2024 population: 3,244,720 ( 198,684 from 2020)
Land area: 20239.7 square miles
Population density: 160.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,342,056	72.18%	4.3%
Black:	412,257	12.71%	4.7%
Indian:	9,722	0.30%	7.9%
Asian:	89,374	2.75%	22.6%
2+ races:	77,519	2.39%	18.0%
Hispanic:	313,792	9.67%	20.8%

Total non-White:	902,664	27.82%	12.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	165,512	13.6
Deaths:	138,167	11.3
Net Migration:	127,942	10.5
Net Immigration:	42,734	3.5

Change in White population:	97,400	3.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	101,284	3.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
3,046,036
2,244,656	73.69%
393,935	12.93%
9,013	0.30%
72,925	2.39%
65,687	2.16%
259,820	8.53%
801,380	26.31%

2010
2,623,953
2,046,086	77.98%
325,247	12.40%
7,320	0.28%
45,884	1.75%
43,865	1.67%
152,552	5.81%
577,867	22.02%

2000
2,247,470
1,844,495	82.07%
274,309	12.21%
6,145	0.27%
26,907	1.20%
25,844	1.15%
67,488	3.00%
402,975	17.93%

1990
1,840,685
1,582,527	85.97%
224,062	12.17%
4,414	0.24%
14,296	0.78%
n/a
15,386	0.84%
258,158	14.03%

1980
1,666,678
1,436,668	86.20%
206,179	12.37%
2,214	0.13%
6,232	0.37%
n/a
14,091	0.85%
230,010	13.80%

1970
1,383,251
1,195,439	86.42%
178,397	12.90%
829	0.06%
1,495	0.11%
n/a
6,314	0.46%
187,812	13.58%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
340,441	13.0
227,836	8.7
187,586	7.1
50,378	1.9

198,570	7.6
223,513	8.5

Number	Rate
2000's
324,087	14.4
194,760	8.7
164,397	7.3
46,556	2.1

201,591	9.0
174,892	7.8

Number	Rate
1990's
297,482	16.2
184,096	10.0
197,604	10.7
17,359	0.9

261,968	14.2
144,817	7.9

Number	Rate
1980's
257,228	15.4
155,464	9.3
84,055	5.0
n/a

145,859	8.8
28,148	1.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
165,231	11.9
n/a

241,229	17.4
42,198	3.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Nashville, TN-KY Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.4
697,730	11.1%
2,546,990	78.5%
443,979	7.1%

1,168,976
2.55

764,804	65.4%
573,759	75.0%
73,733	9.6%
404,172	34.6%

2010
Number	Percent
36.5
641,188	24.4%
1,982,765	75.6%
316,455	12.1%

1,017,590
2.52

686,668	67.5%
509,365	74.2%
73,683	10.7%
330,922	32.5%

2000
Number	Percent
35.1
560,480	24.9%
1,686,990	75.1%
256,333	11.4%

871,119
2.51

608,632	69.9%
477,484	78.5%
59,276	9.7%
262,487	30.1%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
461,440	25.1%
1,379,245	74.9%
224,075	12.2%

694,573
2.56

509,376	73.3%
414,455	81.4%
42,130	8.3%
185,197	26.7%

1980
Number	Percent
30.5
464,872	27.9%
1,201,806	72.1%
191,718	11.5%

585,764
2.76

456,095	77.9%
384,339	84.3%
32,038	7.0%
129,669	22.1%

2022 Housing Data for Nashville, TN-KY Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	55,695	4.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	40,785	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	40,878	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	41,457	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	44,252	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	44,954	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	48,612	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	45,710	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	48,552	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	91,390	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	117,308	10.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	161,724	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	118,007	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	79,853	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	90,327	7.7%
$200,000 or more	99,472	8.5%

Median Household Income	72,540
Per Capita Income	38,404

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	55,043	4.7%
Public Assistance	21,953	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	117,566	10.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,311,631	71.5%
Unemployed	59,364	3.2%
In Armed Forces	17,380	0.9%

Total Labor Force	1,388,375	75.6%
Not in Labor Force	446,916	24.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	566,526	468,174	54.8%
Non-Profit	39,391	67,623	36.8%
Self-Employed	98,811	54,719	64.4%

Local Government	41,220	64,657	38.9%
State Government	22,431	32,279	41.0%
Federal Government	18,586	14,104	56.9%

Total Private + Self	665,337	522,893	56.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	121,628	178,663	40.5%
Total	786,965	701,556	52.9%

Pct. Govt.	13.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	251,294	16.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	314,361	21.1%
Professional, Technical	342,570	23.0%
Service Occupations	221,620	14.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,919	0.4%
All others	361,360	24.2%

White Collar		60.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	203,087	13.6%
Manufacturing	185,208	12.4%
Retail trade	170,253	11.4%
Educational services	122,899	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	108,580	7.3%
Construction	103,762	7.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	98,476	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	76,193	5.1%
Finance and insurance	69,761	4.7%
Other services	69,309	4.6%
Public administration	64,461	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	62,710	4.2%
Wholesale trade	36,502	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	31,128	2.1%
Information	29,658	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	28,427	1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	12,942	0.9%
Utilities	10,710	0.7%
Management	5,385	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,754	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	122,734	4.04%
Puerto Rican	21,813	0.72%
Cuban	8,396	0.28%
Dominican	2,308	0.08%

