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Tennessee is the third-largest hydroelectric power-producing state east of the Rocky Mountains. [68] Tennessee has very little petroleum and natural gas reserves, but is home to one oil refinery, in Memphis. [68] Bituminous coal is mined in small quantities in the Cumberland Plateau and Cumberland Mountains. [69]
The social and economic stratification of Appalachia comes largely as the result of classism. Many politicians and businessmen took advantage of the region's natural resource industries, such as mountaintop coal mining. Appalachian laborers were heavily exploited, which prevented the region from developing socially or gaining economic independence.
On Dec. 8, the East Tennessee Economic Council celebrated 50 years and presented awards to Cathy Toth, Phil Andrews and Kylie Julius-Schumacher.
First Horizon National Corporation (NYSE: FHN), operates First Tennessee and First Horizon bank, the 686th-ranked company on the Fortune 500 (2021). [ 10 ] Sylvamo Corporation ( NYSE : SLVM ), paper product manufacturer that was spun off from international Paper in 2021, the 727th-ranked company on the Fortune 500 (2023).
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The 114th Tennessee General Assembly gavels in at noon Tuesday, Jan. 14, and all 132 of Tennessee’s state lawmakers will begin the process of passing new laws that ...
$20,718.23 – Allen Borden, deputy commissioner at the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. $19,888.02 – Chassen Haynes, senior director of business development at ECD.
Tennessee is the thirty-fifth-richest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $28,764 (2017). Tennessee counties ranked by per capita income [ edit ]
Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. According to the United States Census Bureau, the state's estimated population as of 2024 is 7.22 million. [13] Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of East, Middle, and West Tennessee.