Tennessee · Census place 4752006
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee
Nashville-Davidson is a city in Davidson County, Tennessee with an estimated 704,963 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 704,963
- #1 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +2.2%
- +15,237 people
- Land area
- 475.6 sq mi
- + 21.60 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,482 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Nashville-Davidson population, 2020 to 2024
Nashville-Davidson added 15,237 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +10,669. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 71st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Nashville-Davidson is 58.1 times that size.
Nashville-Davidson covers 475.57 square miles of land and 21.60 of water, for 1,482 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Nashville-Davidson is denser than the typical town.
What county Nashville-Davidson is in
All of Nashville-Davidson's residents live in Davidson County, which had 729,505 residents in 2024. Nashville-Davidson holds 96.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nashville-Davidson
32 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Nashville-Davidson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37013, 37027, 37072, 37076, 37080, 37115, 37138, 37143, 37189, 37201, 37203, 37204, 37205, 37206, 37207, 37208, 37209, 37210, 37211, 37212, 37213, 37214, 37215, 37216, 37217, 37218, 37219, 37220, 37221, 37228, 37232, 37238. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Nashville-Davidson is
The Census internal point of Nashville-Davidson is at 36.171800, -86.785000. That is next to the Nashville capitol point. The nearest larger place is Indianapolis, IN (891,484 people), 251.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Murfreesboro, TN, 30.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 128 m (420 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.171800, -86.785000
- DMS
- 36°10'18.48"N 86°47'6.00"W
- UTM
- 16N 519335.3E 4003025.3N
- Geohash
- dn6mc0vh4
- Plus code
- 868M56C8+P2
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Nashville-Davidson
At 36.17° N, Nashville-Davidson gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Nashville-Davidson daylight page.
Places near Nashville-Davidson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Berry Hill, 3.7 miles away, with 1,838 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nashville-Davidson, TN?
704,963 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15,237 (2.2%) from 689,726 in July 2020.
What county is Nashville-Davidson in?
Davidson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nashville-Davidson?
32 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37013, 37027, 37072, 37076, 37080, 37115, 37138, 37143, 37189, 37201, 37203, 37204, and more.
How far is Nashville-Davidson from Nashville?
Nashville-Davidson's internal point is within about a mile of the Nashville capitol point.
What is the nearest larger city to Nashville-Davidson?
Indianapolis, IN, with 891,484 residents, 251.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.