NEWS UPDATE
MAY
2013
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PER STUDENT SPENDING
COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS
CITY POPULATION ESTIMATES
UPCOMING RELEASES
DID YOU KNOW?

TENNESSEE PER STUDENT PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING OUTPACES THE NATION IN 2011

   Public Education Finances: 2011 (a reporting of all 15,191 public school systems in the nation) reveals that contrary to the nation, which saw its first decrease in per pupil public education spending in nearly four decades, the state of Tennessee's 2011 per pupil spending actually increased 2.2 percent to $8,242. This increase serves to move Tennessee from a ranking of 46th to 45th in the nation for 2011. Although news for the state is encouraging, Tennessee remains only ahead of one other southeastern state--Mississippi. While the nation as a whole, decreased by 0.4 percent in 2011, state spending ranged from a high of $19,076 per pupil in New York, to a low of $6,212 in Utah.

 

   Total expenditures by public elementary and secondary school systems totaled $9.1 billion in Tennessee for 2011, representing a 4.1 percent increase. This is in contrast to the nation which recorded its second straight decline at -1.1 percent for 2011.

 

   Of the $9.1 billion in total public elementary and secondary education expenditures in Tennessee for 2011, $8.2 billion was for current spending (i.e., operational expenditures, excluding debt). Expenditures for instruction equaled $5.1 billion (62 percent) of the total current spending for the state, with instructional salaries comprising the largest expenditure category, accounting for $3.4 billion in 2011.

 

   Tennessee public schools received $8.65 billion in total revenue for 2011, an increase of 3.3 percent from 2010. The largest source of revenue is from state governments at $3.96 billion (45.8 percent of total revenue), followed by local governments at $3.42 billion (39.5 percent) and the federal government providing $1.27 billion (14.7 percent).

 

   Tennessee ranked 16th in highest percentage of total public school revenue from federal funding at 14.7 percent. The national average was 12.3 percent. The top five states were Mississippi (22.3 percent of the statewide education revenue), South Dakota (20.3 percent), Louisiana (18.7 percent), Alaska (17.8 percent), and Florida (17.8 percent). Conversely, the states with the lowest percentage of their total school revenue from federal funding were New Jersey (5.1 percent), New Hampshire (6.5 percent), Vermont (7.1 percent), Massachusetts (7.8 percent), and Minnesota (7.8 percent).

 

   Public Education Finances: 2011 statistics provide figures on revenues, expenditures, debt and assets (cash and security holdings) of the nation's elementary and secondary public school systems for the 2011 fiscal year. The release includes detailed statistics on spending - such as instruction, student transportation, salaries and employee benefits - at the national, state and school district levels. Click HERE for downloadable data, including rankings tables, and the full report.

COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS SHOW ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR TENNESSEE

 

Following two consecutive years of decline, total employment from all Tennessee business sectors was 2.3 million in 2011, an increase of 36,510 employees from 2010. The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector led the way with an 8.7 percent increase (116 jobs) in employment from 2010 to 2011.

 

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County Business Patterns, provides the only detailed annual information on the number of establishments, employees, and quarterly and annual payroll for nearly 1,200 industries covered at the national, state and county levels. The statistics are broken down according to employment-size classes (for example, number of establishments with one to four employees) and legal form of organization (for example, corporations and partnerships). Data are obtained from Census Bureau reports and administrative records from other federal agencies.

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There were 129,489 Tennessee businesses with paid employees for 2011, a loss of 2,093 establishments from 2010.  This is the fourth straight year of decline in the number of Tennessee businesses. 

Meigs County saw the largest percent change in the number of employer business establishments between 2010 and 2011, a 4.0 percent increase, or 4 more establishments than in 2010. Bedford County registered the largest numeric increase in employer business establishments, with an increase of 13 businesses with paid employees. Hamilton County saw the largest increase in paid employees, with 9,979 more employees in 2010 than in 2011. Houston County saw the largest percentage increase at 13.1 percent (128 employees).

Shelby (19,487), Davidson (17,809), and Knox (10,980) Counties had the largest number of total employer business establishments of all Tennessee Counties. The same counties were also the top three in the state in terms of total number of paid employees with Shelby at 418,711, Davidson at 377,254, and Knox at 172,601.

 

Total payroll for Tennessee employers in 2011 was up 4.9 percent, to over $91.8 billion. Davidson County recorded the largest numeric increase in payroll from 2010 to 2011, increasing $921.6 million (5.4 percent). Houston County saw the largest percent increase in payroll between 2010 and 2011, with an 18.5 percent increase, or $338,435.

  

The Health Care and Social Assistance industry employed more people in Tennessee in 2011 than any other industry, with 377,420 employees (representing 16.4 percent of the state's total). The Retail Trade sector, however, had more total business establishments, with 22,423 (17.3 percent of all Tennessee establishments). The Administrative and Support, Waste Management, and Remediation Services industry group also added more jobs between 2010 and 2011 than any other major industry group, a total of 13,322 (7.2 percent).

 

While Tennessee saw a net increase in the number of paid employees from 2010 to 2011, a number of counties saw decreases. Coffee and Haywood Counties had the largest decrease of employees, losing 867 and 765 employees, respectively. Jackson and Hancock Counties saw the largest percent decrease in employees between 2010 and 2011, -19.5 percent and -17.1 percent, respectively.

 

The Construction sector saw the largest numeric loss in employment, with 1,879 fewer employees in 2010 than in 2011. This industry also experienced the largest numeric decrease in total number of establishments with 508 fewer establishments in 2011. In terms of percent change, the Real Estate/Rental and Leasing industry lost the largest proportion of employees between 2010 and 2011, decreasing 3.5 percent.  The largest proportional decrease among Tennessee establishments was seen in the Utilities sector, exhibiting a 4.7 percent decrease in total establishments between 2010 and 2011.

 

Click HERE for downloadable data for the nation, states, and counties for years 1998 through 2011.

The Tennessee State Data Center is always available to help with your specific data needs. TN SDC Serves as the lead state data center for the State of Tennessee and is housed at the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Please contact us with your specific data needs. 
  
Sincerely,
  
Joan Snoderly, Director
Tennessee State Data Center
CITY POP
 ESTIMATES
Subcounty population estimates and rankings are now available for Tennessee cities and towns for July 1, 2012. The data show that Clarksville, Tennessee is the fifth-fastest growing city (with a population of at least 50,000) in the nation, experiencing a 4.4 percent increase from 2011 to 2012--well above the state's increase of 0.9. Nashville-metro registered the fifteenth-largest numerical increase in the nation with an additional 12,323 people in 2012.
  

While Memphis remains the largest city in Tennessee, seven of the top-ten fastest growing cities in the state are located within the Nashville-Davidson MSA, with a combined increase of 10,251.

 

 

National Rankings of Five Largest Cities in Tennessee, July 1, 2012 
Memphis
20th

Nashville

Metro 

25th
Knoxville128th

Chatta-

nooga

138th

Clarks-

ville 

179th

Murfrees-

boro 

234th
 

UPCOMING

IN

JUNE

National, State, and County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin will be released in June 2013.
  
DID YOU KNOW
  • Tennessee is home to 486,407 wartime veterans
  • 8.3 percent of our veterans live in poverty
  • 22.8 percent of our veterans hold a bachelor's degree
  • The majority of our veterans (almost 40 percent) are Vietnam veterans
  • 29.4 percent of our veterans are Gulf War veterans

Census News Briefs of Interest  

 

Arab Households in the United States: 2006-2010

 

Who Could Afford to Buy A Home in 2009?

 

The Diversifying Electorate: Voting Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin

  
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