.6%	26th	0.4%
	*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
								24th
								4th
								13th
								2nd
								20th
								65th
								54th
								57th
								42nd
								33rd
								16th
								5th
								45th
								8th
								16th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Robertson County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$620,415	12th	132.7%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$3,843	27th	113.8%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$82,028,000	5th	3.1%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$1,289	23rd	303.9%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Robertson County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$   129,179	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     51,288	39.7%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     46,293	35.8%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	4,994	3.9%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       8,732	6.8%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     69,160	53.5%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	34,873	27.0%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	8,050	6.2%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	26,237	20.3%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$1,326,236	23rd	0.9%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$20,009	37th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.61	19th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$467,628	9th	0.7%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$7,055	34th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Robertson County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    185,600	25th	1.0%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	56,000	6th	3.6%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	30,680	31st	0.8%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	24,055	3rd	6.2%
		Public Buildings			441,686	20,100	6th	4.6%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	15,622	24th	0.8%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	12,000	25th	0.6%
		Recreation			1,084,915	10,196	28th	0.9%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	6,000	21st	0.1%
		Other Utilities			604,980	3,350	13th	0.6%
		Community Development			374,527	3,300	18th	0.9%
		Fire Protection			218,982	1,810	17th	0.8%
		Storm Water			355,315	900	25th	0.3%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	500	60th	0.3%
		Solid Waste			40,152	75	26th	0.2%
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Telecommunications			24,300	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    370,188	21st	1.0%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Robertson County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	79.5%	30th	-2.3%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	14.0%	37th	-8.4%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	65.5%	17th	-1.6%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	9.6%	32nd	-6.3%
	*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	Robertson 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	Robertson County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	10,909
		Percent of Statewide			1.2%
	1999-2010			892,270	9,773
		Percent of Statewide			1.1%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	1,136
	Percent Change			6.3%	11.6%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	40.8%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	12.4%
	Special Education			14.5%	15.1%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.1%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Robertson 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	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%	98.9%
		1998-1999		96.4%	97.5%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	5.9%
		1998-1999		14.8%	17.2%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Robertson County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$6,901
		Percent of Statewide			84.9%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,946
		Percent of Statewide			90.3%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$1,955
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$41,354
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$33,782
		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%	58.8%
		Federal		13.5%	10.5%
		Local		39.3%	30.7%
		System Rank for Percent Local			54th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	53.5%
		Federal		9.1%	7.7%
		Local		43.3%	38.8%
		System Rank for Percent Local			79th
				Statewide	Robertson County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,100	34th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				70.8%

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