Tennessee · 232 places

Cities and towns in Tennessee

Short answer

Tennessee has 232 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 4,299,036 residents in 2024. Nashville-Davidson is the largest with 704,963.
Places 1,000+
232
5,000+
104
Share of state
59%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is Lawrenceburg with 12,112 people, and the smallest in that group is Bolivar with 5,084. 87 of the 104 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 21 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Tennessee

  1. 01Nashville-Davidson704,963
  2. 02Memphis610,919
  3. 03Knoxville198,722
  4. 04Chattanooga191,496
  5. 05Clarksville185,690
  6. 06Murfreesboro168,387
  7. 07Franklin89,142
  8. 08Johnson City73,635
  9. 09Jackson69,303
  10. 10Hendersonville63,947
  11. 11Smyrna60,302
  12. 12Spring Hill59,398
  13. 13Kingsport57,109
  14. 14Bartlett56,708
  15. 15Gallatin52,489
  16. 16Collierville51,951
  17. 17Lebanon51,501
  18. 18Cleveland50,232
  19. 19Columbia48,812
  20. 20Brentwood45,525
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Lebanon (+32.4%), White House (+25.6%), Alcoa (+23.6%). Largest decline: Brownsville (-5.4%).

All 232 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Tennessee?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 232 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Tennessee, and 104 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Tennessee?

Nashville-Davidson, with 704,963 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Tennessee town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Lebanon grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +32.4%, to 51,501.

What share of Tennessee lives in incorporated places?

59%: 4,299,036 of the state's 7,227,750 residents live in the 232 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.