Nashville metropolitan area

Nashville— Murfreesboro,TN Metropolitan Statistical Area

Common name: The Mid-State

Largest city Nashville
Other cities Murfreesboro, Franklin
Population  Ranked 38th in the U.S.
 - Total 1,712,358 (2010 est.)[1]
 - Density 233/sq. mi. 
107/km²
Area 6868 sq. mi.
14,926 km²
State(s)  Tennessee
Elevation   
 - Highest point 2092 feet ( m)
 - Lowest point 359 feet ( m)

The Nashville metropolitan area is a metropolitan area centered on Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. It includes 13 counties in Middle Tennessee.

The Office of Management and Budget defines the metro area as the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) designated for statistical use by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies. The area is the 38th largest MSA in the United States[2] and is the largest metropolitan area in the state of Tennessee, although Nashville is the second largest city of Tennessee.

The metropolitan statistical area was first designated in 1950 and initially included only Davidson County. As surrounding counties increased in population and population densities and in the number of the number of their residents employed in Davidson County, the OMB added new counties to the MSA. Today, the metro area includes Davidson and 12 other counties.

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Cities and towns

Principal City

Other major cities with over 100,000 inhabitants

Suburbs with 25,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

Suburbs with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

Suburbs with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

Suburbs with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

Metropolitan area statistics

Geographic Area July 1, 2010[1] 2000 Census 1990 Census 1980 Census 1970 Census 1960 Census 1950 Census
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin 1,600,358 1,311,789 985,026 850,505 541,108 399,743 321,758
Cannon County 13,815 12,826 10,467¹ 10,234¹ 8,467¹ 8,537¹ 9,174¹
Cheatham County 39,744 35,912 27,140 21,616 13,199¹ 9,428¹ 9,167¹
Davidson County 641,870 569,891 510,784 477,811 448,003 399,743 321,758
Dickson County 48,532 43,156 35,061 30,037 21,977¹ 18,839¹ 18,805¹
Hickman County 24,125 22,295 16,754¹ 15,151¹ 12,096¹ 11,862¹ 13,353¹
Macon County 22,383 20,386 15,906¹ 15,700¹ 12,315¹ 12,197¹ 13,599¹
Robertson County 67,378 54,433 41,494 37,021 29,102¹ 27,335¹ 27,024¹
Rutherford County 260,076 182,023 118,570 84,058 59,428¹ 52,368¹ 40,696¹
Smith County 19,058 17,712 14,143¹ 14,935¹ 12,509¹ 12,059¹ 14,098¹
Sumner County 161,078 130,449 103,281 85,790 56,106 36,217¹ 33,533¹
Trousdale County 8,019 7,259 5,920¹ 6,137¹ 5,155¹ 4,914¹ 5,520¹
Williamson County 179,997 126,638 81,021 58,108 34,330¹ 25,267¹ 24,307¹
Wilson County 114,283 88,809 67,675 56,064 36,999 27,668¹ 26,318¹

¹County was not a part of this statistical area at the time of this Census and the county's population is not included in the total.

Combined Statistical Area

The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia, TN Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is the result of the addition of the Micropolitan Statistical Area of Columbia, TN (Maury County, Tennessee) to the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The estimated population of the CSA as of July 1, 2010, was 1,749,338.[1] This Metropolitan Statistical Area includes some of Tennessee's fastest growing counties.

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