2024 population: 2,124,694 ( 135,176 from 2020)
Land area: 5689.4 square miles
Population density: 373.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,456,128	68.53%	4.8%
Black:	311,515	14.66%	3.6%
Indian:	5,167	0.24%	3.5%
Asian:	74,239	3.49%	22.4%
2+ races:	48,407	2.28%	18.3%
Hispanic:	229,238	10.79%	18.6%

Total non-White:	668,566	31.47%	11.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	106,333	13.4
Deaths:	78,576	9.9
Net Migration:	70,255	8.8
Net Immigration:	37,516	4.7

Change in White population:	67,142	3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	68,034	3.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

[Display all years]

Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,989,518
1,388,986	69.82%
300,622	15.11%
4,991	0.25%
60,658	3.05%
40,914	2.06%
193,347	9.72%
600,532	30.18%

2010
1,670,890
1,240,988	74.27%
249,925	14.96%
4,230	0.25%
37,151	2.22%
27,072	1.62%
109,276	6.54%
429,902	25.73%

2000
1,381,287
1,092,379	79.08%
203,134	14.71%
3,691	0.27%
20,732	1.50%
16,398	1.19%
43,441	3.14%
288,908	20.92%

1990
1,103,028
920,160	83.42%
162,769	14.76%
2,672	0.24%
9,783	0.89%
n/a
7,644	0.69%
182,868	16.58%

1980
963,757
804,539	83.48%
147,020	15.25%
1,345	0.14%
3,626	0.38%
n/a
6,340	0.66%
159,218	16.52%

1970
793,062
661,632	83.43%
125,678	15.85%
424	0.05%
932	0.12%
n/a
3,996	0.50%
131,430	16.57%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
216,969	13.0
128,228	7.7
158,336	9.5
39,422	2.4

147,998	8.9
170,630	10.2

Number	Rate
2000's
205,739	14.9
109,908	8.0
133,620	9.7
39,014	2.8

148,609	10.8
140,994	10.2

Number	Rate
1990's
181,695	16.5
102,400	9.3
137,582	12.5
14,928	1.4

172,219	15.6
106,040	9.6

Number	Rate
1980's
153,354	15.9
85,718	8.9
79,608	8.3
n/a

115,621	12.0
23,650	2.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
99,945	12.6
n/a

142,907	18.0
27,788	3.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area

[Display all years]

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
37.0
452,022	11.0%
1,672,672	78.7%
272,611	6.6%

772,128
2.53

498,495	64.6%
376,634	75.6%
47,692	9.6%
273,633	35.4%

2010
Number	Percent
35.9
407,621	24.4%
1,263,269	75.6%
180,482	10.8%

647,037
2.52

428,939	66.3%
316,617	73.8%
47,004	11.0%
218,098	33.7%

2000
Number	Percent
34.7
344,016	24.9%
1,037,271	75.1%
142,278	10.3%

536,945
2.50

366,306	68.2%
283,142	77.3%
38,156	10.4%
170,639	31.8%

1990
Number	Percent
32.7
276,997	25.1%
826,031	74.9%
121,377	11.0%

420,240
2.55

300,239	71.4%
239,580	79.8%
27,990	9.3%
120,001	28.6%

1980
Number	Percent
30.3
265,470	27.5%
698,287	72.5%
103,482	10.7%

342,673
2.73

260,904	76.1%
216,357	82.9%
20,687	7.9%
81,769	23.9%

2022 Housing Data for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	31,679	4.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	20,742	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	21,206	2.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	24,055	3.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	24,019	3.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	25,253	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	28,342	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	29,017	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	29,879	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	57,630	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	75,506	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	107,195	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	84,133	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	58,273	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	70,741	9.2%
$200,000 or more	84,458	10.9%

Median Household Income	80,837
Per Capita Income	43,222

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	94

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	31,080	4.0%
Public Assistance	13,472	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	66,131	8.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	919,279	75.4%
Unemployed	36,447	3.0%
In Armed Forces	1,596	0.1%

Total Labor Force	957,322	78.5%
Not in Labor Force	262,502	21.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	402,481	330,346	54.9%
Non-Profit	31,188	53,613	36.8%
Self-Employed	68,208	39,469	63.3%

Local Government	25,734	41,396	38.3%
State Government	14,477	21,402	40.3%
Federal Government	10,439	8,021	56.5%

Total Private + Self	470,689	369,815	56.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	81,838	124,432	39.7%
Total	552,527	494,247	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	11.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	197,773	18.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	225,788	21.5%
Professional, Technical	257,902	24.6%
Service Occupations	147,241	14.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,056	0.2%
All others	219,486	20.9%

White Collar		65.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	146,817	14.0%
Retail trade	117,979	11.3%
Manufacturing	103,851	9.9%
Educational services	86,580	8.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	82,041	7.8%
Accommodation and food services	77,463	7.4%
Construction	71,314	6.8%
Finance and insurance	55,592	5.3%
Transportation and warehousing	55,058	5.3%
Other services	48,980	4.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	44,758	4.3%
Public administration	41,842	4.0%
Wholesale trade	27,192	2.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	26,093	2.5%
Information	24,152	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	22,695	2.2%
Utilities	5,988	0.6%
Management	5,082	0.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	4,031	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	682	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	85,657	4.30%
Puerto Rican	11,789	0.59%
Cuban	5,994	0.30%
Dominican	1,262	0.06%

