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.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Population Counts for the FTDD

01

Average Weekly Wage Rate 11

County Population Growth

02

Employment Characteristics

12

City Population Growth

03

 FTDD Employment by Place of Work

13

Population Density

04

 County Employment by Place of Work 14

Percentage County Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

05

 Ten Year Manufacturing Growth 15

Percent City Population by Race

06

 Regional Commuting Patterns 16
Age Distribution 07  Retail Sales. 17

Age Distribution Percentage

08

Educational Systems 18

Number of Households.

09

Educational Attainment 19

Personal and Household Income and Poverty Data.

10

 Impact of Travel 20
       
       
   

 

 

   

 
                                          2008 POPULATION OF THE FIRST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT                                          
               

CARTER COUNTY 

 

59,492

JOHNSON COUNTY 

 

18,112

Elizabethton 

13,925

 

Mountain City

2,408

 

Watauga

426

 

SULLIVAN COUNTY

 

153,900

GREENE COUNTY 

 

66,157

Bluff City

1,611

 

Baileyton

495

 

Bristol 

25,474

 

Greeneville

15,446

 

Kingsport

44,435

 

Mosheim

2,024

 

UNICOI COUNTY

 

17,718

Tusculum

2,262

 

Erwin

5,809

 

HANCOCK COUNTY

 

6,693

Unicoi

3,601

 

Sneedville

1,323

 

WASHINGTON COUNTY

 

118,639

HAWKINS COUNTY 

 

57,477

Johnson City

61,028

 

Bulls Gap

749

 

Jonesborough

5,046

 

Church Hill

6,676

 

 

 

 

Mount Carmel

5,401

 

 

 

 

Rogersville

4,321

 

 

 

 

Surgoinsville

1,754

 

FTDD

 

498,188

                

                Source: U.S. Census Bureau Estimates

                                                       

 

 

 

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                             COUNTY POPULATION GROWTH                                        

 

2000 Population

2007 Population

2008 Population

% Change 2000-2008

Carter

56,835

59,142

59,492

4.7

Greene

63,037

65,846

66,157

4.9

Hancock

6,781

6,717

6,693

-1.3

Hawkins

53,690

56,928

57,477

7.0

Johnson

17,517

18,086

18,112

3.4

Sullivan

152,919

153,357

153,900

0.6

Unicoi

17,665

17,683

17,718

0.3

Washington

107,496

116,470

118,639

10.4

FTDD

475,940

494,229

498,188

4.7

Bristol, VA

17,317

17,391

17,424

0.6

Scott, VA

23,364

22,888

22,850

-2.2

Washington, VA 

51,148

52,746

53,038

3.7

CSA*

480,434

496,605

500,538

4.2

TN

5,703,094

6,149,116

6,214,888

9.0

VA

7,104,354

7,698,775

7,769,089

9.4

US

282,171,936

301,290,332

304,059,724

7.8

                              

                               Source: U.S. 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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 CITY POPULATION GROWTH

 

AREA

2000 Population

2007 Population

% Change 2000-2007

Baileyton 504 495 -1.8
Bluff City 1,558 1,611 3.4
Bristol 25,391 25,474 0.3
Bulls Gap 713 749 5.0
Church Hill 5,964 6,676 11.9
       
Elizabethton 14,052 13,925 -0.9
Erwin 5,842 5,809 -0.6
Greeneville 15,392 15,446 0.4
Johnson City 55,998 61,028 9.0
Jonesborough 4,190 5,046 20.4
       
Kingsport 45,125 44,435 -1.5
Mosheim 2,019 2,024 0.2
Mount Carmel 4,825 5,401 11.9
Mountain City 2,094 2,408 -3.4
Rogersville 4,245 4,321 1.8
       
Sneedville 1,350 1,323 -2.0
Surgoinsville 1,600 1,754 9.6
Tusculum 2,010 2,262 12.5
Unicoi 3,567 3,601 1.0
Watauga 404 426 5.4

                                                         Source: U.S. Census Bureau Estimates

                                    

 

 

 

                  

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POPULATION DENSITY

                         ....

