Nashville, Tennessee Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Demographics== {{See also|List of people from Nashville, Tennessee}} {{US Census population |1790= |1800= |1810= 1100 |1820= 3410 |1830= 5566 |1840= 6929 |1850= 10165 |1860= 16988 |1870= 25865 |1880= 43350 |1890= 76168 |1900= 80865 |1910= 110364 |1920= 118342 |1930= 153866 |1940= 167402 |1950= 174307 |1960= 170874 |1970= 448003 |1980= 455651 |1990= 488374 |2000= 545524 |2010= 601222 |2020= 689447 |estimate= |estyear=<!-- THIS TABLE CONTAINS THE BALANCE POPULATION ONLY. DO NOT EDIT THIS POPULATION INFORMATION UNLESS YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CONSOLIDATED POPULATION AND A BALANCE POPULATION --> |footnote=Sources:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015-3.html |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=2016 |access-date=May 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019182931/https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015-3.html |archive-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027.html |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places In The U.S.: 1790 to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |first=Campbell |last=Gibson |date=June 1998 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314031958/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027.html |archive-date=March 14, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t5/tables/tab02.txt |title=Ranking Tables for Incorporated Places of 100,000 or More: 1990 and 2000 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=April 2, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618153805/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t5/tables/tab02.txt |archive-date=June 18, 2009}}</ref><ref name="QuickFacts" /><br />Notes:{{efn|The significant increase between 1960 and 1970 is due to the merging of Nashville and Davidson County in 1963.}} }} {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Historical racial composition<!-- THIS TABLE CONTAINS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE BALANCE POPULATION ONLY. DO NOT EDIT THIS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION UNLESS YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CONSOLIDATED POPULATION AND A BALANCE POPULATION --> !! 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US4752006&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>!! 2010<ref name="2010quickfacts">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP05/0500000US47037 |title=ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213035520/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP05/0500000US47037 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref> !! 1990<ref name="census1">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/TNtab.pdf |title=Table 43. Tennessee – Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Large Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=July 13, 2005 |access-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917171933/https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/TNtab.pdf|archive-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref> !! 1980<ref name="census1"/> !! 1970<ref name="census1"/> |- | [[White American|White (Non-Hispanic)]] || 53.3% || 56.3% || 73.2% || 75.2% || 79.5%{{efn|name="fifteen"|From 15% sample}} |- | [[African Americans|Black or African American]] (Non-Hispanic)|| 24.3% || 28.2% || 24.3% || 23.3% || 19.6% |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] || 14.0% || 10.0% || 0.9% || 0.8% || 0.6%{{efn|name="fifteen"}} |- | [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 3.9% || 3.1% || 1.4% || 0.5% || 0.1% |- | [[Multiracial American|Mixed]] ||3.8% || 1.9% |- | [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]] || 0.2% || 0.2% || 0.8% || 0.2% || 0.1% |- | [[Pacific Islands Americans|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander]] || 0.1% || 0.0% || 0.1% || N/A || N/A |- | Other Race ||0.5% |} <!-- THIS PARAGRAPH CONTAINS THE DATA FOR THE BALANCE POPULATION ONLY. DO NOT EDIT THIS POPULATION INFORMATION UNLESS YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CONSOLIDATED POPULATION AND A BALANCE POPULATION -->As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 689,447 people, 279,545 households, and 146,241 families residing in the city. The population increase of 88,225, or 14.67% over the [[2010 United States census|2010]] figure of 601,222 residents, represented the largest net population increase in the city's history.{{efn|Excluding the increase between [[1960 United States census|1960]] and [[1970 United States census|1970]], which was mostly due to the consolidation of the governments of Nashville and Davidson County}} The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,367.87|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm}}. In 2010, there were 254,651 households and 141,469 families (55.6% of households). Of households with families, 37.2% had married couples living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present. 27.9% of all households had children under the age of 18, and 18.8% had at least one member 65 years of age or older. Of the 44.4% of households that are non-families, 36.2% were individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.16.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/09_3YR/DP3YR2/0500000US47037 |title=Davidson County, Tennessee: Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2007–2009 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |year=2009 |access-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213112443/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/09_3YR/DP3YR2/0500000US47037 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref> [[File:Ethnic Origins in Nashville-Davidson, TN.