2022 population: 360,619 ( 98,015 from 2010 , 19,138 from 2020)
Land area: 619.3 square miles
Population density: 582.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	240,001	66.55%	20.9%
Black:	59,786	16.58%	83.8%
Indian:	960	0.27%	43.1%
Asian:	13,988	3.88%	74.5%
2+ races:	9,856	2.73%	94.7%
Hispanic:	36,028	9.99%	105.9%

Total non-White:	120,618	33.45%	88.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	9,405	13.8
Deaths:	6,349	9.3
Net Migration:	15,136	22.2
Net Immigration:	807	1.2

Change in White population:	41,518	15.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	56,497	21.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
262,604
198,483	75.58%
32,534	12.39%
671	0.26%
8,017	3.05%
5,063	1.93%
17,500	6.66%
64,121	24.42%

2000
182,023
153,762	84.47%
17,197	9.45%
470	0.26%
3,511	1.93%
1,871	1.03%
5,065	2.78%
28,261	15.53%

1990
118,570
105,203	88.73%
10,560	8.91%
302	0.25%
1,549	1.31%
n/a
956	0.81%
13,367	11.27%

1980
84,058
74,156	88.22%
8,577	10.20%
158	0.19%
496	0.59%
n/a
544	0.65%
9,902	11.78%

1970
59,428
51,559	86.76%
7,464	12.56%
30	0.05%
47	0.08%
n/a
291	0.49%
7,869	13.24%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
31,760	17.4
11,764	6.5
52,076	28.6
3,635	2.0

44,721	24.6
35,860	19.7

Number	Rate
1990's
23,362	19.7
9,069	7.6
41,599	35.1
976	0.8

48,559	41.0
14,894	12.6

Number	Rate
1980's
14,998	17.8
6,382	7.6
26,483	31.5
n/a

31,047	36.9
3,465	4.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
17,666	29.7
n/a

22,597	38.0
2,033	3.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Rutherford County, TN

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
34.0
83,829	23.2%
276,790	76.8%
37,289	10.3%

122,510
2.77

85,440	69.7%
63,277	74.1%
8,450	9.9%
37,070	30.3%

2010
Number	Percent
32.2
68,714	26.2%
193,890	73.8%
21,566	8.2%

96,232
2.68

66,810	69.4%
49,665	74.3%
7,540	11.3%
29,422	30.6%

2000
Number	Percent
31.4
48,096	26.4%
133,927	73.6%
13,728	7.5%

66,464
2.65

47,740	71.8%
38,009	79.6%
4,606	9.6%
18,724	28.2%

1990
Number	Percent
29.8
31,946	26.9%
86,624	73.1%
9,994	8.4%

41,960
2.70

31,285	74.6%
26,219	83.8%
2,372	7.6%
10,675	25.4%

1980
Number	Percent
27.6
23,646	28.1%
60,412	71.9%
7,326	8.7%

28,209
2.82

22,109	78.4%
18,983	85.9%
1,393	6.3%
6,100	21.6%

2022 Housing Data for Rutherford County, TN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,836	3.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,662	2.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,504	2.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,616	3.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,609	2.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,144	3.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,399	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,250	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,592	4.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,310	8.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	12,463	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	19,790	16.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	14,893	12.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,659	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	11,957	9.8%
$200,000 or more	7,826	6.4%

Median Household Income	78,291
Per Capita Income	35,135

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	116
Compared to U.S.	94

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,062	3.3%
Public Assistance	2,241	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	10,220	8.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	161,913	76.0%
Unemployed	6,856	3.2%
In Armed Forces	683	0.3%

Total Labor Force	169,452	79.5%
Not in Labor Force	43,716	20.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	74,066	60,075	55.2%
Non-Profit	4,095	7,231	36.2%
Self-Employed	9,094	5,804	61.0%

Local Government	4,352	7,037	38.2%
State Government	3,236	4,359	42.6%
Federal Government	2,552	1,887	57.5%

Total Private + Self	83,160	65,879	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	14,235	20,514	41.0%
Total	97,395	86,393	53.0%

Pct. Govt.	12.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	29,310	15.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	39,185	21.3%
Professional, Technical	39,983	21.7%
Service Occupations	26,809	14.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	312	0.2%
All others	48,733	26.5%

White Collar		58.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	24,261	13.2%
Health care and social assistance	23,210	12.6%
Retail trade	21,566	11.7%
Accommodation and food services	15,702	8.5%
Educational services	14,502	7.9%
Construction	12,801	7.0%
Transportation and warehousing	12,241	6.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	10,194	5.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,333	5.1%
Finance and insurance	7,922	4.3%
Other services	7,883	4.3%
Public administration	6,585	3.6%
Wholesale trade	5,662	3.1%
Information	4,267	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,030	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,431	1.3%
Utilities	999	0.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	661	0.4%
Management	643	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	127	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	15,318	4.46%
Puerto Rican	3,617	1.05%
Cuban	814	0.24%
Dominican	528	0.15%