AREA LAND AREA PER SQUARE MILE 2008 POPULATION PER SQUARE MILE
CARTER 341.0 174.5
GREENE 621.7 106.4
HANCOCK 222.3 30.1
HAWKINS 486.7 118.1
JOHNSON 298.5 60.7
SULLIVAN 413.0 372.6
UNICOI 186.1 95.2
WASHINGTON 326.3 363.6
FTDD 2,895.6 172.1
BRISTOL,VA 12.9 1,350.7
SCOTT, VA 536.6 42.6
WASHINGTON,VA 562.9 94.2
TRI-CITIES CSA* 2,865 174.7
TN 41,217.1 150.8
VA 39,549.1 201.5
US 3,537,438.4 86.0

S...                          Se Table of Contents for D

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau Estimates

                                                     

 

 

                   

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PERCENT COUNTY POPULATION BY RACE - 2006

AREA WHITE BLACK ESKIMO/ ALEUTIAN ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER OTHER TOTAL MINORITY HISPANIC*
CARTER 96.8 1.6 0.2 0.4 0.8 3.0 1.2
GREENE 96.6 2.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 3.4 1.8
HANCOCK 97.8 0.5 0.4 0.1 1.0 2.0 0.5
HAWKINS 97.0 1.5 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.7 1.0
JOHNSON 95.8 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.5 3.9 1.0
SULLIVAN 96.1 2.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 3.7 0.8
UNICOI 98.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.5 2.9
WASHINGTON 93.7 4.0 0.3 0.9 1.0 6.2 1.9
FTDD 96.0 2.4 0.2 0.5 0.8 3.9 1.3

                                                *Hispanic is an ethnic group, not a race.

                                                 Source: Census Bureau Estimates

              

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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

Surgoinsville

98.2

0.3

1.8

Greeneville

92.0

5.7

8.0

Tusculum

95.4

3.6

4.6

Johnson City

90.1

6.4

9.9

Unicoi

97.8

0.1

2.2

Jonesborough

93.4

5.5

6.6

Watauga

98.0

1.7

 2.0

 

                                 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Estimates

                               

                       

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AGE DISTRIBUTION – 2006

 

 

 

 Under 5

 

5-14

 

15-24

 

25-44

 

45-59

 

60 & Up

               Median Age

              Total Population

Carter

3,050

6,404

7,334

17,396

12,416

   12,397

39.8

  58,997

Greene

3,698

7,836

7,656

18,289

13,772

14,186

40.0

65,437

Hancock

379

757

777

1,858

1,479

1,405

40.0

6,655

Hawkins

3,279

7,100

6,071

16,255

12,158

11,672

39.7

56,535

Johnson

834

1,826

1,738

5,667

3,858

4,070

41.3

17,993

Sullivan

8,062

17,895

16,560

39,904

34,572

35,528

42.3

152,521

Unicoi

938

1,977

1,802

4,674

3,932

4,321

42.7

17,644

Washington

6,798

13,560

15,764

32,407

23,820

22,426

38.2

114,775

FTDD

27,038

57,355

57,702

136,450

106,007

106,005

 40.5

 490,557

TN

404,748

802,721

797,799

1,722,649

1,277,489

1,069,507

37.1

6,074,913

US

20,451,772

40,260,779

42,268,411

83,737,106

61,433,275

50,603,476

36.4

298,754,819

                         

                          Source: U.S. Census Bureau Estimates 

                       

                       

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AGE DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE  – 2006

 

 

 

 Under 5

 

5-14

 

15-24

 

25-44

 

45-59

 

60 & Up

Carter

5.2

10.9

12.4

29.5

21.0 21.0

Greene

5.7

12.0

11.7

27.9

21.0 21.7

Hancock

5.7

11.4

11.7 27.9 22.2 21.1

Hawkins

5.8

12.6

10.7

28.8 21.5 20.6

Johnson

4.6

10.1

9.7

31.5 21.4 22.6

Sullivan

5.3

11.7

10.9

26.2

22.7

23.3

Unicoi

5.3

11.2

10.2

26.5

22.3

24.5

Washington

5.9

11.8

13.7 28.2 20.8 19.5

FTDD

5.5

11.7

11.8 27.8 21.6 21.6

TN

6.7

13.2

13.1 28.4 21.0 17.6

US

6.8

13.5

14.1 28.0 20.6 16.9

                       

