Tennessee Population 2025
- Contents
- Population by Race
- Top Cities of Tennessee
- Population Pyramid
- Languages
- Education
- Disablity
- Counties of Tennessee
Year | Population | % Change |
---|---|---|
2010 | 6,355,301 | |
2011 | 6,397,410 | 0.66 |
2012 | 6,451,281 | 0.84 |
2013 | 6,493,432 | 0.65 |
2014 | 6,540,826 | 0.73 |
2015 | 6,590,808 | 0.76 |
2016 | 6,645,011 | 0.82 |
2017 | 6,708,794 | 0.96 |
2018 | 6,770,010 | 0.91 |
2019 | 6,829,586 | 0.88 |
2020 | 6,910,840 | census updated July 1, 2020 |
2021* | 6,975,218 | 0.93 |
2022* | 7,059,618 | 1.21 |
2023* | 7,176,102 | 1.65 |
Tennessee Population by Race
According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Tennessee by race are:
White Population
White population in Tennessee are 5,131,786, percentage wise 77.79 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).
Black Population
Black population in Tennessee are 1,107,392, percentage wise 16.79 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee are 110,605, percentage wise 1.68 percent are asians, out of these 28,740 are Asian Indians, 19,575 are Chinese, 11,982 are Filipinos, 5,219 are Japanese, 10,913 are Korean, 11,768 are Vietnamese and 22,408 are other Asian nationals.
Hispanic Population
Hispanic population in Tennessee are 340,063. Percentage wise 5.15 percent are hispanics, out of these 217,104 are Mexican people, 28,832 are Puerto Ricans, 11,372 are Cubans, and 82,755 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.
Total Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are 3,784, out of these 966 are Native Hawaiians, 711 are Guamanian/Chamorro, 1,102 are Samoans.
Hispanic or Latino's are 340,063, 217,104 are Mexicans, 28,832 are Puerto Ricans, 11,372 are Cubans. American Indians and Natives are 17,568, 5,698 are Cherokee tribals, 143 are Navajo tribals, 695 are Sioux tribal group and 259 are Chippewa tribals as on 2017.
Total Population | 6,597,381 | Percent |
---|---|---|
White | 5,131,786 | 77.79% |
Black or African American | 1,107,392 | 16.79% |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 17,568 | 0.266% |
Cherokee tribal grouping | 5,698 | 0.086% |
Chippewa tribal grouping | 259 | 0.004% |
Navajo tribal grouping | 143 | 0.002% |
Sioux tribal grouping | 695 | 0.011% |
Asian Population | 110,605 | 1.68% |
Asian Indian | 28,740 | 0.44% |
Chinese | 19,575 | 0.30% |
Filipino | 11,982 | 0.18% |
Japanese | 5,219 | 0.08% |
Korean | 10,913 | 0.17% |
Vietnamese | 11,768 | 0.18% |
Other Asian Population | 22,408 | |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 3,784 | 0.06% |
Native Hawaiian | 966 | 0.015% |
Guamanian or Chamorro | 711 | 0.011% |
Samoan | 1,102 | 0.017% |
Other Pacific Islander | 1,005 | |
Some other race | 88,745 | |
Hispanic or Latino | 340,063 | 5.15% |
Mexican | 217,104 | 3.29% |
Puerto Rican | 28,832 | 0.44% |
Cuban | 11,372 | 0.17% |
Other Hispanic or Latino | 82,755 |
Top Cities of Tennessee
Nashville-Davidson is the populous city in Tennessee state with 669,053, As per the Urban Agglomation estimates of UN World Population Prospects, Nashville-Davidson population is 1.24 million in 2020. Memphis is the fifth most dangerous city in the US, and is the second populous with 650,618 and Knoxville is third populous with 187,500 in the state of Tennessee. Other major cities in this state are Chattanooga, Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Barlett and some of these cities are most dangerous cities in Tennessee.
Rank | Cities | Population(2018) |
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1 | Nashville | 669,053 |
2 | Memphis | 650,618 |
3 | Knoxville | 187,500 |
4 | Chattanooga | 180,557 |
5 | Clarksville | 156,794 |
6 | Murfreesboro | 141,344 |
7 | Franklin | 80,914 |
8 | Jackson | 66,903 |
9 | Johnson | 66,778 |
10 | Bartlett | 59,315 |
11 | Hendersonville | 57,576 |
12 | Kingsport | 54,076 |
13 | Smyrna town | 50,775 |
14 | Collierville town | 50,616 |
Population Pyramid
Tennessee population pyramid is a graphical representation of the age and sex of a population, wide base suggests growing population, narrow base indicates declining birth rates. Tennessee state has a stable population from 0 to 69 years, from 70 and above the decrease of population due to aging population, has a slighter less life expectancy, at 85+ years, female population is having higher expectancy and almost double the male population.
