Wilson County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics Tennessee Wilson County County Rank Percent of State
Total Land Area (sq. mi.)                 41,217                571 19th  1.4%
Farmland (2007)          
Acres of Farmland            10,969,798         192,920  15th   1.8%
Number of Farms                 79,280             1,745  5th   2.2%
Average Size of Farms (Acres)                     138                111  65th   80.4%
Population            
2008 Estimate 6,214,888 109,803 12th  1.8%
2000 Census 5,689,283 88,809 13th  1.6%
1990 Census 4,877,203 67,675 15th  1.4%
Gain (1990 to 2000) 812,080 21,134 9th  2.6%
Growth Rate (1990 to 2000) 16.7% 31.2% 11th  187.6%
Population Density (per sq. mi.)         Comparison to State Figure
2008 Estimate                   150.8             192.4 12th  127.6%
2000 Census                   138.0             155.6 19th  112.8%
1990 Census                   118.3             118.6 21st  100.2%
Urban Population         Percent of State
2000 Census            3,618,968           47,868 14th  1.3%
1990 Census            2,969,948           30,477 16th  1.0%
Growth Rate (1990 to 2000) 21.9% 57.1% 16th  261.1%
Percent of Population in Urban Areas
2000 Census 63.6% 53.9% 21st  84.7%
1990 Census 60.9% 45.0% 24th  74.0%
Median Age            
2000 Census 36 36 66th  101.1%
1990 Census 34 33 74th  99.7%
Population Percentages by Age Bracket        
2000 Census
under 18 24.6% 26.2% 11th 
18-24 9.6% 7.7% 79th 
25-44 30.2% 31.7% 7th 
45-64 23.2% 24.7% 51st 
65 & over 12.4% 9.7% 91st 
1990 Census
under 18 25.1% 27.5% 12th 
18-24 10.9% 8.8% 84th 
25-44 31.8% 34.0% 6th 
45-64 19.6% 20.0% 71st 
65 & over 12.6% 9.7% 91st 
Population Growth by Age Bracket, 1990 to 2000  
Population Percentages by Race/Ethnicity (2000 Census)  
Tennessee Wilson County County Rank* Comparison to State Figure
Males per 100 Females (2007) 95.4 95.1 2nd  99.7%
Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2006 10.7 8.4 44th  78.5%
Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2006 4.7 5.8 81st  123.4%
*A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
II.  Income & Poverty Tennessee Wilson County County Rank* Comparison to State Figure
Per Capita Personal Income          
2006 $32,172 $35,644 4th  110.8%
2000 $26,097 $29,934 4th  114.7%
Compound Annual Growth Rate 3.55% 2.95% 70th  83.18%
Median Household Income          
2007 $42,389 $60,154 2nd  141.9%
2000 $35,760 $50,481 2nd  141.2%
Compound Annual Growth Rate 2.46% 2.54% 21st  103.13%
2007 Poverty Rate          
All Ages  15.8% 7.2% 2nd  45.57%
Related Children Under 18 Years  22.5% 9.9% 2nd  44.00%
2000 Census            
All Ages  13.1% 6.7% 3rd  50.72%
Related Children Under 18 Years 15.9% 7.8% 4th  48.69%
2007 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )          
Percent of Households 15.8% 9.7% 4th  61.25%
Percent of Individuals 14.1% 7.6% 2nd  53.68%
2007 Families First           
Percent of Households 2.5% 0.7% 3rd  28.32%
Percent of Individuals 2.5% 0.6% 6th  22.97%
*A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
III.  Health & Healthcare Tennessee Wilson County County Rank* Comparison to State Figure
2007 Pregnancy & Birth Rates           
Live births per 1,000 Population                    14.2               13.2 33rd  93.0%
Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents 42.8% 30.5% 9th  71.3%
Percent Low Birth Weight 9.4% 9.5% 62nd  101.1%
Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44                    80.7               69.0 52nd  85.5%
Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17                    13.9                9.3 23rd  66.9%
Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14                      1.3                0.9 54th  69.2%
* A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
2007 Mortality Rates           
Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population                      9.3                7.4 5th  79.6%
Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
Diseases of the Heart                   233.2             193.9 15th  83.1%
Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)                   215.3             192.0 11th  89.2%
* A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
35th 
58th 
35th 
Tennessee Wilson County County Rank Comparison to State Figure
Access to Healthcare          
Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)                      1.8                0.8 33rd  44.5%
Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2006)                      4.2                2.4 49th  56.1%
Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2006)                    49.2               46.4 59th  94.4%
2006 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care  8.5% 0.7% 66th  8.2%
IV.  Employment
Unemployment Rate   Tennessee Wilson County County Rank* Comparison to State Figure
2009 (February) 9.5% 8.5% 11th  89.1%
2000 4.0% 3.2% 4th  79.8%
2007 Youth Unemployment Rate  15.7% 14.4% 37th  92.0%
* A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
2007 Employment Percentages by Major Industry   Tennessee Wilson County County Rank Comparison to State Figure
Total Employment All Industries 2,745,397 34,744 16 1.3%
Natural Resources and Mining 0.4% 0.0% 80 0.0%
Construction 4.9% 7.8% 11 159.6%
Manufacturing 13.8% 16.0% 21 115.9%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 22.1% 25.4% 13 114.9%
Information 1.8% 3.6% 9 201.6%
Financial Activities 5.2% 4.1% 16 77.7%
Professional and Business Services 11.8% 11.5% 14 97.5%
Education and Health Services 12.4% 10.4% 16 84.1%
Leisure and Hospitality 10.1% 10.5% 14 104.3%
Other Services 2.6% 0.1% 73 5.6%
Government 14.9% 11.2% 13 75.0%
Federal 1.8% 0.6% 25 31.2%
State 3.3% 0.1% 43 2.7%
Local 9.9% 10.5% 12 106.7%
2007 Average Annual Wage by Major Industry         County Rank
12th 
80th 
17th 
10th 
5th 
4th 
13th 
22nd 
23rd 
3rd 
10th 
36th 
27th 
11th 
16th 
V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
Tennessee Wilson County Rank
Estimated Market Value of Farmland & Buildings   $           467,420  $      452,626 42nd 
(Average Per Farm)
Estimated Market Value of Farmland & Buildings   $               3,378  $         4,094 22nd 
(Average Per Acre)
Total Market Value of Agicultural Products Sold   $  2,617,394,000  $ 21,341,000 47th 
VI.  County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
2001-2002 Revenue by Source (in thousands)   Tennessee Percent of Total Wilson County Percent of State Total
Grand Total  $         8,062,012 100.0%  $  134,596 100.00%
Total State Revenue  $         2,504,883 31.1%  $    36,660 27.2%
Public Schools            1,949,045 24.2%        32,216 23.9%
All Other               555,838 6.9%         4,445 3.3%
Federal Revenue  $           511,055 6.3%  $      3,980 3.0%
Total Local Revenue  $         5,046,074 62.6%  $    93,956 69.8%
Property Tax            2,720,971 33.8%        47,183 35.1%
Local Sales Tax            1,123,100 13.9%        17,484 13.0%
Other Local             1,202,003 14.9%        29,289 21.8%
 Tax Base (in thousands)   Tennessee Wilson County County Rank Percent of State
2007 Equalized Assessed Property Value  $     131,625,598  $   2,755,555
Tax Base Per Capita $21,179 $25,095 11th  118.5%
2007 County Property Tax Rate (per $100) $2.48 34th 
2008 Total Taxable Sales   $       69,005,974  $   1,127,541
Tax Base Per Capita $11,103 $10,269 1st  92.5%
2008 County Sales Tax Rate 2.25% 1st 
VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
Estimated Costs, 2007 - 2012 (in thousands)   Tennessee Wilson County County Rank Percent of State
Project  Type
Transportation  $       17,106,712  $      479,224 7th 2.8%
Water & Wastewater            3,855,355         129,495 10th 3.4%
K-12 New School Construction            1,798,581           83,000 6th 4.6%
Existing School Improvements            1,899,735           67,621 6th 3.6%
Recreation            1,118,527           23,121 11th 2.1%
Industrial Sites & Parks               241,362           20,000 1st 8.3%
Law Enforcement            1,826,201           19,500 19th 1.1%
Community Development               367,547           17,300 4th 4.7%
Fire Protection               220,725             3,250 15th 1.5%
Public Buildings               526,288             2,150 32nd 0.4%
Solid Waste                 54,314             1,300 14th 2.4%
Public Health Facilities               323,093             1,000 16th 0.3%
Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites               285,785                663 31st 0.2%
Non K-12 Education            3,015,869                    - 43rd 0.0%
Other Utilities               598,698                    - 32nd 0.0%
Business District Development               375,758                    - 23rd 0.0%
Stormwater               371,227                    - 39th 0.0%
Housing               100,189                    - 14th 0.0%
School System-wide Need                 63,021                    - 16th 0.0%
Other Facilities                 32,755                    - 9th 0.0%