Total Central American	41,145	1.35%
Costa Rican	896	0.03%
Guatemalan	14,165	0.47%
Honduran	12,599	0.41%
Nicaraguan	1,026	0.03%
Panamanian	1,448	0.05%
Salvadoran	10,826	0.36%
Other Central American	185	0.01%

Total South American	13,187	0.43%
Argentinean	916	0.03%
Bolivian	253	0.01%
Chilean	755	0.02%
Colombian	4,279	0.14%
Ecuadorian	1,245	0.04%
Paraguayan	92	0.00%
Peruvian	1,991	0.07%
Uruguayan	158	0.01%
Venezuelan	3,211	0.11%
Other South American	287	0.01%

Other Hispanic	13,469	0.44%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	17,341	0.57%
Chinese	9,398	0.31%
Filipino	7,266	0.24%
Laotian	7,035	0.23%
Korean	6,553	0.22%
Vietnamese	4,447	0.15%
Burmese	3,505	0.12%
Japanese	2,905	0.10%
Thai	2,085	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,575,051	90.4%
Spanish	147,864	5.2%
Other Indo-European	24,337	0.9%
Arabic	21,217	0.7%
Other Asian	19,820	0.7%
Other	14,392	0.5%
German, other Germanic	13,805	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	7,753	0.3%
Chinese	6,860	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	374,250	12.3%
English	356,400	11.7%
German	291,319	9.6%
Irish	277,328	9.1%
European	73,874	2.4%
Italian	72,632	2.4%
Scottish	60,357	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	50,582	1.7%
French	46,905	1.5%
Polish	34,413	1.1%
African	32,658	1.1%
Dutch	24,105	0.8%
British	19,122	0.6%
Norwegian	16,393	0.5%
Welsh	16,272	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,916,882	96.0%
Not a citizen	120,246	4.0%

Native	2,830,022	93.2%
Foreign-born	207,106	6.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
77,757	3.8%	125,471	6.1%	612,347	29.9%	559,884	27.3%	434,660	21.2%	240,258	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	77,757	3.8%
9-12 Years	125,471	6.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	612,347	29.9%
Some College	559,884	27.3%
Bach. Degree	434,660	21.2%
Grad Degree	240,258	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	917,673	869,702	47,971	5.2%
1991	924,807	865,666	59,141	6.4%
1992	943,506	886,937	56,569	6.0%
1993	978,478	928,339	50,139	5.1%
1994	1,033,126	990,835	42,291	4.1%
1995	1,062,385	1,014,693	47,692	4.5%
1996	1,083,668	1,032,847	50,821	4.7%
1997	1,096,196	1,043,512	52,684	4.8%
1998	1,114,956	1,072,167	42,789	3.8%
1999	1,133,309	1,092,623	40,686	3.6%

2000	1,147,293	1,105,485	41,808	3.6%
2001	1,150,706	1,100,483	50,223	4.4%
2002	1,164,134	1,107,644	56,490	4.9%
2003	1,170,825	1,109,728	61,097	5.2%
2004	1,175,703	1,117,727	57,976	4.9%
2005	1,180,654	1,119,114	61,540	5.2%
2006	1,228,222	1,165,943	62,279	5.1%
2007	1,244,631	1,187,595	57,036	4.6%
2008	1,256,215	1,177,249	78,966	6.3%
2009	1,250,506	1,124,278	126,228	10.1%

2010	1,298,945	1,175,137	123,808	9.5%
2011	1,314,289	1,200,912	113,377	8.6%
2012	1,315,330	1,219,649	95,681	7.3%
2013	1,321,652	1,230,798	90,854	6.9%
2014	1,321,613	1,244,952	76,661	5.8%
2015	1,346,646	1,280,136	66,510	4.9%
2016	1,385,935	1,327,758	58,177	4.2%
2017	1,426,129	1,378,908	47,221	3.3%
2018	1,468,067	1,422,864	45,203	3.1%
2019	1,513,602	1,468,207	45,395	3.0%

2020	1,493,360	1,387,459	105,901	7.1%
2021	1,521,917	1,461,017	60,900	4.0%
2022	1,551,949	1,505,296	46,653	3.0%
2023	1,573,665	1,527,232	46,433	3.0%
2024	1,606,707	1,556,016	50,691	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,295,288
Median Value	$293,755

Occupied	1,168,976	90.2%
Vacant	126,312	9.8%

Owned	784,680	67.1%
Rented	384,296	32.9%
Median Rent	$1,172

Single-Family Units	933,510	72.1%
Detached	875,306	67.6%
Attached	58,204	4.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	197,139	15.2%
Mobile Homes	95,034	7.3%

Nashville, TN-KY Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Nashville, TN-KY Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Nashville, TN-KY Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Nashville, TN-KY Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Nashville, TN-KY Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Nashville, TN-KY Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Nashville, TN-KY Market Area