Tennessee Population by Age
According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Tennessee by age is 6,597,381, out of these 3,217,073 are male, 3,380,308 are female, The sex ratio of Tennessee is 952. The Tennessee population by age are, under 15 years is 1,241,415, 15 years and over is 5,355,966, 30 years and over is 4,027,760, 65 years and over is 1,013,356 and 85 years and over is 110,321. 48.76 percent are male, 51.24 percent are female, 18.82 percent are under 15 years old, 81.18 percent are 15 years and over, 61.05 percent are 30 years and over, 15.36 percent are 65 years and over, 1.67 percent are 85 years and over.
Languages spoken in TN
5,610 speak Hindi, 5,903 Gujarati, 2,570 Urdu, 201 Punjabi, 1,398 Bengali, 4,456 Nepali/marathi, 4,015 Telugu, 1,977 Malayalam/Kannada, 2015 are Tamil speakers.
People from east and mid asia, 14,774 speak Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 4,341 Japanese, 8,417 Korean, 452 Hmong, 1,535 Khmer, 6,920 Thai/Lao/Tai-kadai, 7,298 speak Tagalog.
2,135 Ilocano/Samoan/Hawaiian, 23,463 Araic, 514 Hebrew, and regarding African languages, 6,039 Amharic/Somali, 5,699 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 3,601 Swahili.
10,931 speak French including Cajun, 1875 Haitian, 2276 Italian, 2391 Portuguese, 12233 German, 3647 Yiddish/Pennsylvania/Dutch, 868 Greek, 4305 Russian, 1175 Polish, 1130 Serbo-Croatian. 1776 Ukranian/Slavic language, 143 Armenian, 3261 speak Persian including Farsi/Dari.
Languages | Population | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Speak only English | 5,762,777 | 93.03 |
Spanish Language | 248,552 | 4.01 |
European Language | 74,472 | 1.20 |
Asian Languages | 66,997 | 1.08 |
Other Languages | 42,005 | 0.68 |
Tennessee Education
Below table is the high school, college statistics of Tennessee state.
Total | Male | Female | ||
Population 18 to 24 years | 621,284 | 314,541 | 306,743 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Less than high school graduate | 73,827 | 43,238 | 30,589 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 221,523 | 124,002 | 97,521 | |
Some college or associates degree | 267,424 | 124,513 | 142,911 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 58,510 | 22,788 | 35,722 | |
Population 25 years and over | 4,478,450 | 2,137,446 | 2,341,004 | |
Less than 9th grade | 228,179 | 118,143 | 110,036 | |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 375,345 | 192,511 | 182,834 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 1,461,364 | 719,312 | 742,052 | |
Some college, no degree | 934,347 | 432,065 | 502,282 | |
Associates degree | 312,442 | 127,442 | 185,000 | |
Bachelors degree | 738,613 | 350,536 | 388,077 | |
Graduate or professional degree | 428,160 | 197,437 | 230,723 |
White | 3,490,250 | 1,672,568 | 1,817,682 | |
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High school graduate or higher | 3,075,483 | 1,461,542 | 1,613,941 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 955,119 | 460,341 | 494,778 | |
Black or African | 684,067 | 310,528 | 373,539 | |
High school graduate or higher | 580,183 | 257,095 | 323,088 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 131,607 | 48,342 | 83,265 | |
American Indian or Alaska Native alone | 12,596 | 5,954 | 6,642 | |
High school graduate or higher | 9,862 | 4,613 | 5,249 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 2,646 | 1,434 | 1,212 | |
Asian | 74,602 | 33,759 | 40,843 | |
High school graduate or higher | 64,024 | 29,683 | 34,341 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 39,201 | 18,849 | 20,352 | |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 2,269 | 1,123 | 1,146 | |
High school graduate or higher | 1,896 | 957 | 939 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 251 | 169 | 82 | |
Hispanic or Latino Origin | 167,528 | 90,740 | 76,788 | |
High school graduate or higher | 101,870 | 52,696 | 49,174 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 24,342 | 11,844 | 12,498 |
Disability
Disable People of Tennessee state as per table below:
Total civilian non-institutionalized population | 1,001,684 |
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Male | 477,876 |
Female | 523,808 |
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White | 813,908 |
Black or African American | 151,370 |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone | 4,355 |
Asian | 7,029 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 611 |
Some other race | 4,821 |
DISABILITY TYPE | |
With a hearing difficulty | 279,020 |
With a vision difficulty | 199,712 |
With a cognitive difficulty | 385,190 |
With an ambulatory difficulty | 547,613 |
With a self-care difficulty | 198,286 |
With an independent living difficulty | 359,289 |
Counties of Tennessee
Tennessee State is divided into 95 Counties, Population by county, Shelby is the largest county with 935,764 inhabitants, followed by Davidson County with 692,587, Knox County with 465,289 and Hamilton County with 364,286 people.