Total Central American	32,103	1.61%
Costa Rican	739	0.04%
Guatemalan	8,906	0.45%
Honduran	11,625	0.58%
Nicaraguan	651	0.03%
Panamanian	845	0.04%
Salvadoran	9,263	0.47%
Other Central American	74	0.00%

Total South American	11,000	0.55%
Argentinean	754	0.04%
Bolivian	186	0.01%
Chilean	572	0.03%
Colombian	3,495	0.18%
Ecuadorian	1,005	0.05%
Paraguayan	92	0.00%
Peruvian	1,612	0.08%
Uruguayan	141	0.01%
Venezuelan	2,899	0.15%
Other South American	244	0.01%

Other Hispanic	9,150	0.46%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	15,259	0.77%
Chinese	7,813	0.39%
Laotian	6,911	0.35%
Korean	4,997	0.25%
Filipino	4,992	0.25%
Vietnamese	3,717	0.19%
Burmese	3,386	0.17%
Japanese	1,963	0.10%
Thai	1,765	0.09%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,655,780	88.6%
Spanish	112,381	6.0%
Other Indo-European	21,286	1.1%
Arabic	19,905	1.1%
Other Asian	17,870	1.0%
Other	13,329	0.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	6,361	0.3%
Chinese	5,937	0.3%
Korean	3,557	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	242,761	12.2%
American	207,791	10.4%
German	193,980	9.7%
Irish	182,130	9.1%
Italian	51,971	2.6%
European	49,618	2.5%
Scottish	42,493	2.1%
Scotch-Irish	34,845	1.8%
French	33,689	1.7%
African	26,324	1.3%
Polish	24,992	1.3%
Dutch	15,120	0.8%
British	13,788	0.7%
Norwegian	12,143	0.6%
Welsh	11,469	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,890,116	94.9%
Not a citizen	100,757	5.1%

Native	1,819,337	91.4%
Foreign-born	171,536	8.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
44,127	3.3%	72,429	5.4%	346,449	25.6%	358,483	26.5%	342,561	25.3%	188,798	14.0%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	44,127	3.3%
9-12 Years	72,429	5.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	346,449	25.6%
Some College	358,483	26.5%
Bach. Degree	342,561	25.3%
Grad Degree	188,798	14.0%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,155,594	1,106,572	49,022	4.2%
1991	1,166,596	1,103,108	63,488	5.4%
1992	1,188,906	1,126,496	62,410	5.2%
1993	1,237,090	1,183,912	53,178	4.3%
1994	1,293,312	1,250,576	42,736	3.3%
1995	1,337,806	1,289,602	48,204	3.6%
1996	1,369,778	1,321,126	48,652	3.6%
1997	1,395,066	1,343,976	51,090	3.7%
1998	1,433,268	1,391,204	42,064	2.9%
1999	1,462,276	1,421,800	40,476	2.8%

2000	1,477,520	1,431,700	45,820	3.1%
2001	1,485,874	1,431,406	54,468	3.7%
2002	1,499,048	1,435,608	63,440	4.2%
2003	1,506,714	1,437,916	68,798	4.6%
2004	1,519,224	1,451,676	67,548	4.4%
2005	1,536,336	1,466,798	69,538	4.5%
2006	1,608,900	1,539,200	69,700	4.3%
2007	1,639,056	1,572,416	66,640	4.1%
2008	1,663,898	1,569,494	94,404	5.7%
2009	1,656,718	1,505,064	151,654	9.2%

2010	1,735,524	1,583,572	151,952	8.8%
2011	1,766,624	1,627,156	139,468	7.9%
2012	1,778,208	1,662,212	115,996	6.5%
2013	1,797,424	1,687,326	110,098	6.1%
2014	1,812,504	1,718,034	94,470	5.2%
2015	1,861,346	1,778,006	83,340	4.5%
2016	1,929,126	1,856,728	72,398	3.8%
2017	1,999,194	1,940,916	58,278	2.9%
2018	2,073,230	2,016,844	56,386	2.7%
2019	2,148,450	2,092,202	56,248	2.6%

2020	2,118,744	1,971,498	147,246	6.9%
2021	2,170,144	2,087,414	82,730	3.8%
2022	2,227,976	2,166,896	61,080	2.7%
2023	2,266,460	2,206,496	59,964	2.6%
2024	2,299,204	2,233,834	65,370	2.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	836,994
Median Value	$355,863

Occupied	772,128	92.3%
Vacant	64,866	7.7%

Owned	508,986	65.9%
Rented	263,142	34.1%
Median Rent	$1,341

Single-Family Units	593,767	70.9%
Detached	542,802	64.9%
Attached	50,965	6.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	167,017	20.0%
Mobile Homes	34,481	4.1%

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area