Nashville Population 2025

Nashville is the capital and most populous city in Tennessee State of United States, lies on the Cumberland River in the northwestern portion of the Nashville Basin. Nashville population in 2025 is estimated to be 696,707, covers city area of 525.94 sq mi (1,362.2 sq km), ranks largest city of Tennessee State and twentieth populous state in the United State. Nashville is popularly known as Music City, It is in Davidson County, Named for Francis Nash and city is founded in 1779. It is the part of Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, Combined Statistical area. Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Trevecca Nazarene University, Fisk University and Lipscomb University are the major educational institutes in Nashville. Nashville is the major center for healthcare, music, banking, automotive and technology and is twenty-second most dangerous cities in Tennessee in 2022.

• Contents
• Population by Age
• Population by Race
• Nativity by Place of Birth

Below is the Nashville population by year:

Nashville Metropolitan

The Nashville metropolitan area is located in the central part of the state of Tennessee. The Greater Nashville is an urbanized region centered on the city of Nashville, Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) had a population of 1,989,519 in 2020, ranks thirty-second in the United States CSA covering area of 7,484 sq mi (19,380 sq km). According to US 2020 Census, increase of 343,319 people in metropolitan from 1,646,200 people in 2010 to 1,989,519 people in 2020, with 20.9% change. Murfreesboro, Franklin, Bellevue are the principal cities and Hendersonville, Smyrna, Spring Hillof are the satellite cities of metropolitan.

Nashville Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, Total Nashville population is 668,580, out of these 323,094 are male, 345,486 are female, The sex ratio of Nashville is 94. The median age of the Nashville population is 34.4, Nashville population by age are, under 18 years is 137,263, 16 years and over is 543,328, 18 years and over is 531,317, 21 years and over is 505,685, 65 years and over is 102,744. 48.3% are male, 51.7% are female, Population of Nashville by age percent-wise is, 20.5% are under 18 years old, 81.3% are 16 years and over, 79.5% are 18 years and over, 75.6% are 21 years and over, 12.4% are 65 years and over. There are total 314,344 housing units, The voting population of Nashville are 481,692, out of these 227,863 are male voters, 253,829 are female voters, 47.3% are male, 52.7% are female. Nashville population in 2023 is estimated to be 692,501, population in 2022 is estimated to be 689,812, and in 2021 is estimated to be 678,850.

Nashville Population by Race

White Population

White population in Nashville, Tennessee are 419,934, percentage wise 62.8 percent are whites.

Black Population

Black population in Nashville, Tennessee are 181,426, percentage wise 27.1 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Nashville, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Nashville are 25,916, percentage wise 3.9 percent are asians, out of these 6,482 are Asian Indians, 3,432 are Chinese, 1,336 are Filipinos, 462 are Japanese, 2,370 are Korean, 2,672 are Vietnamese and 9,162 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Nashville, Tennessee are 70,650. Percentage wise 10.6 percent are hispanics, out of these 42,890 are Mexican people, 2,023 are Puerto Ricans, 1,958 are Cubans, and 23,779 are other Hispanic or Latinos.

Nativity by Place of Birth

According to 2019 estimates, Nashville native population is 575,948, out of these 319,026 born in the Tennessee state and 250,245 born in other state in the United States. Foreign born or Population born outside the US are 92,632, out of these 34,571 are Naturalised US citizen, 3,721 are in Europe, 14,175 in Asia, 7,567 in Africa, 7,858 in Latin America and 846 in Northern America. Non-US Citizens, Total Foreigners living in Nashville are 58,061, out of these 2,900 are from Europe, 14,232 are from Asia, 6,788 from Africa, 32,995 are from Latin America and 874 are from Northern America.