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in Nashville]] The age distribution was 22.2% under 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 or older. The median age was 34.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/np/1.0/en/ACS/09_1YR/NP01/0500000US47037 |title=Davidson County, Tennessee: Population and Housing Narrative Profile: 2007–2009 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=2009 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213084227/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/np/1.0/en/ACS/09_1YR/NP01/0500000US47037 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref> The median income for a household in the city was $46,141, and the median income for a family was $56,377. Males with a year-round, full-time job had a median income of $41,017 versus $36,292 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,372. About 13.9% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.5% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/DP03/1600000US4752006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212083313/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/DP03/1600000US4752006 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=Nashville-Davidson County metropolitan government: Selected Economic Characteristics: 2007–2011 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=2011 |access-date=November 13, 2013 }}</ref> Of residents 25 or older, 33.4% have a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref name="consolidated">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/davidsoncountytennessee,US/PST045217 |title=State & County QuickFacts – Davidson County, Tennessee |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=April 18, 2019 |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> Because of its relatively low cost of living and large job market, Nashville has become a popular city for [[Immigration to the United States|immigrants]].<ref name="refugees">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/national/20REFU.html?ei=5007&en=913fc8336985e647&ex=1374033600 |title=U.S. a Place of Miracles for Somali Refugees |work=The New York Times |first=Rachel L |last=Swarns |date=July 20, 2003 |access-date=August 3, 2011}}</ref> Nashville's foreign-born population more than tripled in size between 1990 and 2000, increasing from 12,662 to 39,596. The city's largest immigrant groups include [[Mexican Americans|Mexicans]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Nashville's Hispanics|url=https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2015/03/14/adelante|newspaper=The Economist|date=March 14, 2015|access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> [[Kurdish Americans|Kurds]],<ref name="kurdish1">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-15-south-big-fish_x.htm |title=Who's the biggest fish in the South? |work=USA Today |first=Larry |last=Copeland |date=June 15, 2006 |access-date=August 3, 2011}}</ref> [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Meyer|first=Holly|date=April 30, 2015|title=Nashville residents recall harrowing fall of Saigon |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/30/nashville-residents-recall-harrowing-fall-of-saigon/26621275/|work=USA Today|access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> [[Laotian Americans|Laotians]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/chart/top-10-u-s-metropolitan-areas-by-laotian-population/|title=Top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas by Laotian population, 2015|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=September 8, 2017|website=pewsocialtrends.org|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> [[Arab Americans|Arabs]],<ref name=aljazeera>{{cite news|last=Piven|first=Ben|date=October 15, 2012|title=Immigrants thrive in US country music capital|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/10/2012101562146831853.html|work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> and [[Somalis]].<ref name=aljazeera/> There are also smaller communities of [[Pashtuns]] from [[Afghanistan]] and Pakistan concentrated primarily in [[Antioch, Tennessee|Antioch]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nashville.gov/humanrelations/docs/immigrant_community_assessment_nashville.pdf |title=Final Report of the Immigrant Community Assessment |work=Nashville.gov |first1=Daniel B. |last1=Cornfield |first2=Angela |last2=Arzubiaga |first3=Rhonda |last3=BeLue |first4=Susan L. |last4=Brooks |first5=Tony N. |last5=Brown |first6=Oscar |last6=Miller |first7=Douglas D. |last7=Perkins |first8=Peggy A. |last8=Thoits |first9=Lynn S. |last9=Walker |display-authors=5 |date=August 15, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531192900/http://www.nashville.gov/humanrelations/docs/immigrant_community_assessment_nashville.pdf |archive-date=May 31, 2010}}</ref> Nashville has the [[Kurdish population of Nashville|largest Kurdish community in the United States]], numbering approximately 15,000.<ref name=tennessean062317>{{cite news|last=Sawyer|first=Ariana Maia|date=June 23, 2017|title=Who are the Kurds, and why are they in Nashville?