2011 Population Estimates

[nashvols]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

At one time, wasn't Murfreesboro the town with the largest growth, and where is it on the chart? Or am I losing my mind?

On a lighter note, Paris gained 206 people, all from folks that filled out that "Where should I move to?" questionnaire. (Ongoing joke for the regulars. Every so often we get a "What is Paris, TN like?" question and it always comes back to this questionnaire. I've taken it, and so has JMT, and yep, you guessed it. We should be packing our bags and moving to Paris. )

Knoxville has far more people in it downtown core than it did six years ago. I don't think that's from a population upswing as much as a downtown that is full of beautifully restored buildings with interesting shops, businesses and restaurants. On Saturday's farmer's markets I would say that 10 to 20 percent of the cars in the Market Square parking garage have out-of-state tags.

Murfreesboro is part of the Nashville MSA, so it's listed under that.

The Boro grew from around 69,000 to 108,000 from 2000-2010. It's adding about 4,000 per year.


And as I was leaving UT, I was happy to see downtown Knoxville adding more residential options. Hopefully the slow economy won't stop that sort of development. DT Knoxville still has a lot of untapped potential...but the city should be very proud of successes like Market Square, as well as somewhat of a renaissance on Gay Street and in the Old City.

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by nashvols

Murfreesboro is part of the Nashville MSA, so it's listed under that.

The Boro grew from around 69,000 to 108,000 from 2000-2010. It's adding about 4,000 per year.


And as I was leaving UT, I was happy to see downtown Knoxville adding more residential options. Hopefully the slow economy won't stop that sort of development. DT Knoxville still has a lot of untapped potential...but the city should be very proud of successes like Market Square, as well as somewhat of a renaissance on Gay Street and in the Old City.

Lots of residential options and the prices had dropped but are going back up again since downtown started going gangbusters this year. I know its been growing but downtown has really hit the apex. When was the last time you were there?

Regarding Murfreesboro, the last time someone had a list, it was growing the fastest. I think it was JMT or LauraC that put it up.

[nashvols]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

Lots of residential options and the prices had dropped but are going back up again since downtown started going gangbusters this year. I know its been growing but downtown has really hit the apex. When was the last time you were there?

Regarding Murfreesboro, the last time someone had a list, it was growing the fastest. I think it was JMT or LauraC that put it up.

I went through downtown last year (UT/Oregon game)...but I really didn't have time to look around.

As for Murfreesboro...it's the fastest growing of the big cities in percentage growth...but Nashville has had more in raw numbers (since it covers a lot more area). Spring Hill was the fastest growing city overall (something like 275% growth over the decade).

And this list is metro/micropolitan areas only...and Murfreesboro is part of Nashville's, so it's not listed separately. If it were a list of fastest growing cities, the Boro would be near the top.