County | Population 2017 | Population 2018 | % Change | Rank 2017 | Rank 2018 |
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Anderson County | 76,187 | 76,482 | 0.4 | 18 | 18 |
Bedford County | 48,138 | 49,038 | 1.9 | 33 | 33 |
Benton County | 15,959 | 16,184 | 1.4 | 76 | 76 |
Bledsoe County | 14,730 | 14,755 | 0.2 | 78 | 78 |
Blount County | 129,900 | 131,349 | 1.1 | 11 | 11 |
Bradley County | 105,317 | 106,727 | 1.3 | 13 | 13 |
Campbell County | 39,626 | 39,583 | -0.1 | 40 | 40 |
Cannon County | 14,168 | 14,462 | 2.1 | 80 | 79 |
Carroll County | 27,833 | 28,020 | 0.7 | 52 | 52 |
Carter County | 56,476 | 56,351 | -0.2 | 24 | 25 |
Cheatham County | 40,285 | 40,439 | 0.4 | 38 | 39 |
Chester County | 17,135 | 17,276 | 0.8 | 73 | 73 |
Claiborne County | 31,635 | 31,756 | 0.4 | 48 | 48 |
Clay County | 7,691 | 7,717 | 0.3 | 90 | 90 |
Cocke County | 35,481 | 35,774 | 0.8 | 42 | 42 |
Coffee County | 54,941 | 55,700 | 1.4 | 26 | 26 |
Crockett County | 14,465 | 14,328 | -0.9 | 79 | 80 |
Cumberland County | 59,005 | 59,673 | 1.1 | 23 | 23 |
Davidson County | 689,006 | 692,587 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 |
Decatur County | 11,725 | 11,706 | -0.2 | 85 | 86 |
DeKalb County | 19,846 | 20,138 | 1.5 | 65 | 65 |
Dickson County | 52,785 | 53,446 | 1.3 | 30 | 28 |
Dyer County | 37,403 | 37,320 | -0.2 | 41 | 41 |
Fayette County | 40,065 | 40,507 | 1.1 | 39 | 38 |
Fentress County | 18,120 | 18,217 | 0.5 | 69 | 69 |
Franklin County | 41,584 | 41,890 | 0.7 | 36 | 36 |
Gibson County | 49,118 | 49,045 | -0.1 | 32 | 32 |
Giles County | 29,385 | 29,503 | 0.4 | 50 | 50 |
Grainger County | 23,124 | 23,145 | 0.1 | 61 | 61 |
Greene County | 68,759 | 69,087 | 0.5 | 20 | 20 |
Grundy County | 13,334 | 13,346 | 0.1 | 82 | 82 |
Hamblen County | 64,111 | 64,569 | 0.7 | 21 | 21 |
Hamilton County | 361,132 | 364,286 | 0.9 | 4 | 4 |
Hancock County | 6,584 | 6,549 | -0.5 | 92 | 92 |
Hardeman County | 25,401 | 25,220 | -0.7 | 58 | 58 |
Hardin County | 25,783 | 25,776 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
Hawkins County | 56,470 | 56,530 | 0.1 | 25 | 24 |
Haywood County | 17,596 | 17,335 | -1.5 | 72 | 72 |
Henderson County | 27,726 | 27,847 | 0.4 | 53 | 53 |
Henry County | 32,420 | 32,358 | -0.2 | 47 | 47 |
Hickman County | 24,848 | 25,063 | 0.9 | 59 | 59 |
Houston County | 8,173 | 8,263 | 1.1 | 88 | 88 |
Humphreys County | 18,449 | 18,486 | 0.2 | 68 | 68 |
Jackson County | 11,677 | 11,758 | 0.7 | 86 | 85 |
Jefferson County | 53,732 | 54,012 | 0.5 | 27 | 27 |
Johnson County | 17,641 | 17,778 | 0.8 | 71 | 70 |
Knox County | 460,932 | 465,289 | 0.9 | 3 | 3 |
Lake County | 7,459 | 7,411 | -0.6 | 91 | 91 |
