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
Union County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Union County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	224	86th	0.5%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	45,917	81st	0.4%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	49,452	64th	0.4%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	494	70th	0.6%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	93	77th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	19,109	66th	0.3%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	17,808	67th	0.3%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	1,301	56th	0.2%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	7.3%	47th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	85	66th	55.5%
		2000 Census			138	80	66th	57.7%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	0	71st	0.0%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	0	72nd	0.0%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	n/a	n/a
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	0.0%	71st	-63.6%
		1990 Census			60.9%	0.0%	72nd	-60.9%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	40	54th
		2000 Census			36	36	76th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	23.7%	37th	4.2%
			18-24		6.9%	6.5%	51st	-0.4%
			24-44		33.2%	30.6%	37th	-2.6%
			45-64		27.0%	27.9%	41st	0.9%
			65 & over		13.4%	13.2%	72nd	-0.2%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	25.7%	21st	1.1%
			18-24		9.6%	8.9%	28th	-0.8%
			25-44		30.2%	31.0%	16th	0.8%
			45-64		23.2%	23.6%	66th	0.4%
			65 & over		12.4%	10.8%	86th	-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	Union County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	99.4	3rd	104.5%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	8.4	19th	92.3%
	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	Union County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$23,447	86th	68.4%
		2000			$26,097	$17,492	86th	67.0%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.31%	48th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$32,810	71st	78.7%
		2000			$35,760	$28,463	81st	79.6%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.59%	31st
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	23.1%	82nd	5.90%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	29.8%	80th	8.00%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	19.6%	85th	6.14%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	25.1%	86th	7.52%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	25.0%	64th	4.58%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	25.2%	79th	7.43%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.9%	51st	-0.58%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.7%	45th	-0.79%
	*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	Union County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	12.6	30th	90.6%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	37.1%	25th	84.3%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	12.9%	53rd	140.2%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	63.0	26th	79.1%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	8.6	12th	63.2%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	-		0.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	8.3	7th	87.4%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	192.9	12th	81.0%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	177.7	9th	83.3%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
					Tennessee	Union County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.3	80th	17.5%
		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	31.6	88th	68.6%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	-	n/a	n/a

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Union County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	10.6%	30th	0.4%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	3.9%	25th	-0.1%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	38.5%	76th	9.5%
	* 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	2,576	77th	0.1%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	27.0%	68th	0.2%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	14.0%	73rd	0.1%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	8.4%	49th	0.1%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	3.8%	67th	0.0%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	2.0%	57th	0.0%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	1.9%	36th	0.0%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	1.5%	48th	0.1%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	1.4%	62nd	0.0%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.1%	74th	0.1%
		0			0.0%	0.0%	0	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
								16th
								90th
								37th
								58th
								35th
								15th
								64th
								44th
								64th
								50th
								0th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Union County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$340,540	88th	72.9%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$3,664	34th	108.5%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$4,097,000	91st	0.2%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$216	76th	51.0%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Union County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     43,945	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     19,251	43.8%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     16,024	36.5%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	3,228	7.3%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       5,667	12.9%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     19,027	43.3%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	5,987	13.6%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	1,806	4.1%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	11,234	25.6%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$351,989	62nd	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$18,420	50th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.79	76th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$61,734	7th	0.1%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$3,231	83rd
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.25%	6th

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Union County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$      85,338	56th	0.5%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	5,700	42nd	0.4%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	3,556	86th	0.1%
		Recreation			1,084,915	1,886	63rd	0.2%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	1,200	47th	0.6%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	715	81st	0.0%
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	450	22nd	0.1%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	50th	-
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	-	76th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	28th	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	34th	-
		Public Buildings			441,686	-	-	-
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		Fire Protection			218,982	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Solid Waste			40,152	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Telecommunications			24,300	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$      98,845	74th	0.3%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Union County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	65.6%	91st	-16.2%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	6.9%	93rd	-15.5%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	45.6%	90th	-21.5%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	4.5%	93rd	-11.5%
	*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	Union 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	Union County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	2,970
		Percent of Statewide			0.3%
	1999-2010			892,270	3,006
		Percent of Statewide			0.3%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(36)
	Percent Change			6.3%	-1.2%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	62.6%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	46.4%
	Special Education			14.5%	16.3%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	3.3%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Union 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	13
	1999-2000			16	21
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(8)
	*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%	99.4%
		1998-1999		96.4%	98.6%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	14.5%
		1998-1999		14.8%	13.6%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Union County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$8,306
		Percent of Statewide			102.1%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,090
		Percent of Statewide			93.0%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$3,217
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,922
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$30,734
		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%	64.9%
		Federal		13.5%	20.1%
		Local		39.3%	15.0%
		System Rank for Percent Local			127th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	72.3%
		Federal		9.1%	10.2%
		Local		43.3%	17.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			131st
				Statewide	Union County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$833	92nd
	Percent of Statewide Figure				28.1%

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