FACTS

FACTS

2008

First Tennessee Development District
                                                                                                                          207 N. Boone St., Suite 800
                                                                                                                              Johnson City, TN 37604
                                                                                                                                 Tel. (423) 928-0224
                                                                                                                                     Fax (423) 928-5209

FOR YOUR INFORMATION: The First Tennessee Development District is an association of local governments serving eight counties and twenty municipalities in Northeast Tennessee. FACTS is one of many publications provided to its member governments and the community. If you would like to know more about the FTDD or desire additional information about the region, please call 423-928-0224 or fill out the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Note: The Tri-Cities Statistical Area (CSA) consists of Carter, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties in Tennessee and Scott and Washington counties, as well as the independent city of Bristol, in Virginia.


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Population Counts for the FTDD.................................................	01	Employment Characteristics.......................................	11
Population Characteristics...........................................................	02	10 Year Manufacturing Report.......................................	12
Percent County Population by Race by Hispanic Origin................	03	Employment by Industry..............................................	13
Percent City Population by Race by Hispanic Origin.....................	04	Retail Sales...........................................................	14
Age Distribution...........................................................................	05	Selected Farm Characteristics................................	15
Age Distribution Percentage.........................................................	06	Health and Medical Characteristics.........................	16
Number of Households................................................................	07	Educational Systems...............................................	17
Personal, Household Income, and Poverty Data...........................	08	Educational Attainment...........................................	18
Annual Average Weekly Wage....................................................	09	Impact of Travel.....................................................	19
Cost of Living Comparisons.........................................................	10	Road Mileage by System........................................	20

2006 POPULATION OF THE FIRST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

CARTER COUNTY		59,157	JOHNSON COUNTY		18,043
Elizabethton	13,933		Mountain City	2,402
Watauga	428		SULLIVAN COUNTY		153,239
GREENE COUNTY		65,945	Bluff City	1,620
Baileyton	501		Bristol	25,351
Greeneville	15,537		Kingsport	44,191
Mosheim	2,036		UNICOI COUNTY		17,663
Tusculum	2,227		Erwin	5,806
HANCOCK COUNTY		6,713	Unicoi	3,529
Sneedville	1,314		WASHINGTON COUNTY		114,316
HAWKINS COUNTY		56,850	Johnson City	59,866
Bulls Gap	736		Jonesborough	4,721
Church Hill	6,552
Mount Carmel	5,356
Rogersville	4,317
Surgoinsville	1,754		FTDD		491,926

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Estimates


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POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS: GROWTH AND DENSITY

	2000 Population	2006 Population	% Change 2000-2006	Land Area/ Sq. Mile	Population/ Sq. Mile(2006)
Carter	56,742	59,157	3.7	341.1	172.6
Greene	62,909	65,318	3.8	621.7	105.1
Hancock	6,786	6,704	-1.2	222.3	30.2
Hawkins	53,563	56,196	4.9	486.7	115.5
Johnson	17,499	18,116	3.5	298.5	60.7
Sullivan	153,048	152,716	-0.2	413.0	369.8
Unicoi	17,667	17,572	-0.5	186.1	94.4
Washington	107,198	112,507	5.0	326.3	344.8
FTDD	475,412	487,994	2.6	2,895.7	168.5
Bristol, VA	17,367	17,335	-0.2	12.9	1,343.8
Scott, VA	23,403	22,962	-1.9	536.6	42.8
Washington, VA	51,103	52,085	1.9	562.9	92.5
CSA*	480,091	490,238	2.1	2,865.6	171.1
TN	5,689,283	5,955,745	4.7	41,217.1	144.5
VA	7,078,515	7,552,581	6.7	39,594.1	190.7
US	281,421,906	295,507,134	5.0	3,537,438.4	83.5

Source: Census 2000 Summary File 1, 2006 Census Bureau Estimates

*CSA consists of Carter, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties in Tennessee, and Scott and Washington

Counties as well the independent city of Bristol, in Virginia.

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PERCENT COUNTY POPULATION BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN - 2006

..................One Race Non-Hispanic................... 3

County	White	Black	Amer. Ind., Eskimo, Aleut.	Asian, Pacific Islander	Other	Total Minority	Hispanic*
Carter	97.2	1.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	2.8	0.1
Greene	96.7	2.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	3.3	0.1
Hancock	97.6	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.3	2.4	0.4
Hawkins	97.2	1.7	0.1	0.3	0.1	2.8	0.9
Johnson	95.8	2.9	0.3	0.1	0.9	4.2	0.8
Sullivan	96.4	2.1	0.2	0.5	0.8	3.6	0.8
Unicoi	98.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.9	2.6
Washington	93.9	4.4	0.7	1.0	0.0	6.1	1.8
FTDD	96.3	2.1	0.6	0.6	0.4	3.7	1.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Estimates

*Hispanic is an ethnic group, not a race.


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PERCENT CITY POPULATION BY RACE - 2005 ....... .

City	White	Black	Total Minority	City	White	Black	Total Minority
Baileyton	98.2	0.2	1.8	Kingsport	93.3	4.2	6.7
Bluff City	98.5	0.2	1.5	Mosheim	98.8	0.5	1.2
Bristol, TN	95.1	3.0	4.9	Mountain-City	97.9	0.9	2.1
Bulls Gap	99.0	0.7	1.0	Mount-Carmel	98.3	0.5	1.7
Church Hill	98.0	1.3	2.0	Rogersville	94.1	4.1	5.9
Elizabethton	95.3	2.5	4.7	Sneedville	98.5	0.6	1.5
Erwin	97.8	0.1	2.2	Surgoinsvi