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
Rutherford County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Rutherford County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	619	8th	1.5%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	164,411	22nd	1.5%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	200,097	84th	1.8%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,525	11th	1.9%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	108	67th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	262,604	5th	4.1%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	182,023	5th	3.2%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	80,581	1st	12.3%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	44.3%	2nd
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	424	5th	275.6%
		2000 Census			138	294	5th	213.1%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	137,004	5th	3.8%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	65,963	7th	2.2%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	107.7%	7th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	75.3%	5th	11.7%
		1990 Census			60.9%	55.6%	12th	-5.3%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	32	94th
		2000 Census			36	31	94th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	26.1%	8th	6.6%
			18-24		6.9%	7.8%	6th	0.9%
			24-44		33.2%	39.1%	4th	6.0%
			45-64		27.0%	21.7%	94th	-5.3%
			65 & over		13.4%	8.1%	95th	-5.3%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	26.4%	9th	1.8%
			18-24		9.6%	13.2%	5th	3.5%
			25-44		30.2%	33.5%	5th	3.3%
			45-64		23.2%	19.4%	94th	-3.8%
			65 & over		12.4%	7.5%	95th	-4.9%
	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	Rutherford County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	97.6	7th	102.6%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	6.5	73rd	71.4%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	5.3	82nd	126.2%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Rutherford County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$30,386	26th	88.6%
		2000			$26,097	$26,624	8th	102.0%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	1.48%	93rd
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$53,983	4th	129.4%
		2000			$35,760	$47,801	3rd	133.7%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.36%	46th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	12.4%	7th	-4.80%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	12.3%	4th	-9.50%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	9.0%	5th	-4.49%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	8.5%	4th	-9.09%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	14.6%	11th	-5.75%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	12.1%	4th	-5.75%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.3%	22nd	-1.08%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.2%	12th	-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	Rutherford County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	17.1	52nd	123.0%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	38.0%	31st	86.4%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	8.4%	24th	91.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	84.4	81st	106.0%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	11.0	28th	80.9%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	1.2	11th	100.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	5.9	2nd	62.1%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	139.4	3rd	58.5%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	136.1	2nd	63.8%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							21st
							6th
							18th
					Tennessee	Rutherford County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	1.2	20th	67.0%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	1.5	62nd	35.7%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	45.7	53rd	99.2%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	6.0%	24th	-3.4%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Rutherford County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	9.2%	13th	-1.0%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	3.1%	3rd	-0.9%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	31.0%	52nd	2.0%
	* 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	93,941	5th	3.7%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	18.0%	4th	5.7%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	12.2%	6th	3.7%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	9.7%	6th	3.9%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	8.7%	8th	2.5%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	8.7%	5th	4.8%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	4.4%	5th	3.5%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	4.2%	5th	3.2%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	3.4%	6th	3.1%
		Construction			3.9%	3.4%	7th	3.2%
		Information			1.7%	3.0%	5th	6.3%
		Federal Government			2.0%	2.8%	5th	5.0%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	2.4%	9th	2.1%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	2.0%	7th	2.8%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	1.0%	6th	3.0%
	*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
								5th
								13th
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								16th
								6th
								9th
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								26th
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								29th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Rutherford County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$493,027	26th	105.5%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$4,573	16th	135.4%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$24,460,000	41st	0.9%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$101	86th	23.8%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Rutherford County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$   519,224	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$   153,733	29.6%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$   142,205	27.4%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	11,528	2.2%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$     26,321	5.1%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$   339,170	65.3%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	154,199	29.7%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	43,788	8.4%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	141,184	27.2%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$6,034,178	6th	4.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$22,978	22nd
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.47	26th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$2,632,244	3rd	4.1%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$10,024	14th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Rutherford County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Non K-12 Education			$   4,096,971	$    533,264	3rd	13.0%
		Transportation			18,890,537	330,042	14th	1.7%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	322,749	2nd	8.1%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	106,000	4th	6.8%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	78,830	4th	4.2%
		Public Buildings			441,686	76,805	2nd	17.4%
		Recreation			1,084,915	72,158	5th	6.7%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	19,097	20th	1.0%
		Business District Development			954,871	3,850	11th	0.4%
		Other Utilities			604,980	2,300	18th	0.4%
		Community Development			374,527	1,218	29th	0.3%
		Fire Protection			218,982	750	31st	0.3%
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	650	17th	0.2%
		School System-wide Need			112,243	180	12th	0.2%
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	-	-	-
		Solid Waste			40,152	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Telecommunications			24,300	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$  1,547,893	5th	4.1%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Rutherford County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	87.5%	4th	5.7%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	26.4%	7th	4.0%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	73.9%	6th	6.8%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	18.7%	7th	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	Rutherford County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	1
		Public			14	1
		Private			63	0
	Other Public Institutions				94	1
		Community Colleges			13	0
		Technology Centers			27	1
		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	28,707
		Public			151,344	28,707
		Private			91,256	0
	Other Public Institutions*				129,651	959
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	389
		Two-Year Private Institutions			13,088	570
		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	Rutherford County	Murfreesboro City
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	37,238	6,903
		Percent of Statewide			3.9%	0.7%
	1999-2010			892,270	24,991	5,644
		Percent of Statewide			2.8%	0.6%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	12,248	1,259
	Percent Change			6.3%	49.0%	22.3%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	50.8%	85.1%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	14.2%	11.1%
	Special Education			14.5%	13.8%	10.7%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	4.2%	5.1%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Rutherford County	Murfreesboro City
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	16	14.7
	1999-2000			16	23	15.4
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(7)	(1)
	*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%	96.6%
		1998-1999		96.4%	97.1%	97.0%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	n/a	5.1%
		1998-1999		14.8%	n/a	21.5%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Rutherford County	Murfreesboro City
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,131	$8,108
		Percent of Statewide			87.7%	99.7%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,147	$5,534
		Percent of Statewide			94.0%	101.1%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$1,984	$2,573
	Percent Change			48.5%		46.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$44,483	$47,311
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	103.8%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$36,248	$37,352
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%	102.8%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0	$9,959
	Percent Change			25.5%		26.7%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	52.2%	44.5%
		Federal		13.5%	9.0%	12.7%
		Local		39.3%	38.8%	42.8%
		System Rank for Percent Local			25th	21st
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	62.2%	52.8%
		Federal		9.1%	5.0%	5.7%
		Local		43.3%	32.8%	41.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			31st	18th
				Statewide	Rutherford County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,579	19th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				86.9%

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