&nbsp html code in PostgreSQL table

I need to insert a non-breaking space into an html table cell for it to
display correctly. If the cell is empty it looks different from all the
other cells. Things work fine if the final html code for the cell looks
like this:
<td>&nbsp;</td>

I populate the html table with data from a PostgreSQL database. If I store
'&nbsp' as text in the PostgreSQL table's column, it gets printed as literal
text in the html table instead of being recognized as an html code. How can
I store a value in PostgreSQL and have it recognized as an html code when it
gets read and inserted into a web page?

I'm using Tomcat and JSP pages. The PostgreSQL data is inserted into a Java
Bean and utilized in the JSP page using a <c:out> JSTL tag.

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