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
Unicoi County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Unicoi County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	186	90th	0.5%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	4,742	95th	0.0%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	11,292	94th	0.1%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	86	94th	0.1%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	55	95th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	18,313	70th	0.3%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	17,667	69th	0.3%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	646	71st	0.1%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	3.7%	69th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	98	70th	63.9%
		2000 Census			138	95	71st	68.8%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	9,580	47th	0.3%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	5,015	55th	0.2%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	91.0%	10th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	54.2%	20th	-9.4%
		1990 Census			60.9%	30.3%	40th	-30.6%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	45	6th
		2000 Census			36	42	4th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	19.7%	91st	0.2%
			18-24		6.9%	5.4%	93rd	-1.5%
			24-44		33.2%	27.8%	82nd	-5.4%
			45-64		27.0%	29.2%	14th	2.2%
			65 & over		13.4%	19.2%	4th	5.7%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	20.5%	93rd	-4.1%
			18-24		9.6%	7.5%	86th	-2.2%
			25-44		30.2%	27.5%	72nd	-2.7%
			45-64		23.2%	26.5%	9th	3.3%
			65 & over		12.4%	18.1%	4th	5.7%
	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	Unicoi County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	95.9	8th	100.8%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	7.0	56th	76.9%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	3.7	32nd	88.1%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Unicoi County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$30,116	29th	87.9%
		2000			$26,097	$21,623	44th	82.9%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.75%	26th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$35,579	51st	85.3%
		2000			$35,760	$31,105	59th	87.0%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.50%	39th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	19.3%	52nd	2.10%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	25.2%	51st	3.40%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	13.1%	29th	-0.43%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	17.7%	43rd	0.14%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	20.8%	38th	0.42%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	19.5%	42nd	1.70%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	2.1%	62nd	-0.29%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	2.0%	58th	-0.48%
	*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	Unicoi County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	10.1	7th	72.7%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	31.7%	8th	72.0%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	5.0%	3rd	54.3%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	60.4	16th	75.9%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	5.1	5th	37.5%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	2.1	16th	175.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	13.1	47th	137.9%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	326.7	71st	137.2%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	332.3	90th	155.8%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
					Tennessee	Unicoi County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.8	32nd	46.7%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	2.7	43rd	64.3%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	85.7	12th	186.2%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	1.2%	67th	-8.2%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Unicoi County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	11.3%	42nd	1.1%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	7.0%	90th	3.0%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	22.2%	16th	-6.7%
	* 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	4,918	63rd	0.2%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	34.0%	45th	0.6%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	9.2%	69th	0.1%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	9.0%	36th	0.1%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	7.1%	54th	0.1%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	5.1%	44th	0.1%
		Construction			3.9%	2.7%	59th	0.1%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	2.6%	63rd	0.1%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.9%	45th	0.2%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.3%	62nd	0.1%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	1.2%	39th	0.2%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	0.8%	59th	0.0%
		Information			1.7%	0.7%	51st	0.1%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.2%	63rd	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
								21st
								12th
								18th
								4th
								16th
								16th
								17th
								46th
								14th
								68th
								41st
								60th
								66th
								64th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Unicoi County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$398,631	64th	85.3%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$7,230	1st	214.0%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$1,296,000	95th	0.0%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$73	89th	17.3%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Unicoi County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     32,858	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     15,126	46.0%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     12,720	38.7%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	2,406	7.3%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       3,519	10.7%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     14,213	43.3%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	7,485	22.8%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	3,067	9.3%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	3,661	11.1%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$342,372	64th	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$18,696	48th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.43	28th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$92,719	7th	0.1%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$5,063	60th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Unicoi County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$      29,874	82nd	0.2%
		Community Development			374,527	20,050	3rd	5.4%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	15,625	22nd	1.0%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	12,514	57th	0.3%
		Recreation			1,084,915	5,649	39th	0.5%
		Public Buildings			441,686	4,000	18th	0.9%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	3,450	20th	1.8%
		Other Facilities			31,137	2,000	3rd	6.4%
		Business District Development			954,871	1,200	17th	0.1%
		Storm Water			355,315	410	30th	0.1%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	262	86th	0.0%
		Fire Protection			218,982	250	47th	0.1%
		Solid Waste			40,152	200	22nd	0.5%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	-	-
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	-	-	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Telecommunications			24,300	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$      95,484	78th	0.3%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Unicoi County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	73.5%	64th	-8.2%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	11.9%	52nd	-10.5%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	59.6%	36th	-7.4%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	9.5%	34th	-6.5%
	*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	Unicoi 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	Unicoi County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	2,583
		Percent of Statewide			0.3%
	1999-2010			892,270	2,469
		Percent of Statewide			0.3%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	114
	Percent Change			6.3%	4.6%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	74.4%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	35.1%
	Special Education			14.5%	18.4%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	2.3%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Unicoi County
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	16
	1999-2000			16	22
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(6)
	*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%	98.0%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	5.2%
		1998-1999		14.8%	26.6%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Unicoi County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,158
		Percent of Statewide			88.0%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,282
		Percent of Statewide			96.5%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$1,877
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,460
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,667
		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%	62.0%
		Federal		13.5%	16.0%
		Local		39.3%	22.0%
		System Rank for Percent Local			92nd
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	58.0%
		Federal		9.1%	11.7%
		Local		43.3%	30.4%
		System Rank for Percent Local			97th
				Statewide	Unicoi County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,034	36th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				68.5%

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