The Economy

Economic Growth
Cookeville is a regional center for employment, education, retailing, health care, and recreational activities. Approximately 15,000 Upper Cumberland residents travel to Cookeville each day to work, go to school, health care, shop, and more. Cookeville encourages new business development while supporting the expansion of existing business and industry.

	1990	2001	2010(proj)	2020(proj)
Per Capita Income-County	$11,004	$20,364
Population-County	51,568	60,000	67,128	73,308
Population Corporate Cookeville	21,744	26,000
Population Greater Cookeville		42,000

Growth Strategy

The Putnam County Chamber of Commerce actively recruits industries that compliment existing business and industry with a goal of continuing the development of a diverse employment base. Industries most often recruited include those who employ 10-500, offers benefits and wages commensurate to existing compaies, provide stable employment, promote good labor-management relations, and are environmentally safe.