                                                Source: U.S. Census Bureau Estimates

                                                               

           

                  

 

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 2007 HOUSEHOLDS   

 

 

 

2007

 

2000

 

% Change

2007     

Persons Per Household

Carter

27,251

25,991

4.8

2.2

Greene

30,643

28,224

8.6

2.1

Hancock

3,402

3,285

3.6

2.0

Hawkins

26,022

24,511

6.2

2.2

Johnson

8,504

7,913

7.5

2.1

Sullivan

73,585

69,211

6.3

2.1

Unicoi

8,567

8,233

4.1

2.1

Washington

52,894

47,924

10.4

2.2

FTDD

230,868

215,292

7.2

2.1

TN

2,724,729

2,449,356

11.2

2.3

US

127,901,934

116,289,877

10.0

2.4

 

 

                               Source: Census Bureau Estimates

                                                                         

 

 

                     

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INCOME AND POVERTY

County

 

 

Per Capita Income  2005 

 

 

Per Capita Income  2006

Per Capita Income    Change      2005 -2006

 

Median Household Income 2006

 

# of People in Poverty 2004

% of People in Poverty 2004

Carter

$21,859

$22,703

3.9

$29,834

     10,257

 18.3

Greene

 30,560

30,539

          -0.1

 33,917

 9,804

15.3

Hancock

15,376

15,795

2.7

20,120

 1,868

28.5

Hawkins

23,260

24,206

 4.1

34,352

  8,761

15.7

Johnson

18,290

19,680

 7.6 

25,628

  3,588

21.8

Sullivan

28,694

30,242

 5.4 

35,562

   21,212

14.0

Unicoi

25,868

26,635

3.0

33,704

   2,579

14.8

Washington

27,689

28,822

4.1

36,373

 16,246

14.9

CSA*

26,397

27,611

4.6

34,554

 53,757

11.0

TN

30,827

32,172

4.4

38,945

   876,763

15.0

USA

34,757

36,714

5.6

44,334

      37,039,804

 

Source:   U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis

                                                  *See Table of Contents for definition.

 

                                                

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ANNUAL AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE RATE: 2000-2006  

 

 

2000

         2004

2005

2006

% Change 2000-2006

Carter

$422

$463

$503

$515

22.0

Greene

472

555

573

584

23.7

Hancock

324

381

391

387

19.4

Hawkins

514

568

581

603

17.3

Johnson

402

512

521

536

33.3

Sullivan

601

711

718

749

24.6

Unicoi

544

634

635

653

20.0

Washington

493

569

582

609

23.5

Tennessee

587

671

690

723

23.

                 

Source:  Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Employment Security Division, Research & Statistics Division

 

 

 

 

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2007 EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE**

 

Civilian Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment

Unemployment Rate

Carter

29,180

28,350

1,450

5.0

Greene

31,540

29,260

2,200

7.0

Hancock

2,450

2,310

140

7.3

Hawkins

26,180

24,960

1,220

5.8

Johnson

7,400

6,980

420

5.7

Sullivan

73,530

70,550

2,980

4.1

Unicoi

8,440

8,000

450

5.3

Washington

60,600

58,120

2,480

4.1

FTDD

239,320

228,530

11,340

4.7

CSA*

243,100

232,430

10,670

4.4

TN

3,036,700

2,893,700

143,000

4.7

US

153,124,000

146,047,000

7,078,000

4.6

                              *See Table of Contents for definition.

**Employment characteristics by place of residence means that a person's employment is tallied according to the county where he/she resides even if the person works in a different county.

                        Source:  Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

                                                           

 

 

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2006 FTDD EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY BY PLACE OF WORK*

 

NUMBER

PERCENT

T.N. PERCENT

U.S. PERCENT

TOTAL EMPLOYEES

189,522

100.0

100.0

100.0

  Goods Producing

48,221

25.4

19.8

16.1

     Manufacturing

37,279

19.7

14.6

10.1

     Constr., Mining, Forestry

10,911

5.8

5.2

6.0

  Service Providing

141,301

74.6

80.2

83.9

     Trade, Transp., & Utilities

35,964

19.0

22.1

19.3

     Financial Activities

8,221

4.3

5.2

6.0

     Services

64,468

34.0

36.2

42.2

     Information

4,603

2.4

1.8

2.2

     Public Administration

27,657

14.6

14.8

16.1

                                        *Does not include non-classified employees and non-disclosure of small employers

Source: Tennessee Department of Employment Security, "2006 Annual Census of Employment and Wages" & Council of Economic Advisers, "Economic Indicators", July 2008 edition

 

                                                              

 

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COUNTY EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY BY PLACE OF WORK

                                      

AREA

MANUF..

