Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
1,316,474 |
3,274,549 |
4,591,023 |
| 1990 |
1,348,082 |
3,529,103 |
4,877,185 |
| 2000 |
1,566,995 |
4,122,288 |
5,689,283 |
| 2008 (latest estimates) |
1,658,674 |
4,556,214 |
6,214,888 |
More information on Tennessee population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
26,027 |
35,671 |
33,083 |
| 2007 |
26,141 |
36,043 |
33,395 |
| Percent change |
0.9 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
32,889 |
46,175 |
43,248 |
| 2007 |
32,242 |
45,994 |
42,998 |
| Percent change |
-3.9 |
-0.8 |
-1.2 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
19.3 |
15.3 |
16.5 |
| 1989 |
18.3 |
14.7 |
15.7 |
| 1999 |
15.5 |
12.7 |
13.5 |
| 2007 (latest model-based estimates) |
18.1 |
14.9 |
15.8 |
More information on Tennessee poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
54.8 |
39.3 |
43.8 |
| 1990 |
43.3 |
28.9 |
32.9 |
| 2000 |
31.8 |
21.1 |
24.1 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
30.0 |
32.4 |
31.7 |
| 1990 |
32.4 |
29.1 |
30.0 |
| 2000 |
37.4 |
29.3 |
31.6 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
7.9 |
13.5 |
11.9 |
| 1990 |
15.3 |
23.3 |
21.1 |
| 2000 |
19.8 |
26.7 |
24.8 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
7.5 |
14.7 |
12.6 |
| 1990 |
9.0 |
18.7 |
16.0 |
| 2000 |
11.0 |
22.9 |
19.6 |
More information on Tennessee education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Employment
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Total number of jobs |
| 2006 |
815,142 |
2,884,053 |
3,699,195 |
| 2007 |
815,902 |
2,930,108 |
3,746,010 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2007 |
6.1 |
4.4 |
4.8 |
| 2008 |
8.0 |
5.9 |
6.4 |
More information on Tennessee unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429
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| Percent employment change |
| 2005-2006 |
2.0 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
| 2006-2007 |
-0.1 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
| 2007-2008 |
-1.6 |
-0.5 |
-0.7 |
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Farm Characteristics
| 1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1997 |
2002 |
2007 |
| Approximate total land area (acres) |
26,380,477 |
26,378,957 |
26,383,003 |
| Total farmland (acres) |
11,986,258 |
11,681,533 |
10,969,798 |
| Percent of total land area |
45.4 |
44.3 |
41.6 |
| |
| Cropland (acres) |
7,451,482 |
6,992,992 |
6,047,348 |
| Percent of total farmland |
62.2 |
59.9 |
55.1 |
| Percent in pasture |
34.6 |
29.5 |
19.7 |
| Percent irrigated |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
| |
| Harvested Cropland (acres) |
4,233,018 |
4,365,360 |
4,226,440 |
| |
| Woodland (acres) |
2,903,842 |
2,338,495 |
2,042,868 |
| Percent of total farmland |
24.2 |
20.0 |
18.6 |
| Percent in pasture |
36.0 |
36.4 |
37.7 |
| |
| Pastureland (acres) |
1,104,756 |
1,948,445 |
2,545,047 |
| Percent of total farmland |
9.2 |
16.7 |
23.2 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc. (acres) |
526,178 |
401,601 |
334,535 |
| Percent of total farmland |
4.4 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(acres) |
393,281 |
227,996 |
289,200 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
131 |
133 |
138 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
65.2 |
66.3 |
66.2 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
30.5 |
29.4 |
29.2 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
75.6 |
77.5 |
74.8 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
17.6 |
15.6 |
17.9 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
| More than $500,000 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
65,892 |
64,279 |
57,951 |
| Percent of total |
72.0 |
73.4 |
73.1 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
20,706 |
19,844 |
18,733 |
| Percent of total |
22.6 |
22.7 |
23.6 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
4,938 |
3,472 |
2,596 |
| Percent of total |
5.4 |
4.0 |
3.3 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
83,403 |
82,866 |
72,675 |
| Percent of total |
91.1 |
94.6 |
91.7 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
626 |
392 |
693 |
| Percent of total |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
7,031 |
3,996 |
5,568 |
| Percent of total |
7.7 |
4.6 |
7.0 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
143 |
60 |
172 |
| Percent of total |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
333 |
281 |
172 |
| Percent of total |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
54.8 |
56.0 |
57.8 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
33.5 |
50.3 |
38.9 |
| Men |
82,987 |
78,182 |
69,320 |
| Women |
8,549 |
9,413 |
9,960 |
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More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2007 |
2008 |
| |
| Number of farms |
79,500 |
79,000 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
1,177,403 |
1,955,375 |
| + Final animal output |
1,305,778 |
1,268,632 |
| + Services and forestry |
828,609 |
852,201 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
3,311,790 |
4,076,208 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
2,177,798 |
2,345,489 |
| + Net government transactions |
150,879 |
35,867 |
| = Gross value added |
1,284,871 |
1,766,586 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
703,114 |
742,097 |
| |
| = Net value added |
581,757 |
1,024,489 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
418,782 |
403,415 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
228,614 |
218,900 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
-38,363 |
-35,160 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
228,531 |
219,675 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
162,975 |
621,074 |
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More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2008
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Cattle and calves |
534,093 |
17.1 |
1.1 |
| 2. Broilers |
458,325 |
14.7 |
2.0 |
| 3. Soybeans |
373,345 |
12.0 |
1.3 |
| 4. Corn |
340,286 |
10.9 |
0.7 |
| 5. Greenhouse/nursery |
291,689 |
9.4 |
1.8 |
| |
| All commodities |
3,116,047 |
|
1.0 |
| |
More information on Tennessee's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in a text file
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008 |
| |
Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Soybeans and products |
16 |
324.3 |
| 2. Wheat and products |
22 |
225.1 |
| 3. Other |
12 |
221.8 |
| 4. Cotton and linters |
8 |
193.4 |
| 5. Feed grains and products |
22 |
105.2 |
| |
| Overall rank |
27 |
1,355.6 |
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More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Thousands $ |
| 1. Bedford County |
4.3 |
113,564 |
| 2. Warren County |
4.1 |
108,569 |
| 3. Bradley County |
3.8 |
98,461 |
| 4. Obion County |
3.3 |
85,584 |
| 5. Robertson County |
3.1 |
82,028 |
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| State total |
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2,617,394 |
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More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Data Sources
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, April 2008, Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau
of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room,
Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States
(FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA.
Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.
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