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
Sequatchie County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Sequatchie County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	266	81st	0.6%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	28,675	94th	0.3%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	24,832	10th	0.2%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	232	92nd	0.3%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	124	56th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	14,112	78th	0.2%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	11,370	83rd	0.2%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	2,742	36th	0.4%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	24.1%	8th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	53	78th	34.5%
		2000 Census			138	43	80th	31.0%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	0	71st	0.0%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	3,731	63rd	0.1%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	-100.0%	69th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	0.0%	71st	-63.6%
		1990 Census			60.9%	42.1%	27th	-18.8%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	41	53rd
		2000 Census			36	37	59th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	24.4%	27th	4.9%
			18-24		6.9%	6.8%	28th	-0.1%
			24-44		33.2%	29.9%	49th	-3.3%
			45-64		27.0%	27.0%	57th	0.0%
			65 & over		13.4%	14.3%	58th	0.8%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	24.6%	32nd	0.0%
			18-24		9.6%	8.4%	47th	-1.2%
			25-44		30.2%	30.0%	26th	-0.2%
			45-64		23.2%	24.8%	48th	1.6%
			65 & over		12.4%	12.3%	75th	-0.1%
	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	Sequatchie County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	98.6	6th	103.7%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	9.0	13th	98.9%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	5.1	78th	121.4%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Sequatchie County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$28,547	44th	83.3%
		2000			$26,097	$19,176	67th	73.5%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	4.52%	7th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$37,810	39th	90.6%
		2000			$35,760	$31,573	50th	88.3%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	2.02%	11th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	17.7%	33rd	0.50%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	26.7%	64th	4.90%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	16.5%	71st	3.05%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	21.5%	73rd	3.86%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	28.1%	75th	7.72%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	24.1%	72nd	6.26%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	2.3%	71st	-0.13%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	2.1%	63rd	-0.33%
	*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	Sequatchie County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	12.7	31st	91.4%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	42.4%	46th	96.4%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	12.9%	53rd	140.2%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	65.1	34th	81.8%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	16.9	62nd	124.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	4.7	23rd	391.7%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	10.5	24th	110.5%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	179.9	8th	75.5%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	337.3	92nd	158.1%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							33rd
							29th
							46th
					Tennessee	Sequatchie County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.3	86th	16.4%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	-	n/a	n/a
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	60.9	24th	132.4%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	-	n/a	n/a

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Sequatchie County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	8.9%	9th	-1.3%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	3.9%	25th	-0.1%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	23.5%	21st	-5.4%
	* 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	2,116	81st	0.1%
		Local Government			10.9%	25.3%	58th	0.2%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	17.0%	74th	0.1%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	10.9%	62nd	0.1%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	10.6%	47th	0.1%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	7.7%	44th	0.1%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	7.1%	59th	0.1%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	5.2%	89th	0.0%
		State Government			3.5%	2.7%	24th	0.1%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	2.6%	57th	0.0%
		Construction			3.9%	1.8%	76th	0.0%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.2%	72nd	0.0%
		Federal Government			2.0%	0.7%	79th	0.0%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.5%	61st	0.0%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	0.4%	60th	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
								9th
								77th
								75th
								59th
								40th
								81st
								57th
								45th
								43rd
								27th
								79th
								13th
								70th
								65th
								68th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Sequatchie County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$418,376	56th	89.5%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$3,385	47th	100.2%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$4,943,000	85th	0.2%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$367	65th	86.6%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Sequatchie County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     27,726	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     14,316	51.6%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     11,368	41.0%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	2,948	10.6%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       3,061	11.0%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     10,349	37.3%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	5,715	20.6%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	2,082	7.5%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	2,552	9.2%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$292,604	73rd	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$20,734	29th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.04	59th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$76,531	14th	0.1%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$5,423	58th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.25%	9th

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Sequatchie County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$      21,191	85th	0.1%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	8,065	70th	0.2%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	2,486	67th	0.1%
		School System-wide Need			112,243	1,100	8th	1.0%
		Public Buildings			441,686	200	66th	0.0%
		Recreation			1,084,915	150	90th	0.0%
		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	-	34th	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		Fire Protection			218,982	-	-	-
		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	$      33,192	91st	0.1%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Sequatchie County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	75.6%	53rd	-6.2%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	16.8%	23rd	-5.6%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	51.4%	73rd	-15.6%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	7.6%	56th	-8.3%
	*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	Sequatchie 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	Sequatchie County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	2,277
		Percent of Statewide			0.2%
	1999-2010			892,270	1,800
		Percent of Statewide			0.2%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	477
	Percent Change			6.3%	26.5%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	59.6%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	71.4%
	Special Education			14.5%	20.6%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Sequatchie 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%	98.8%
		1998-1999		96.4%	97.2%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	5.7%
		1998-1999		14.8%	7.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Sequatchie County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$6,829
		Percent of Statewide			84.0%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,374
		Percent of Statewide			79.9%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,455
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$41,460
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$29,774
		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%	59.8%
		Federal		13.5%	15.7%
		Local		39.3%	24.6%
		System Rank for Percent Local			71st
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	53.9%
		Federal		9.1%	11.7%
		Local		43.3%	34.4%
		System Rank for Percent Local			75th
				Statewide	Sequatchie County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,555	63rd
	Percent of Statewide Figure				52.4%

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