CONSTR.

TRADE & UTILITIES

FINANCIAL

SERVICES

PUBLIC ADMIN.

INFO.

TOTAL

CARTER

1,431

1,009

2,010

437

3,543

2,077

95

10,633

GREENE

7,834

688

6,224

1,284

7,700

4,541

282

28,565

HANCOCK

158

79

129

16

208

397

N/A

989

HAWKINS

4,062

431

2,516

242

2,735

2,289

68

12,341

JOHNSON

621

204

990

199

735

767

19

3,884

SULLIVAN

13,817

5,935

13,205

2,261

24,988

6,623

1,892

68,741

UNICOI

1,596

357

518

93

1,156

1,051

37

4,808

WASHINGTON

7,760

2,208

10,372

3,689

23,403

9,912

2,210

59,561

FTDD

37,279

10,911

35,964

8,221

64,468

27,657

4,603

189,522

TN

399,290

130,243

603,448

142,392

988,654

402,967

48,848

2,727,808

US

14,155,000

7,691,000

26,276,000

8,328,000

53,940,000

22,203,000

3,038,000

136,086,000

 

*Does not include non-classified employees and non-disclosure of small employers

 

Source:  Tennessee Department of Employment Security, "2006 Annual Census of Employment and Wages" & Council of Economic Advisers, "Economic Indicators", July 2008

 

 

 

                              

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10 YEAR MANUFACTURING GROWTH
1998-2007
 

AREA

NUMBER OF  PROJECTS  ANNOUNCED  

 

INVESTMENT ($$)

 

NEW JOBS  CREATED  

Carter

34

47,829,969

708

Greene

161

335,186,769

4,336

Hancock

8

1,159,353

36

Hawkins

83

245,997,702

2,527

Johnson

29

23,083,000

665

Sullivan

206

3,364,773,764

6,686

Unicoi

40

162,957,769

998

Washington

180

316,460,815

3,927

FTDD

741

4,497,449,141

19,883

 

                                                           Source: ECD Research and Planning Division
 

 

 

 

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  REGIONAL COMMUTING PATTERNS BY COUNTY OF WORK

  CARTER GREENE HANCOCK HAWKINS JOHNSON SULLIVAN UNICOI WASH OTHER TENN  LOCATIONS VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA  OTHER LOCATIONS TOTAL
CARTER 10,899 131 0 24 176 1,860 414 9,688 163 160 1,202 326 25,043
GREENE 28 24,122 0 275 13 897 29 1,047 1,473 149 98 234 28,365
HANCOCK 0 0 1,427 114 0 34 0 7 766 32 10 17 2,407
HAWKINS 39 561 64 11,434 7 5,953 8 741 2,751 355 46 208 22,167
JOHNSON 211 6 0 0 3,919 86 0 168 14 228 1,426 111 6,169
SULLIVAN 921 508 0 1,494 17 48,100 83 7,171 371 7,829 107 500 67,101
UNICOI 244 56 0 14 44 370 4,042 2,320 54 15 204 109 7,472
WASHINGTON 1,217 1,907 0 174 42 7,211 993 37,367 521 673 289 265 50,659

 

                          Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census

                                      

                                      

                                       

 

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 RETAIL SALES

 

2006

2007

% Change 
2006-2007

Carter

$443,665,074

$459,046,025

3.5

Greene

712,095,782

719,089,150

1.0

Hancock

20,823,695

21,818,803

4.8

Hawkins

250,267,996

261,833,824

4.6

Johnson

86,258,282

92,041,713

6.7

Sullivan

2,063,106,084

2,083,976,280

1.0

Unicoi

89,919,732

99,107,543

10.2

Washington

1,872,642,963

1,966,689,293

5.0

FTDD

5,538,779,606

5,703,602,632

3.0

Bristol, VA

386,364,573

522,371,185

4.0

Scott, VA

182,388,473

191,732,603

11.3

Washington, VA

637,856,795

667,292,195

5.1

CSA*

6,009,341,344

6,252,048,949

4.6

Tennessee

81,560,000,000

84,412,000,000

3.5

 

                                                                                             *See Table of Contents for definition.