Total Central American	6,511	1.89%
Costa Rican	86	0.03%
Guatemalan	2,090	0.61%
Honduran	1,935	0.56%
Nicaraguan	40	0.01%
Panamanian	203	0.06%
Salvadoran	2,157	0.63%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,799	0.81%
Argentinean	349	0.10%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	11	0.00%
Colombian	544	0.16%
Ecuadorian	162	0.05%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	448	0.13%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	1,111	0.32%
Other South American	174	0.05%

Other Hispanic	1,795	0.52%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Laotian	5,369	1.56%
Chinese	1,312	0.38%
Burmese	1,205	0.35%
Indian	1,159	0.34%
Filipino	1,022	0.30%
Thai	592	0.17%
Japanese	476	0.14%
Vietnamese	456	0.13%
Korean	413	0.12%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	279,819	86.8%
Spanish	23,370	7.3%
Other Asian	6,533	2.0%
Arabic	4,508	1.4%
Other Indo-European	2,338	0.7%
Other	1,409	0.4%
Chinese	991	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	894	0.3%
Tagalog	797	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	38,865	11.3%
Irish	30,680	8.9%
American	30,512	8.9%
German	30,280	8.8%
Italian	9,256	2.7%
European	6,972	2.0%
Scottish	6,620	1.9%
Scotch-Irish	5,774	1.7%
French	5,416	1.6%
Polish	3,714	1.1%
Egyptian	2,778	0.8%
Norwegian	2,577	0.7%
Dutch	2,259	0.7%
African	2,059	0.6%
Welsh	1,930	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	326,895	95.1%
Not a citizen	16,832	4.9%

Native	314,446	91.5%
Foreign-born	29,281	8.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,128	2.8%	9,782	4.5%	60,797	27.9%	68,478	31.4%	50,052	23.0%	22,713	10.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,128	2.8%
9-12 Years	9,782	4.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	60,797	27.9%
Some College	68,478	31.4%
Bach. Degree	50,052	23.0%
Grad Degree	22,713	10.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	64,514	61,739	2,775	4.3%	5.3%
1991	65,962	62,648	3,314	5.0%	6.6%
1992	68,309	65,030	3,279	4.8%	6.5%
1993	73,104	69,989	3,115	4.3%	5.8%
1994	77,795	75,465	2,330	3.0%	4.8%
1995	82,853	80,004	2,849	3.4%	5.2%
1996	87,078	84,053	3,025	3.5%	5.2%
1997	90,684	87,335	3,349	3.7%	5.3%
1998	95,259	92,459	2,800	2.9%	4.3%
1999	98,698	96,150	2,548	2.6%	4.0%

2000	102,559	99,471	3,088	3.0%	3.9%
2001	105,013	101,216	3,797	3.6%	4.5%
2002	107,961	103,581	4,380	4.1%	5.1%
2003	110,574	105,844	4,730	4.3%	5.5%
2004	113,748	109,101	4,647	4.1%	5.3%
2005	117,495	112,619	4,876	4.1%	5.5%
2006	126,268	121,107	5,161	4.1%	5.3%
2007	129,770	124,997	4,773	3.7%	4.6%
2008	133,807	126,171	7,636	5.7%	6.5%
2009	135,027	122,404	12,623	9.3%	10.1%

2010	140,300	127,659	12,641	9.0%	9.8%
2011	143,716	132,121	11,595	8.1%	9.1%
2012	144,928	135,335	9,593	6.6%	8.0%
2013	147,539	138,387	9,152	6.2%	7.8%
2014	149,973	142,096	7,877	5.3%	6.6%
2015	155,929	148,996	6,933	4.4%	5.6%
2016	163,741	157,663	6,078	3.7%	4.7%
2017	171,238	166,259	4,979	2.9%	3.7%
2018	179,223	174,423	4,800	2.7%	3.5%
2019	187,178	182,384	4,794	2.6%	3.4%

2020	184,368	171,731	12,637	6.9%	7.5%
2021	189,949	183,066	6,883	3.6%	4.5%
2022	195,582	190,279	5,303	2.7%	3.4%
2023	199,154	193,939	5,215	2.6%	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	131,808
Median Value	$305,100

Occupied	122,510	92.9%
Vacant	9,298	7.1%

Owned	79,898	65.2%
Rented	42,612	34.8%
Median Rent	$1,311

Single-Family Units	98,151	74.5%
Detached	88,969	67.5%
Attached	9,182	7.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	24,378	18.5%
Mobile Homes	3,707	2.8%

Rutherford County, TN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Rutherford County, TN

2022 Housing Data for Rutherford County, TN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Rutherford County, TN

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Rutherford County, TN

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Rutherford County, TN

Historical Labor Force Data for Rutherford County, TN