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
Weakley County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Weakley County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	580	17th	1.4%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	255,550	4th	2.3%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	204,146	4th	1.8%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,214	18th	1.5%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	211	12th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	35,021	43rd	0.6%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	34,895	41st	0.6%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	126	82nd	0.0%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	0.4%	85th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	60	43rd	39.2%
		2000 Census			138	60	43rd	43.6%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	10,031	44th	0.3%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	8,775	39th	0.3%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	14.3%	38th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	28.7%	49th	-34.9%
		1990 Census			60.9%	27.4%	43rd	-33.4%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	37	85th
		2000 Census			36	35	86th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	20.4%	87th	0.9%
			18-24		6.9%	9.1%	2nd	2.2%
			24-44		33.2%	33.9%	13th	0.7%
			45-64		27.0%	25.4%	82nd	-1.6%
			65 & over		13.4%	15.1%	41st	1.7%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	21.6%	86th	-2.9%
			18-24		9.6%	15.9%	1st	6.3%
			25-44		30.2%	26.1%	90th	-4.1%
			45-64		23.2%	21.9%	86th	-1.3%
			65 & over		12.4%	14.5%	35th	2.1%
	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	Weakley County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	96.1	2nd	101.0%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	6.2	85th	68.1%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	3.8	35th	90.5%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Weakley County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$28,998	37th	84.6%
		2000			$26,097	$20,530	53rd	78.7%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.91%	21st
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$34,767	53rd	83.3%
		2000			$35,760	$31,194	56th	87.2%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.21%	60th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	20.8%	66th	3.60%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	23.1%	38th	1.30%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	16.0%	68th	2.56%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	16.8%	35th	-0.76%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	21.5%	46th	1.13%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	18.8%	37th	0.97%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.4%	24th	-1.07%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.3%	25th	-1.14%
	*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	Weakley County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	10.7	11th	77.0%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	39.8%	34th	90.5%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	8.6%	26th	93.5%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	54.7	6th	68.7%
		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	1.0	9th	83.3%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	11.1	29th	116.8%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	235.5	27th	98.9%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	274.2	69th	128.6%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
					Tennessee	Weakley County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.7	42nd	38.2%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	4.2	25th	100.0%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	89.8	9th	195.1%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	2.5%	49th	-6.9%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Weakley County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	12.8%	67th	2.6%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	5.1%	62nd	1.1%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	34.0%	64th	5.1%
	* 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	9,585	40th	0.4%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	10.9%	48th	0.3%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	9.4%	64th	0.3%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	6.5%	42nd	0.3%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	6.1%	22nd	0.5%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	4.3%	35th	0.2%
		Transportation and Warehousing			4.8%	4.2%	18th	0.3%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	2.2%	48th	0.2%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	2.0%	34th	0.3%
		Construction			3.9%	1.8%	54th	0.2%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.4%	31st	0.3%
		Information			1.7%	1.3%	28th	0.3%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.7%	31st	0.2%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	0.3%	51st	0.1%
	*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
								13th
								32nd
								23rd
								59th
								78th
								6th
								60th
								42nd
								71st
								42nd
								81st
								69th
								69th
								67th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Weakley County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$532,829	18th	114.0%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$2,531	81st	74.9%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$75,021,000	8th	2.9%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$2,258	12th	532.4%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Weakley County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     61,971	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     26,793	43.2%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     22,574	36.4%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	4,219	6.8%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       6,365	10.3%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     28,813	46.5%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	10,314	16.6%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	5,935	9.6%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	12,565	20.3%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$472,112	52nd	0.3%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$13,481	89th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$2.06	55th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$178,708	3rd	0.3%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$5,103	59th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.75%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Weakley County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Non K-12 Education			$   4,096,971	$    138,526	9th	3.4%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	8,245	39th	0.4%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	3,913	83rd	0.1%
		Transportation			18,890,537	3,411	94th	0.0%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	1,900	34th	1.0%
		Fire Protection			218,982	1,300	20th	0.6%
		Public Buildings			441,686	1,250	39th	0.3%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	1,090	59th	0.1%
		Storm Water			355,315	1,000	21st	0.3%
		Recreation			1,084,915	964	78th	0.1%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	46th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	-	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	-	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		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	$    161,599	50th	0.4%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Weakley County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	80.4%	23rd	-1.4%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	18.7%	18th	-3.7%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	56.9%	48th	-10.2%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	10.3%	29th	-5.7%
	*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	Weakley County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	1
		Public			14	1
		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	7,442
		Public			151,344	7,442
		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	Weakley County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	4,662
		Percent of Statewide			0.5%
	1999-2010			892,270	4,985
		Percent of Statewide			0.6%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(323)
	Percent Change			6.3%	-6.5%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	60.3%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	66.9%
	Special Education			14.5%	15.9%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Weakley County
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	0.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	15
	1999-2000			16	22
	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%	98.3%
		1998-1999		96.4%	95.8%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	8.0%
		1998-1999		14.8%	5.7%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Weakley County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$7,416
		Percent of Statewide			91.2%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,708
		Percent of Statewide			86.0%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,709
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$40,079
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,424
		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%	62.7%
		Federal		13.5%	15.1%
		Local		39.3%	22.2%
		System Rank for Percent Local			90th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	28.4%
		Federal		9.1%	8.4%
		Local		43.3%	63.2%
		System Rank for Percent Local			76th
				Statewide	Weakley County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,885	39th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				63.5%

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