cords as well as the imaginations and careers of countless musicians.
             There are 22,030 businesses and over 800 industries in Nashville as of 1992.
             Some of these industries include rubber products, boats and barges, aircraft parts, fertilizer, meatpacking, and structural steel. The labor force is 267,608 people, which is 68.9 percent of the population. The workforce is comprised of 137,494 males and 130,114 females. The income per capita is 14,490 dollars, but the median family income is 34,009 dollars. This leaves 12.79 percent of the city's population under the poverty level. (See graph number 1 attached on back.) The total population of the central city is 488,374 people. The demographics of the population are 73.86 percent white, 24.32 percent black, 0.29 percent American Indian, 1.27 percent Asian, 0.85 percent Hispanic and 0.26 other. The population of Nashville is 97.51 percent native born.
             There is much to do in Nashville. The city has 72 total libraries, which includes 16 public. These libraries have 1,856,676 books in circulation and serve 531,200 people. There are universities in Nashville as well, which helped earn one of its nicknames, the "Athens of the South." In 1872 Vanderbilt University was founded. The city also boasts Fisk University that was founded in 1866 and Tennessee State University, which was founded in 1892. Many famous buildings and homes can be found in Nashville. Andrew Jackson's home, the Hermitage, Belle Meade built in 1853, and the capital built in 1859 are all notable.
             Andrew Jackson, Nashville's first citizen, arrived in Nashville during the winter of 1788. As a lawyer he soon became a large landholder by swapping legal services for land. Later he and his wife, Rachel Donelson
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