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
White County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	White County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	377	60th	0.9%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	131,652	33rd	1.2%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	123,792	24th	1.1%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	1,035	28th	1.3%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	127	54th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	25,841	58th	0.4%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	23,102	58th	0.4%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	2,739	37th	0.4%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	11.9%	25th
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	69	58th	44.6%
		2000 Census			138	61	58th	44.4%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	4,080	58th	0.1%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	4,681	57th	0.2%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	-12.8%	65th
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	17.7%	63rd	-45.9%
		1990 Census			60.9%	23.3%	56th	-37.6%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	42	31st
		2000 Census			36	39	23rd
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	23.2%	44th	3.7%
			18-24		6.9%	6.3%	65th	-0.6%
			24-44		33.2%	29.1%	63rd	-4.0%
			45-64		27.0%	27.2%	52nd	0.2%
			65 & over		13.4%	16.2%	28th	2.7%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	23.5%	52nd	-1.0%
			18-24		9.6%	7.9%	75th	-1.8%
			25-44		30.2%	27.9%	64th	-2.3%
			45-64		23.2%	25.4%	35th	2.2%
			65 & over		12.4%	15.3%	22nd	2.9%
	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	White County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	95.8	3rd	100.7%
	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	4.8	65th	114.3%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	White County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$23,149	88th	67.5%
		2000			$26,097	$18,902	71st	72.4%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	2.28%	84th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$33,150	67th	79.5%
		2000			$35,760	$30,007	68th	83.9%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	1.11%	67th
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	18.9%	48th	1.70%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	25.3%	53rd	3.50%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	14.3%	43rd	0.78%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	16.9%	36th	-0.75%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	21.7%	48th	1.31%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	20.8%	50th	2.97%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.3%	18th	-1.10%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.2%	16th	-1.27%
	*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	White County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	13.3	37th	95.7%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	40.6%	39th	92.3%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	9.1%	31st	98.9%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	73.4	60th	92.2%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	13.3	46th	97.8%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	1.3	12th	108.3%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	12.2	40th	128.4%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	306.3	60th	128.6%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	314.3	86th	147.4%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							35th
							13th
							39th
					Tennessee	White County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.0	n/a	0.0%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	2.4	47th	57.1%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	53.6	35th	116.5%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	1.9%	57th	-7.5%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	White County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	12.2%	55th	2.0%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	4.7%	50th	0.7%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	27.7%	41st	-1.2%
	* 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	6,386	55th	0.2%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	28.6%	41st	0.6%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	12.1%	55th	0.3%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	11.6%	30th	0.2%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	6.2%	30th	0.3%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	5.7%	53rd	0.2%
		Construction			3.9%	2.7%	55th	0.2%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	1.9%	33rd	0.1%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	1.8%	64th	0.1%
		Federal Government			2.0%	1.0%	58th	0.1%
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			1.3%	0.5%	48th	0.1%
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			1.1%	0.3%	56	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
								6th
								86th
								65th
								74th
								16th
								55th
								41st
								60th
								49th
								40th
								46th
								56th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	White County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$417,998	57th	89.4%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$3,286	48th	97.3%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$23,197,000	44th	0.9%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$929	34th	219.1%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	White County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     45,726	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     23,330	51.0%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     19,317	42.2%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	4,013	8.8%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       5,212	11.4%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     17,183	37.6%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	7,371	16.1%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	4,009	8.8%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	5,803	12.7%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$392,967	56th	0.3%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$15,207	73rd
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.85	71st
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$147,350	3rd	0.2%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$5,702	52nd
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.25%	1st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	White County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$      63,931	65th	0.3%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	31,065	29th	0.8%
		Recreation			1,084,915	2,227	58th	0.2%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	2,130	53rd	0.1%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	2,000	31st	1.0%
		Other Utilities			604,980	638	23rd	0.1%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	50th	-
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	-	94th	-
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	-	46th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	28th	-
		Public Buildings			441,686	-	72nd	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		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	$    101,992	71st	0.3%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	White County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	72.4%	69th	-9.4%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	10.1%	68th	-12.3%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	53.2%	62nd	-13.8%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	7.6%	57th	-8.4%
	*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	White 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	White County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	3,981
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%
	1999-2010			892,270	3,813
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	168
	Percent Change			6.3%	4.4%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	10.8%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	45.8%
	Special Education			14.5%	19.3%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	0.7%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	White 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	15
	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%	99.8%
		1998-1999		96.4%	95.4%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	3.4%
		1998-1999		14.8%	11.4%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	White County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$6,654
		Percent of Statewide			81.8%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$4,263
		Percent of Statewide			77.9%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$2,391
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$41,885
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$31,370
		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%	65.6%
		Federal		13.5%	16.7%
		Local		39.3%	17.7%
		System Rank for Percent Local			115th
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	67.8%
		Federal		9.1%	10.7%
		Local		43.3%	21.5%
		System Rank for Percent Local			116th
				Statewide	White County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$1,372	69th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				46.2%

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