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Tennesseans Paid 9 Percent Less For Goods and Services than US Average January 24, 2023 - Although inflation grew sharply in 2021, prices in Tennessee were below the national level. The cost of goods, services and housing were 9.1 percent under the U.S. average. Updated regional price data also shows how affordability of the state's metro areas breaks down.
Big Numbers: Tennessee’s 2022 Population Gains Pushed by Record Domestic Net Migration December 22, 2022 - 2022 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau showed a notable increase in Tennessee's population. The new data includes information about the number of people of moving into and out of the state which shows it was a record year for new residents calling Tennessee home.
2020 Census Urban Areas Release Set for Dec. 29 December 21, 2022 - Urban area boundaries from the 2020 Census will be released on December 29, 2022. This decade's criteria include a number of important changes that may results in fewer, smaller and potentially lower population areas. We look at what's changed and how the urban area data are used.
Renowned Census Demographer’s Roots Date Back to 1972 at UT’s Boyd Center November 3, 2022 - We sat down with Gregg Robinson, former UT graduate, Boyd Center researcher and U.S. Census Bureau demographer to discuss the Tennessee population projections he helped author fifty year ago. He discusses his distinguished career at the bureau and 2020 Census outcomes.
Chattanooga RPA Rolls Out 5-Year ACS Extraction Tool for ArcGIS Pro November 1, 2022 - 5-year American Community Survey data straight to ArcGIS Pro maps and geodatabases. A new tool from Randy Pullen at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency gets tract-level American Community Survey data directly into ArcGIS Pro.
Faster Census Data Retrieval and Population Estimates Featured in Fall Webinars October 24, 2022 - Two events are on tap in November featuring Census Bureau experts that can help make you a data pro! All TNSDC webinars are free, but we do require registration. Read on for more details and to get registered.TNSDC Toplines
89.7 Percent of Tennessee Adults Graduated High School
according to the Boyd Center’s 2023 Economic Report to the Governor. The number of high school graduates 25 years and older grew by 5.5 points since 2011 and now exceeds the U.S. rate of 89.4 percent. The 2021 American Community Survey data also show the state’s 30.5 percent college attainment still lagged the nation by 4.5 points.
6.9 Percent of Tennessee’s Net Jobs Created were High-Tech
in 2020, as measured by the Business Dynamics Statistics of U.S. High Tech Industries. The new experimental data shows that 2,900 high-tech firms in computer, electronics, aerospace and engineering industries operated in the Tennessee. That year the sector represented 2.5 percent of the state’s employment, and since 2018 has been growing 1.1 percent annually.
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