Telecommunications                 17,009                    - 5th 0.0%
Property Acquisition                   3,956                    - 8th 0.0%
Grand Total  $       34,202,707  $      847,625 10th 2.5%
VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment     Tennessee Wilson County County Rank
2000 Census
Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better 75.9% 80.9% 6th 
Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better 19.6% 19.6% 11th 
2008 Estimate
1990 Census
Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better 67.1% 71.4% 9th 
Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better 16.0% 15.6% 13th 
 Number of Post-secondary Institutions (2008)      
Four-year Colleges and Universities 77 1
Public 14 0
Private 63 1
Other Public Institutions 93 0
Community Colleges 13 0
Technology Centers 27 0
Two-Year Private Institutions 20 0
Off-campus Sites 33 0
2007 - 2008 Enrollment (full-time equivalent) at Post-secondary Institutions    
Four-year Colleges and Universities*          214,260                1,351
Public 134,696 0
Private 79,564 1,351
Other Public Institutions* 134,278 0
Community Colleges 80,454 0
Technology Centers 13,939 0
Two-Year Private Insitutions 11,049 0
Off-campus Sites 28,836 0
* Note: By location of instiution, not county of residence of students
IX.  Public School Systems  (Total number of school systems is 136)
Statewide Wilson County Lebanon SSD  
Number of Students
2007-2008                 944,738                   14,269             3,145            
Percent of Statewide 1.5% 0.3%        
1997-1998                 834,318                   10,840             2,598            
Percent of Statewide 1.3% 0.3%        
Increase/(Decrease)                 110,420 3,429 547        
Percent Change 13.2% 31.6% 21.0%        
2007-2008
Free or Reduced-price Meals 54.5% 24.5% 55.7%
Federal Title 1 39.7% 6.4% 22.0%
Special Education 14.7% 12.3% 15.8%
English Language Learners 3.2% 1.2% 8.5%
Statewide Wilson County Lebanon SSD  
2007-2008 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools 
Elementary Schools 71.5% 0.0% 100.0%
Secondary Schools 90.8% 0.0% 100.0%
Students per Classroom Teacher*
2007-2008                      14.9                      15.4               14.1            
1997-1998                      15.8                      17.9               14.8            
Increase/(Decrease)                       (0.9)                       (2.5)                (0.7)                
Progress Through School
Promotion Rate
2007-2008 98.0% 98.8% 98.0%        
1997-1998 96.6% 96.0% 98.1%
Dropout Rate
2007-2008 10.1% n/a 10.1%
1997-1998 4.5% 5.7% n/a
*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.
Statewide Wilson County Lebanon SSD  
Expenditures per Student
2007-2008 $7,742 $6,542 $7,335
Percent of Statewide 84.5% 94.7%        
1997-1998 $5,123 $4,548 $4,662
Percent of Statewide 88.8% 91.0%        
Increase/Decrease $2,618 $1,994 $2,674        
Percent Change 51.1% 43.8% 57.4%        
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary*
2007-2008 $44,820 $41,833 $42,987
Percent of Statewide 93.3% 95.9%
1997-1998 $34,584 $31,165 $32,585
Percent of Statewide 90.1% 94.2%
Gain $10,236 $10,668 $10,402
Percent Change 29.6% 34.2% 31.9%        
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
2007-2008
State 47.6% 52.5% 46.9%
Federal 10.8% 6.7% 9.5%
Local 41.6% 40.8% 43.5%
System Rank for Percent Local 25th  21st 
2006-2007
State 45.5% 50.8% 44.7%
Federal 11.0% 7.1% 10.2%
Local 43.5% 42.1% 45.1%
System Rank for Percent Local 25th  20th 
Statewide Wilson County County Rank
2008-2009 County Area Fiscal Capacity        
Estimated Local Revenue per Student $2,782 $2,678 12th 
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.state.tn.us/
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.tennessee.gov/humanserv/adfam/afs_fsp.htm
http://www.tennessee.gov/humanserv/adfam/afs_tanf.htm
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.state.tn.us/statistics/healthdata.htm
IV. Employment
TN Dept. Of Labor and Workforce Development - unemployment data. 
http://www.state.tn.us/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.state.tn.us/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.state.tn.us/thec
IX. Public School Systems (Total number of school systems is 136)
TN Department of Education--all data except fiscal capacity.
http://www.state.tn.us/education/mdata.shtml
TN Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations--education fiscal capacity.
http://tn.gov/tacir/fiscalcapacity.html
Prepared by TACIR