Nashville, TN

Diversity

The population of Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee is around 1.9 million, of which 95.1% are citizens of the United States. The percentage of residents in Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee who were born in a nation other than the United States as of the year 2020 was 8.18 percent (156k people).

In Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee in the year 2020, there were 4.75 times more individuals of White (non-Hispanic) descent (1.36 million people) living there than of any other race or ethnicity. There were 90.9k white residents who were Hispanic, making them the second most common ethnic group behind the non-Hispanic black or African American population of 287k (non-Hispanic).

Ethnicity and Race

In Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee in the year 2020, there were 4.75 times more individuals of White (non-Hispanic) descent (1.36 million people) living there than of any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most common ethnic groups were whites (90.9k) and blacks or African Americans (non-Hispanic) with respective populations of 287k and 909k individuals respectively.

Hispanics make up 7.43% of the population of the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metropolitan area in Tennessee (142k people).

Population Born Abroad

A smaller percentage of citizens in Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee (8.18%) were born in a country other than the United States as of the year 2020 (156 thousand people), compared to the national average of 13.5%. The number of people who were born in a country other than the United States was 8.26% in Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee in 2019, indicating that the rate has been going down.

By Nativity, Age

The median age of all residents in Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee in the year 2020 was 36.5 years old. In general, people who were born in the country were younger than citizens who were born in another country, whose median age was 39. Native-born citizens had a median age of 36. But people in Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin, TN are growing getting older. The median age of residents living in Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee in 2019 was 36 years old.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico was the most popular birthplace for residents of Tennessee who were born in another nation in the year 2020. Mexico was the natal country of 88,072 residents of Tennessee, followed by India with 23,811 residents and Guatemala with 14,944 residents.

Citizenship

Residents in Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee were citizens of the United States at a rate that was 95.1% greater than the national average of 93.4% as of the year 2020. The percentage of people who are citizens of the United States was 95% in Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee in 2019, which indicates that the rate of citizenship has been growing.

Veterans

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro— The percentage of the population of Franklin, Tennessee who served in the military during the Vietnam War is 1.43 times higher than the people that served in any other combat.

Economy

The median income of a household in the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metropolitan area is $68,406. Williamson County, Tennessee had the highest Median Household Income in the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee area in the year 2020, with a value of $111,196. This was followed by Wilson County, Tennessee, which had a value of $78,962, and Sumner County, Tennessee, which had a value of $69,878.

In Tennessee, males make 1.37 times more than the average income of females, which is $46,310. This income disparity exists because males tend to have higher paying jobs. Using the Gini index, we can see that the level of income inequality in Tennessee is 0.463, which is lower than the average for the rest of the country.

995 thousand individuals have jobs thanks to the economy of Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee. The industries that pay the highest wages are Management of Companies & Enterprises ($71,742), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ($62,615), and Mining, Quarrying, and Oil & Gas Extraction ($62,143). The industries that employ the most people in Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN are Health Care & Social Assistance (141,519 people), Retail Trade (112,061 people), and Manufacturing (99,561 people).