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
Wayne County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Wayne County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	734	2nd	1.8%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	115,307	43rd	1.1%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	125,092	67th	1.1%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	646	52nd	0.8%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	178	17th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	17,021	74th	0.3%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	16,842	72nd	0.3%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	179	80th	0.0%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	1.1%	81st
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	23	74th	15.1%
		2000 Census			138	23	73rd	16.6%
	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	41	50th
		2000 Census			36	37	50th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	21.3%	78th	1.8%
			18-24		6.9%	6.3%	65th	-0.6%
			24-44		33.2%	34.1%	11th	0.9%
			45-64		27.0%	26.2%	71st	-0.8%
			65 & over		13.4%	14.8%	51st	1.3%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	21.4%	90th	-3.2%
			18-24		9.6%	9.1%	24th	-0.5%
			25-44		30.2%	31.7%	8th	1.5%
			45-64		23.2%	24.2%	59th	1.0%
			65 & over		12.4%	13.6%	54th	1.2%
	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	Wayne County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	123.4	1st	129.7%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	8.6	17th	94.5%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	4.7	61st	111.9%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Wayne County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$21,281	93rd	62.1%
		2000			$26,097	$14,943	93rd	57.3%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	4.01%	18th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$32,562	75th	78.1%
		2000			$35,760	$26,809	85th	75.0%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	2.18%	5th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	23.0%	81st	5.80%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	26.6%	62nd	4.80%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	16.3%	69th	2.82%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	18.6%	53rd	1.02%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	22.4%	51st	1.99%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	18.8%	38th	1.02%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.1%	6th	-1.36%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.0%	7th	-1.46%
	*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	Wayne County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	9.5	6th	68.3%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	37.9%	30th	86.1%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	6.2%	9th	67.4%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	58.7	14th	73.7%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	6.6	8th	48.5%
		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	10.4	23rd	109.5%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	334.6	74th	140.5%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	228.9	40th	107.3%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							36th
							21st
					Tennessee	Wayne County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.5	58th	30.0%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	4.7	17th	111.9%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	59.7	26th	129.7%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	2.0%	55th	-7.4%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Wayne County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	13.2%	71st	3.0%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	8.4%	94th	4.4%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	25.7%	34th	-3.2%
	* 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	3,628	70th	0.1%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	15.3%	70th	0.2%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	10.7%	72nd	0.1%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	9.6%	43rd	0.1%
		Construction			3.9%	1.2%	74th	0.0%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	1.2%	69th	0.1%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	0.8%	41st	0.0%
		Federal Government			2.0%	0.8%	74th	0.1%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	0.4%	51st	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
								87th
								26th
								85th
								66th
								89th
								55th
								45th
								91st
								55th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Wayne County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$393,113	67th	84.1%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$2,202	92nd	65.2%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$12,551,000	63rd	0.5%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$757	39th	178.6%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Wayne County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     32,030	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     18,188	56.8%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     14,256	44.5%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	3,933	12.3%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       4,057	12.7%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$       9,785	30.5%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	4,456	13.9%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	1,973	6.2%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	3,356	10.5%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$263,390	75th	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$15,474	72nd
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.64	83rd
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$56,659	5th	0.1%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$3,329	82nd
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Wayne County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$      76,677	61st	0.4%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	37,840	8th	2.0%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	35,231	24th	0.9%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	3,789	53rd	0.2%
		Community Development			374,527	2,300	21st	0.6%
		Public Buildings			441,686	1,200	42nd	0.3%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	900	53rd	0.5%
		Recreation			1,084,915	465	85th	0.0%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	50th	-
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	46th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	28th	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	-	-	-
		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	$    158,402	52nd	0.4%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Wayne County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	74.0%	58th	-7.8%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	7.9%	88th	-14.5%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	51.0%	76th	-16.0%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	5.0%	89th	-11.0%
	*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	Wayne 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	Wayne County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	2,398
		Percent of Statewide			0.3%
	1999-2010			892,270	2,683
		Percent of Statewide			0.3%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(285)
	Percent Change			6.3%	-10.6%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	54.9%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	43.5%
	Special Education			14.5%	17.5%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	3.7%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Wayne County
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	80.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	12
	1999-2000			16	22
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(10)
	*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%	97.5%
		1998-1999		96.4%	93.4%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	5.6%
		1998-1999		14.8%	14.3%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Wayne County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$8,141
		Percent of Statewide			100.1%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,958
		Percent of Statewide			90.6%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$3,183
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,032
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,077
		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%	68.9%
		Federal		13.5%	17.5%
		Local		39.3%	13.7%
		System Rank for Percent Local			129th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	49.2%
		Federal		9.1%	11.7%
		Local		43.3%	39.1%
		System Rank for Percent Local			127th
				Statewide	Wayne County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$941	89th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				31.7%

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