Nashville metropolitan area

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The Mid-State
Metropolitan area
Nashville-Davidson-Mufreesboro-Franklin, TN MSA
Nashville skyline from Fort Negley 2018.jpg
Nashville skyline
Nashville-Davidson-Mufreesboro-Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area
Nashville-Davidson-Mufreesboro-Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee
Largest cityFlag of Nashville, Tennessee.png Nashville
Principal cities - Murfreesboro
 - Franklin
Area
 • Total7,484 sq mi (19,380 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,989,519 (36th)
 • Density258/sq mi (100/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central Time Zone (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code(s)615, 629
Websitewww.visitmusiccity.com
Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1950584,367—
1960676,25115.7%
1970780,96615.5%
1980948,60621.5%
19901,086,27414.5%
20001,358,99225.1%
20101,646,20021.1%
20201,989,51920.9%
Sources:[1]

The Nashville metropolitan area (officially, the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area) is a metropolitan statistical area centered around Nashville, Tennessee, the capital and largest city in Tennessee, in the United States. With a population of more than 2 million, it is the most populous metropolitan area in Tennessee. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, in terms of land area.

The Office of Management and Budget defines the metro area for statistical use by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies. The area is the 36th largest metropolitan area in the United States.[2] The metropolitan statistical area was first designated in 1950 and initially included only Davidson County. As surrounding counties increased in population and densities and in 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.[3]

Geography[]

The Nashville metropolitan area is located in the central part of the state of Tennessee, entirely within the Grand Division of Middle Tennessee, as defined by state law. Both the geographical center and population center of Tennessee are found in Murfreesboro, the second-largest city in the metropolitan area. Geologically, the metropolitan area covers most of the Nashville Basin, a geological dome. Parts of the region extend onto the Highland Rim, an elevated plain which completely surrounds the Nashville Basin. Both of these physiographic provinces are part of the Interior Low Plateaus of the Interior Plains. The region is characterized by a combination of uneven rolling hills and relatively level plains, and is underlain with porous sedimentary bedrock such as limestone, sandstone, and shale, which form karst. As a result, the region contains many caves, underground streams, and depressions, and sinkholes are a common problem in the region.[4]

Nashville is located in the northwestern corner of the basin, and most of Nashville's suburban growth has occurred to the south, southeast, east, and northeast of the city, due to the more level terrain of the basin. Much of the metro area contains extremely fertile soils, and crops such as corn and tobacco are commonly grown in the more rural parts of the metropolitan area. The Cumberland River passes through central part of the region, and is served by several tributaries, including the Stones, Harpeth, Caney Fork, and Red rivers.[5] A small portion of the southern part of the metropolitan area, including most of Maury County, is within the drainage basin of the Tennessee River.[6] A small part of the northern part of the region is within the Green River watershed.[7] The Nashville metropolitan area is one of the most biodiverse inland regions in the United States, and is home to extremely rare ecosystems known as cedar glades, which are found in areas with shallow limestone bedrock that is largely barren of overlying soil, and are also one of the most endangered ecosystems in the nation, due to the rapid growth of the region.[8]

Cities and towns[]

Anchor city[]

  • Nashville

Principal cities or communities with over 75,000 inhabitants[]

Satellite cities or communities with more than 50,000 inhabitants[]