Lauderdale County | 26,108 | 25,825 | -1.1 | 55 | 56 |
Lawrence County | 43,327 | 43,734 | 0.9 | 35 | 35 |
Lewis County | 12,022 | 12,086 | 0.5 | 84 | 84 |
Lincoln County | 33,833 | 34,117 | 0.8 | 43 | 43 |
Loudon County | 52,175 | 53,054 | 1.7 | 31 | 31 |
McMinn County | 52,895 | 53,285 | 0.7 | 29 | 29 |
McNairy County | 25,989 | 25,832 | -0.6 | 56 | 55 |
Macon County | 23,892 | 24,265 | 1.6 | 60 | 60 |
Madison County | 97,586 | 97,605 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
Marion County | 28,418 | 28,575 | 0.6 | 51 | 51 |
Marshall County | 32,934 | 33,683 | 2.3 | 45 | 44 |
Maury County | 92,220 | 94,340 | 2.3 | 16 | 16 |
Meigs County | 12,056 | 12,306 | 2.1 | 83 | 83 |
Monroe County | 46,098 | 46,357 | 0.6 | 34 | 34 |
Montgomery County | 200,015 | 205,950 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Moore County | 6,363 | 6,411 | 0.8 | 93 | 93 |
Morgan County | 21,514 | 21,579 | 0.3 | 64 | 64 |
Obion County | 30,403 | 30,267 | -0.4 | 49 | 49 |
Overton County | 21,990 | 22,068 | 0.4 | 62 | 62 |
Perry County | 7,962 | 8,064 | 1.3 | 89 | 89 |
Pickett County | 5,063 | 5,082 | 0.4 | 95 | 95 |
Polk County | 16,765 | 16,898 | 0.8 | 74 | 74 |
Putnam County | 77,366 | 78,843 | 1.9 | 17 | 17 |
Rhea County | 32,742 | 33,044 | 0.9 | 46 | 46 |
Roane County | 52,932 | 53,140 | 0.4 | 28 | 30 |
Robertson County | 70,154 | 71,012 | 1.2 | 19 | 19 |
Rutherford County | 316,677 | 324,890 | 2.6 | 5 | 5 |
Scott County | 21,985 | 22,039 | 0.2 | 63 | 63 |
Sequatchie County | 14,752 | 14,876 | 0.8 | 77 | 77 |
Sevier County | 97,277 | 97,892 | 0.6 | 15 | 14 |
Shelby County | 935,973 | 935,764 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Smith County | 19,650 | 19,942 | 1.5 | 66 | 66 |
Stewart County | 13,368 | 13,561 | 1.4 | 81 | 81 |
Sullivan County | 156,951 | 157,668 | 0.5 | 9 | 9 |
Sumner County | 183,584 | 187,149 | 1.9 | 8 | 8 |
Tipton County | 61,311 | 61,581 | 0.4 | 22 | 22 |
Trousdale County | 10,855 | 11,012 | 1.4 | 87 | 87 |
Unicoi County | 17,755 | 17,761 | 0 | 70 | 71 |
Union County | 19,407 | 19,688 | 1.4 | 67 | 67 |
Van Buren County | 5,708 | 5,765 | 1 | 94 | 94 |
Warren County | 40,690 | 40,878 | 0.5 | 37 | 37 |
Washington County | 127,613 | 128,607 | 0.8 | 12 | 12 |
Wayne County | 16,556 | 16,558 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
Weakley County | 33,296 | 33,415 | 0.4 | 44 | 45 |
White County | 26,744 | 27,107 | 1.4 | 54 | 54 |
Williamson County | 225,920 | 231,729 | 2.6 | 6 | 6 |
Wilson County | 136,540 | 140,625 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
References
1. Census Fact finder
2. Historical Population of States from 1790 to 1990
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