Local Contact:
Alliance for Business and Training, Inc.
386 Highway 91
PO Box 249
Elizabethton, TN 37644-0249
Phone: (423) 547-7500
Fax: (423) 547-7522

Counties:
Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington

Data Topics:
Population Statistics, 1990-2000
Educational Attainment, 1990
Industry Employment, 1989-1999
Industry Earnings, 1989-1999

Population Statistics, 1990-2000-WIA: Area 1-Tennessee

	2000		1990		1990-2000 Change
	Population	Percent	Population	Percent	Population	Percent
Total	352,154	100.0	317,731	100.0	34,423	10.8
White*	337,729	96.7	309,404	97.4	28,325	9.2
African American*	7,981	2.3	6,357	2.0	1,624	25.6
Other Races*	3,697	1.1	1,970	.6	1,727	87.7
Hispanic (of any race)**	3,568	1.0	1,312	1.1	2,256	172.0

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
*Some individuals do not report their race; race category totals do not equal the total population
**Hispanic refers to ethnicity and is not a mutually exclusive category with the race variables

Educational Attainment, 1990-WIA: Area 1-Tennessee

	Percent of the Population 25 and up
	Less than a High School Diploma	High School Diploma	Some College or Associate's Degree	Bachelor's Degree or Higher
Overall	35.5	30.2	19.3	14.6
White	35.5	30.3	19.2	15.0
African American	36.8	29.8	23.4	10.1
Other Races	30.3	17.5	25.6	26.7
Hispanic (of any race)*	28.4	26.3	21.9	23.4

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
**Hispanic refers to ethnicity and is not a mutually exclusive category with the race variables

Industry Employment, 1989-1999-WIA: Area 1-Tennessee

Industry	1989	1999	1989-1999
			Change in Number Employed	Percent Change
Total Full and Part Time Employment	167,440	198,163	30,723	18.4
Farm	7,089	6,400	-689	-9.7
Nonfarm	160,351	191,763	31,412	19.6
Agricultural Services	890	1,156	N/A	N/A
Mining	184	198	N/A	N/A
Construction	9,879	14,241	4,362	44.2
Manufacturing	41,798	36,389	-5,409	-13.0
Transportation and Public Utilities	5,853	8,105	2,252	38.5
Wholesale Trade	6,322	7,234	N/A	N/A
Retail Trade	29,296	35,873	6,577	22.5
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	7,399	11,395	3,996	54.0
Services	38,206	52,913	14,707	38.5
Government and Government Enterprises	20,521	23,735	3,214	15.7

Source: Regional Economic Information System

N/A = Not applicable. Due to missing or suppressed data at the county level, some smaller industries had significant amounts of missing data. WIA's with more than 15% of missing or suppressed data have been excluded. Yearly totals for these industries are underestimated as well.

Industry Earnings, 1989-1999-WIA: Area 1-Tennessee

Industry	1989	1999	1989-1999
			Change in Earnings	Percent Change
Farm	$12,496	$1,439	-$11,057	-88.5
Nonfarm	$3,409,199	$5,243,872	$1,834,673	53.8
Agricultural Services	$8,063	$15,773	N/A	N/A
Mining	$8,903	$9,862	N/A	N/A
Construction	$190,800	$372,357	$181,557	95.2
Manufacturing	$1,270,680	$1,422,720	$152,040	12.0
Transportation and Public Utilities	$170,589	$274,320	$103,731	60.8
Wholesale Trade	$158,635	$226,031	N/A	N/A
Retail Trade	$339,818	$577,583	$237,765	70.0
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	$91,841	$250,854	$159,013	173.1
Services	$704,623	$1,356,901	$652,278	92.6
Government and Government Enterprises	$465,247	$728,657	$263,410	56.6

Source: Regional Economic Information System

N/A = Not applicable. Due to missing or suppressed data at the county level, some smaller industries had significant amounts of missing data. WIA's with more than 15% of missing or suppressed data have been excluded. Yearly totals for these industries are underestimated as well.