  • Hendersonville
  • Smyrna
  • Spring Hill

Suburbs with 25,000 to 50,000 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 2020 Census 2010 Census 2000 Census 1990 Census 1980 Census 1970 Census 1960 Census 1950 Census
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin 1,989,519 1,589,934 1,311,789 985,026 850,505 541,108 399,743 321,758
Cannon County 14,506 13,801 12,826 10,467* 10,234* 8,467* 8,537* 9,174*
Cheatham County 41,072 39,105 35,912 27,140 21,616 13,199* 9,428* 9,167*
Davidson County 715,884 626,681 569,891 510,784 477,811 448,003 399,743 321,758
Dickson County 54,315 49,666 43,156 35,061 30,037 21,977* 18,839* 18,805*
Hickman County 24,925* 24,690 22,295 16,754* 15,151* 12,096* 11,862* 13,353*
Macon County 25,216 22,248 20,386 15,906* 15,700* 12,315* 12,197* 13,599*
Maury County 100,974 80,956* 69,498* 54,812* 51,095* 43,376* 41,699* 40,368*
Robertson County 72,803 66,283 54,433 41,494 37,021 29,102* 27,335* 27,024*
Rutherford County 341,486 262,604 182,023 118,570 84,058 59,428* 52,368* 40,696*
Smith County 19,904 19,166 17,712 14,143* 14,935* 12,509* 12,059* 14,098*
Sumner County 196,281 160,634 130,449 103,281 85,790 56,106 36,217* 33,533*
Trousdale County 11,615 7,864 7,259 5,920* 6,137* 5,155* 4,914* 5,520*
Williamson County 247,726 183,182 126,638 81,021 58,108 34,330* 25,267* 24,307*
Wilson County 147,737 113,993 88,809 67,675 56,064 36,999 27,668* 26,318*

* County 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, TN, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is the result of the addition of the Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Shelbyville (Bedford County), Lawrenceburg (Lawrence County) and Lewisburg (Marshall County) to the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The estimated population of the CSA as of July 1, 2019, was 2,087,725.[9]

Transportation[]

Three major interstate highways serve the Nashville metropolitan area, converging in downtown Nashville as a contiguous freeway loop. Most of the rapid growth of the Nashville metropolitan area has occurred along three major interstate highway corridors. Interstate 40 runs in an east-to-west direction, and connecting the region to Memphis to the west and Knoxville to the west. Interstate 65 runs north to south, and connects to Huntsville, Alabama to the south and Louisville, Kentucky to the north. Interstate 24, while technically an east-west interstate, runs in a northwest-to-southeast orientation, connecting the region to Clarksville to the northwest and Chattanooga to the southeast. Within the metro area, I-40 serves a suburban corridor that consists of the eastern neighborhoods of Nashville, including Donelson and Hermitage, and the cities of Mount Juliet and Lebanon. I-24 serves the suburban areas of Antioch, La Vergne, Smyrna, and Murfreesboro to the southeast, which is both the most populated and, in general, is the most congested corridor in the region. The I-65 corridor to the south consists of the suburban cities of Oak Hill, Berry Hill, Brentwood, and Franklin, and I-65 also serves the Nashville suburbs of Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, and Millersville to the north. Interstate 440 serves as a southern bypass around downtown Nashville, and Interstate 840 is an outer southern bypass around Nashville. State Route 155 (SR 155, Briley Parkway) is a freeway that bypasses downtown Nashville to the north and provides access to a number of tourist attractions including the Grand Ole Opry. SR 386 (Vietnam Veterans Boulevard) is a freeway that serves the suburbs of Hendersonville and Gallatin, and SR 396 connects Spring Hill to I-65.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 (CBSA-EST2012-01)". Archived from the original on April 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Office of Management and Budget" (PDF).
  4. ^ Moore, Harry; Drumm, Eric G. "Karst Geology in Tennessee" (PDF). Knoxville: University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Cumberland River Basin & Barren River Watershed". tn.gov. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "Tennessee Valley Area: pictorial map". U.S. Government Printing Office. 1939. Retrieved June 23, 2020 – via Library of Congress.
  7. ^ "Barren River Watershed". tn.gov. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  8. ^ Quarterman, Elsie (January 1950). "Ecology of Cedar Glades. I. Distribution of Glade Flora in Tennessee". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. New York City: Torrey Botanical Society. 77 (1): 1–9. doi:10.2307/2482376. JSTOR 2482376.
  9. ^ Bureau, U.S. Census. "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010-2018". www.census.gov/.
  10. ^ 2020 Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

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