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Local governments, non-profits eligible for ‘Tennessee Counts’ census grants up to $10K January 17, 2020 - An accurate count in the upcoming 2020 Census is incredibly important for Tennessee. In hopes of increasing response rates when the forms go out in mid-March, the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs has announced a "Tennessee Counts" grant program.
2019 population estimates show continued growth in Tennessee, southeastern states December 31, 2019 - New population estimates show Tennessee still is the 16th most populous state, but it’s now within 63,000 of No. 15 Massachusetts after growing at a 0.85% rate last year.
Explore trends on newly released population projections dashboard December 3, 2019 - In October, we released the 2018-2070 Boyd Center Population Projections. To help facilitate both access analysis, we published a new population projections dashboard earlier this month.
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40.7%
of current Tennessee residents were born in a different state, according to the 2018 State Residence by Place of Birth Tables. At 2.32% of the state’s total population, Illinois transplants were the most prevalent.
84
Tennessee counties saw their gross domestic product (GDP) increase between 2017 and 2018, according to a new county-level GDP dataset released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on December 12th.
5.55%
of outpatient visitors to key health clinics across the state showed flu-like symptoms in early December. The weekly surveillance report showed the highest concentration was in Hamilton County (12.1%).
28.4%
of U.S. households in 2019 were one-person households, up from 27% in 2009. The latest Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement also reported that 16% of adults age 25 to 34 live at their parents’ home.