Tennessee city populations 2015 (Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga: house, unemployment rate, neighborhoods)

[nashvols]

rank - city - 2015 pop - 2014 change - 2010 change

1) Memphis - 655,770 - (-1,091) - +8,881
2) Nashville - 654,610 - +10,596 - +53,388
3) Knoxville - 185,291 - +1,010 - +6,417
4) Chattanooga - 176,588 - +2,810 - +8,914
5) Clarksville - 149,176 - +2,370 - +16,247

6) Murfreesboro - 126,118 - +5,164 - +17,363
7) Franklin - 72,639 - +2,027 - +10,152
8) Jackson - 66,975 - (-344) - +1,764
9) Johnson City - 66,027 - +214 - +2,875
10) Bartlett - 58,579 - +315 - +3,966

11) Hendersonville - 56,018 - +865 - +4,646
12) Kingsport - 53,014 - (-14) - +4,809
13) Collierville - 48,863 - +208 - +4,898
14) Smyrna - 46,607 - +1,333 - +6,633
15) Cleveland - 43,898 - +716 - +2,613

16) Brentwood - 41,763 - +781 - +4,703
17) Germantown - 39,240 - (-27) - +396
18) Columbia - 36,800 - +729 - +2,119
19) Spring Hill - 36,055 - +1,786 - +7,019
20) La Vergne - 34,794 - +520 - +2,206

21) Gallatin - 34,334 - +987 - +4,056
22) Cookeville - 32,113 - +778 - +1,678
23) Mt. Juliet - 31,540 - +2,153 - +7,869
24) Lebanon - 30,262 - +835 - +4,072
25) Morristown - 29,478 - +174 - +341

[nashvols]

Now that we're halfway through the decade....we can see what things will look like in 2020 if the last 5 years repeat themselves.

(note: of course trends change from year-to-year, and over time...this isn't a prediction or an educated guess...it's just repeating the population growth from the previous 5 years. Lots of things could affect this, including annexation)....but you can get an idea where the cities are heading.

2020 population

1) Nashville - 707,998
2) Memphis - 664,651
3) Knoxville - 191,708
4) Chattanooga - 185,502
5) Clarksville - 165,423

6) Murfreesboro - 143,481
7) Franklin - 82,791
8) Johnson City - 68,902
9) Jackson - 68,739
10) Bartlett - 62,545

11) Hendersonville - 60,664
12) Kingsport - 57,823
13) Collierville - 53,761
14) Smyrna - 53,240
15) Cleveland - 46,511

16) Brentwood - 46,466
17) Spring Hill - 43,074
18) Germantown - 39,636
19) Mt. Juliet - 39,409
20) Columbia - 38,919

21) Gallatin - 38,390
22) La Vergne - 37,000
23) Lebanon - 34,334
24) Cookeville - 33,791
25) Morristown - 29,819

[creeksitter]

You could argue that Chattanooga is growing expotentially and will surpass Knoxville by 2020. Especially as they are promoting high density in-town construction.

Knoxville will have a lot of its growth outside the city limits, plus you have the effect of gentrification on single family neighborhoods where larger households are displaced.

It will be a long time, if ever, that Chattanooga outgrow Knoxville's metro.

[JMT]

Thanks for posting this, nashvols. I almost feel sorry for Memphis which overtook Nashville in 1900 to become the state's largest city. They celebrated in Memphis back then with parades and dancing in the streets. I'm surprised to see that the Memphis suburbs, even the ones in Mississippi, aren't growing much or are losing population. I do think that things are improving in Memphis, so hopefully it'll start gaining population again before long although probably not enough to offset Nashville's gains.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis on cusp of losing distinction as state

I'm glad to see Chattanooga starting to pick up steam.

And with a very impressive growth rate of 4.4% in one year, Murfreesboro was the 13th fastest growing city in the entire country last year.

[MetropolitanTN]

Yay for Murfreesboro! Lots of good things happening here.

[nashvols]

Here are the rest of the Tennessee cities/towns with at least 10,000 residents (congrats to Clinton, btw, for joining the club!)

rank - city - 2015 pop - 2014 change - 2010 change

26) Oak Ridge - 29,302 - (-1) - (-28)
27) Maryville - 28,464 - +135 - +999
28) Bristol - 26,666 - (-63) - (-36)
29) Farragut - 21,919 - +232 - +1,243
30) Shelbyville - 21,317 - +280 - +982

31) East Ridge - 21,260 - (-57) - +281
32) Tullahoma - 19,128 - +229 - +473
33) Goodlettsville - 16,994 - +3 - +1,073
34) Springfield - 16,808 - +56 - +368
35) Dyersburg - 16,781 - (-58) - (-364)

36) Sevierville - 16,490 - +135 - +1,683
37) Dickson - 15,359 - +366 - +821
38) Greeneville - 15,094 - +59 - +32
39) Elizabethton - 13,772 - (-499) - (-404)
40) McMinnville - 13,759 - +139 - +154

41) Athens - 13,668 - +24 - +230
42) Soddy-Daisy - 13,171 - (-19) - +457
43) Lakeland - 12,553 - (-11) - +123
44) Portland - 12,323 - +105 - +843
45) Red Bank - 11,769 - (-15) - +118

46) Arlington - 11,625 - (-9) - +108
47) Lewisburg - 11,480 - +109 - +380
48) Crossville - 11,411 - +81 - +616
49) White House - 11,226 - +184 - +971
50) Millington - 11,027 - (-53) - +851

51) Martin - 10,959 - (-363) - (-514)
52) Collegedale - 10,743 - +14 - +2,461
53) Union City - 10,573 - (-93) - (-322)
54) Lawrenceburg - 10,569 - +71 - +141
55) Manchester - 10,517 - +168 - +415

56) Paris - 10,150 - (-6) - (-6)
57) Clinton - 10,049 - +160 - +208

[Shakeesha]

Originally Posted by MetropolitanTN

Yay for Murfreesboro! Lots of good things happening here.

Murfreesboro ranked 13th for fastest growing city in the nation above 50,000 people.

Mayor proud Murfreesboro on fastest-growing cities list

[jchometeam]

I have never understood why cities celebrate such fast growth. Slow, steady growth seems to me to be much more sustainable without the resulting problems in unemployment, crime, etc. that comes from fast growth.

[nashvols]

Originally Posted by jchometeam

I have never understood why cities celebrate such fast growth. Slow, steady growth seems to me to be much more sustainable without the resulting problems in unemployment, crime, etc. that comes from fast growth.

[Shakeesha]

Nashvols, I love this! Thanks for sharing!

This chart is very telling. It is interesting that Montgomery County, which has shown very impressive population/residential growth, has somehow struggled to attract the necessary amount of jobs to match. On the other hand, Knox County which has not shown high population growth, has a low unemployment rate and decent job growth. Shelby County was no surprise, and Hamilton was not either. With this chart, it appears that Middle Tennessee has the strongest economic growth, with Jackson, Houston, and Grundy Counties being the exceptions.