Nashville metropolitan area
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The Nashville metropolitan area (officially the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN
, the capital of and largest city in Tennessee. With a population of over 2 million, it is the most populous metropolitan area in Tennessee. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Tennessee in terms of land area.The
Geography
The Nashville metropolitan area is located in the central part of the state of Tennessee, entirely within the
Nashville is located in the northwestern corner of the basin, and most of Nashville's suburban growth has occurred to the south, southeast, east, and northeast of the city, due to the more level terrain of the basin. Much of the metro area contains extremely fertile soils, and crops such as
Metropolitan area cities and towns
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | 584,367 | — | |
1960 | 676,251 | 15.7% | |
1970 | 780,966 | 15.5% | |
1980 | 948,606 | 21.5% | |
1990 | 1,086,274 | 14.5% | |
2000 | 1,358,992 | 25.1% | |
2010 | 1,646,200 | 21.1% | |
2020 | 2,014,444 | 22.4% | |
2022 (est.) | 2,072,283 | 2.9% | |
Sources:[10] |
Places with over 500,000 inhabitants
- Nashville (principal city)
Places with over 100,000 inhabitants
- Murfreesboro (principal city)
Places with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
- Brentwood
- Columbia
- Dickson
- Franklin (principal city)
- Gallatin
- Goodlettsville
- Hartsville
- Hendersonville
- Nolensville
- La Vergne
- Lebanon
- Mount Juliet
- Portland
- Smyrna (principal town)
- Spring Hill
- Springfield
- White House
Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants
- Ashland City
- Belle Meade
- Berry Hill
- Bon Aqua Junction
- Burns
- Carthage
- Centerville
- Charlotte
- Christiana (CDP)
- Coopertown
- Cross Plains
- Fairview
- Forest Hills
- Gordonsville
- Greenbrier
- Green Hill (CDP)
- Kingston Springs
- Lafayette
- Millersville
- Mount Pleasant
- Oak Hill
- Pegram
- Pleasant View
- Red Boiling Springs
- Ridgetop
- Rockvale (CDP)
- Rural Hill (CDP)
- South Carthage
- Thompson's Station
- Watertown
- Westmoreland
- White Bluff
- Woodbury
Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants
Counties
County | 2020 census | 2010 census | Change |
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Davidson | 715,884 | 626,681 | +14.23% |
Rutherford | 341,486 | 262,604 | +30.04% |
Williamson | 247,726 | 183,182 | +35.23% |
Sumner | 196,281 | 160,634 | +22.19% |
Wilson | 147,737 | 113,993 | +29.60% |
Maury | 100,974 | 80,956 | +24.73% |
Robertson | 72,803 | 66,283 | +9.84% |
Dickson | 54,315 | 49,666 | +9.36% |
Cheatham | 41,072 | 39,105 | +5.03% |
Macon | 25,216 | 22,248 | +13.34% |
Hickman | 24,925 | 24,690 | +0.95% |
Smith | 19,904 | 19,166 | +3.85% |
Cannon | 14,506 | 13,801 | +5.11% |
Trousdale | 11,615 | 7,864 | +47.70% |
Total | 2,014,444 | 1,646,200 | +22.37% |
Hickman County was removed in 2018,[11] but was restored in 2023.[4]
Combined statistical area
The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro, TN, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is the result of the addition of the Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Shelbyville (Bedford County), Lawrenceburg (Lawrence County) and Lewisburg (Marshall County) to the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the CSA as of the 2020 United States census was 2,143,158.[12]
Transportation
Three major
References
- ^ "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2022". Census.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 (CBSA-EST2012-01)". Archived from the original on April 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Executive Office of the President (July 21, 2023). "Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF) (Press release). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ Moore, Harry; Drumm, Eric G. "Karst Geology in Tennessee" (PDF). Knoxville: University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "Cumberland River Basin & Barren River Watershed". tn.gov. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Tennessee Valley Area: pictorial map". U.S. Government Printing Office. 1939. Retrieved June 23, 2020 – via Library of Congress.
- ^ "Barren River Watershed". tn.gov. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- JSTOR 2482376.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- ^ "Office of Management and Budget" (PDF).
- ^ "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010–2018". www.census.gov.
- ^ 2020 Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
External links
- February 2013 delineations of metropolitan and combined statistical areas
- U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts
- U.S. Census Bureau population estimates
- Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas
- About Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas
- Historical Metropolitan Area Definitions