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Nashville, TN
704,963 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4752006 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Nashville ranked #189 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Nashville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Indianapolis IN, Oklahoma City OK, Kansas City MO, Albuquerque NM, Charlotte NC, Columbus OH, Tulsa OK, Wichita KS, Omaha NE, Denver CO, Jacksonville FL, Austin TX, Louisville KY · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #189 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #263 | #266 | #289 | #243 | #279 | #289 | #276 | #263 | #231 | #252 | #246 | #263 | #304 | #223 | #232 | #249 | #250 | #183 | #189 | #224 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 565,346 | 572,934 | 580,162 | 587,567 | 595,682 | 604,589 | 612,518 | 625,550 | 635,999 | 645,259 | 655,498 | 661,765 | 663,587 | 667,006 | 670,820 | 689,726 | 675,671 | 685,903 | 694,294 | 704,963 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #187 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.0 | — | +0.1 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.2 | -0.2 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -2.6 | +0.0 | -0.5 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #35 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.2 | 14.6 | 19.1 | 23.9 | 21.6 | 16.1 | 9.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #190 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 19.9% | 20.9% | 18.7% | 19.8% | 20.5% | 21.7% | 22.4% | 22.5% | 21.9% | 22.6% | 21.5% | 21.6% | 22.4% | 22.2% | 22.5% | — | 24.3% | 24.5% | 24.3% | 25.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #264 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 16.8 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 16.6 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 14.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #284 of 295 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | 242.9 | 222.4 | 210.1 | 223.0 | 176.3 | 160.6 | 171.9 | 152.7 | 123.7 | 163.3 | 165.8 | 182.1 | 220.0 | 210.6 | 222.1 | 287.8 | 316.6 | 291.4 | 308.8 | 303.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 403,757 | 423,550 | 411,082 | 422,841 | 391,475 | 391,305 | 400,874 | 410,151 | 416,331 | 429,091 | 434,826 | 448,103 | 447,821 | 471,240 | 496,655 | 475,395 | 480,437 | 526,866 | 549,836 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #130 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.3 | +0.9 | -3.3 | +1.0 | -1.1 | -0.3 | -1.4 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.4 | -1.8 | -1.4 | -2.9 | +2.1 | +2.0 | -0.9 | -1.1 | +2.3 | +0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 306,624 | 314,039 | 330,426 | 340,078 | 352,069 | 360,509 | 374,388 | 375,921 | 380,412 | — | 370,353 | 393,771 | 397,577 | 415,638 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #30 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.2% | 8.6% | 7.1% | 6.4% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 3.5% | 3.9% | — | 4.3% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #257 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 8% | 13% | 8% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 4% | 10% | 9% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 19% | 22% | 25% | 5% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #309 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $10,043 | $10,392 | $9,671 | $9,471 | $8,793 | $10,539 | $10,496 | $10,080 | $26,910 | $25,995 | $24,635 | $26,846 | $27,306 | $27,061 | $27,932 | $32,300 | $32,113 | $14,817 | $14,339 | $15,633 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Nashville. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.