                                                                                             Source: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, ETSU

            

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  EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT - PERSONS 25 YEARS AND OLDER    
2000

      .   .....Percent of population--Highest Level Attained.....

 

 

 

Population 25 Years & Older

Not a High School Graduate

High School Graduate

Some College 
No Degree

Associates Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree

Carter

39,450

30.9

33.5

18.6

4.2

8.5

4.3

Greene

43,752

30.3

37.5

15.7

3.7

8.0

4.8

Hancock

4,617

44.0

32.0

11.1

2.7

5.2

5.0

Hawkins

37,146

29.6

39.6

16.4

4.3

6.5

3.6

Johnson

12,755

41.7

34.5

13.2

3.8

4.8

2.1

Sullivan

108,605

24.2

33.0

19.0

5.7

12.1

6.0

Unicoi

12,744

32.4

35.9

17.1

4.1

6.5

4.1

Washington

72,947

22.8

29.0

20.5

4.8

14.7

8.2

FTDD

332,016

27.4

33.7

18.1

4.7

10.5

5.6

TN

3,744,928

24.1

31.6

20.0

4.7

12.8

6.8

US

182,211,639

19.6

28.6

21.0

6.3

15.5

8.9

                          Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS 2006/2007

Counties/Cities

Total # of Classroom Teachers

Average Daily Membership

Expenditures Per Pupil

Ratio of Pupils to Instructional Positions

Graduation Percent

Cohort Dropout Rate

Carter

442

5,485

$7,470

12.4:1

87.2%

3.7%

Elizabethton

148

1,885

8,228

12.7:1

86.6%

9.1%

Greene

470

6,807

6,746

14.5:1

90.0%

3.8%

.....Greeneville

196

2,655

9,267

13.5:1

93.7%

2.2%

Hancock

82

945

8,595

11.5:1

95.3%

0.0%

Hawkins

515

7,216

7,234

14.0:1

76.7%

14.0%

.....Rogersville

46

641

7,354

13.9:1

N/A

N/A

Johnson

168

2,126

9,058

12.7:1

87.9%

10.0%

Sullivan

902

11,354

7,776

12.6:1

81.5%

6.4%

.....Bristol

270

3,592

9,038

13.3:1

85.9%

8.1%

.....Kingsport

438

6,084

8,951

15.5:1

89.4%

6.0%

Unicoi

172

2,361

7,154

13.7:1

91.9%

5.7%

Washington

546

8,530

6,939

15.6:1

80.0%

14.0%

Johnson City

467

6,742

8,447

14.4:1

94.3%

1.8%

FTDD

4,862

66,423

7,822

13.7:1

87.7%

7.1%

TN

61,857

888,318

7,794

14.4.1

81.8%

9.6%

 

                                                                                    *Average Daily Membership

                                                                                     Source: Tennessee Department of Education

                                                         

                                            

                                                     

 

 

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 IMPACT OF TRAVEL - 2006

County

Total Travel Expenditures

Travel Generated Payroll

Travel Generated Employment

State Tax Receipts

Local Tax Receipts

Carter

$27,440,000

$4,100,000

170

$1,690,000

$1,700,000

Greene

68,240,000

11,790,000

570

4,110,000

1,800,000

Hancock

1,040,000

13,000

10

60,000

210,000

Hawkins

27,260,000

4,430,000

21

1,550,000

1,490,000

Johnson

8,540,000

15,600,000

7

480,000

650,000

Sullivan

258,520,000

71,860,000

291

14,240,000

7,000,000

Unicoi

7,020,000

1,600,000

70

390,000

560,000

Washington

176,680,000

33,010,000

172

10,390,000

4,060,000

FTDD

$574,740,000

$142,403,000

1,311

$32,930,000

$17,480,000

 

                                                                                                

                                

                                         

                                          Source: Tennessee Department of Tourist Development

          

 

 

 

 

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