|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2017/06/23/who-kurds-and-why-they-nashville/97706968/|work=The Tennessean|access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> In 2009, about 60,000 [[Bhutanese refugees]] were being admitted to the U.S., and some were expected to resettle in Nashville.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090101/NEWS01/901010349/1001/RSS6001 |title=Newest refugees hail from Bhutan |work=The Tennessean |first=Chris |last=Echegaray |date=January 1, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> During the [[Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005|Iraqi election of 2005]], Nashville was one of the few international locations where [[Iraqi Americans|Iraqi]] expatriates could vote.<ref name="kurdish2">{{cite news |url=http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/05/01/63956949.shtml?Element_ID=63956949 |title=Local Iraqis ready to vote but worried about process |work=The Tennessean |first=Leon |last=Alligood |date=January 11, 2005 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [http://www.aina.org/news/20050111105713.jsp Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907223429/http://www.aina.org/news/20050111105713.jsp |date=September 7, 2012 }}</ref> The [[American Jews|American Jew]]ish community in Nashville dates back over 150 years, and numbered about 8,000 in 2015, plus 2,000 Jewish college students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brandeis.edu/ssri/pdfs/NashvilleCommStudy2015.pdf |title=2015 Nashville and Middle Tennessee Jewish Community Study |publisher=Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University |first1=Matthew |last1=Boxer |first2=Janet Krasner |last2=Aronson |first3=Matthew A. |last3=Brookner |first4=Ashley |last4=Perry |date=2016 |access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> In 1779, approximately 20 percent of the settlers in Fort Nashborough were enslaved and free individuals of African descent. From this period until the Civil War, a burgeoning African American community in Nashville, under the guidance of a select few black leaders, diligently laid the groundwork for a prosperous society. They established educational institutions, places of worship, and enterprises, all contributing to the development and progress of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tnstate.libguides.com/blacknashville|title=Introduction - Black Nashville in History & Memory}}</ref> ===Metropolitan area=== {{Main|Nashville metropolitan area}} {{As of|2020}}, Nashville has the largest [[metropolitan area]] in the state of Tennessee, with a population of 2,014,444.<ref name="nash-metroarea">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2018/PEPANNRES/310M400US34980 |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=April 2019 |access-date=July 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114651/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2018/PEPANNRES/310M400US34980 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref> The Nashville metropolitan area encompasses 13 of 41 [[Middle Tennessee]] counties: [[Cannon County, Tennessee|Cannon]], [[Cheatham County, Tennessee|Cheatham]], [[Davidson County, Tennessee|Davidson]], [[Dickson County, Tennessee|Dickson]], [[Macon County, Tennessee|Macon]], [[Maury County, Tennessee|Maury]], [[Robertson County, Tennessee|Robertson]], [[Rutherford County, Tennessee|Rutherford]], [[Smith County, Tennessee|Smith]], [[Sumner County, Tennessee|Sumner]], [[Trousdale County, Tennessee|Trousdale]], [[Williamson County, Tennessee|Williamson]], and [[Wilson County, Tennessee|Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/List4.txt |title=Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Components, November 2004, With Codes |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=March 2005 |access-date=August 3, 2011}}</ref> The 2020 population of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia [[combined statistical area]] was 2,118,233.<ref name="nash-csa">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2018/GCTPEPANNR.US41PR |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213004914/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2018/GCTPEPANNR.US41PR |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018 – United States – Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=April 2019 |access-date=July 12, 2019 }}</ref> === Religion === 59.6% of people in Nashville claim religious affiliation according to information compiled by [[Sperling's BestPlaces]]. The dominant religion in Nashville is [[Christianity]], accounting for 57.7% of the population. The Christian population is broken down into 20.6% [[Baptists]], 6.2% [[Catholic Church|Catholics]], 5.6% [[Methodism|Methodists]], 3.4% [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]], 3.4% [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterians]], 0.8% [[Mormons]], and 0.5% [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]]. 15.7% identify with other forms of Christianity, including the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Church]] and [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]]. [[Islam]] is the second largest religion, with 0.8% of the population. 0.6% of the population adhere to [[eastern religions]] such as [[Buddhism]], [[Sikhism]], [[Jainism]] and [[Hinduism]], and 0.3% follow [[Judaism]].<ref name="best-religion">{{cite web |url=https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/tennessee/nashville-davidson |title=Religion in Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee |work=[[Sperling's BestPlaces]] |access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page