Tennessee

2022 population: 7,051,339 ( 705,234 from 2010 , 140,553 from 2020)
Land area: 41232.3 square miles
Population density: 171.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	5,141,367	72.91%	7.1%
Black:	1,153,620	16.36%	9.9%
Indian:	20,274	0.29%	24.4%
Asian:	145,623	2.07%	56.5%
2+ races:	140,945	2.00%	56.5%
Hispanic:	449,510	6.37%	55.0%

Total non-White:	1,909,972	27.09%	23.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	180,491	13.1
Deaths:	199,485	14.4
Net Migration:	146,403	10.6
Net Immigration:	11,418	0.8

Change in White population:	340,585	5.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	364,649	5.7

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
6,346,105
4,800,782	75.65%
1,049,391	16.54%
16,302	0.26%
93,078	1.47%
90,071	1.42%
290,059	4.57%
1,545,323	24.35%

2000
5,689,283
4,505,930	79.20%
928,204	16.31%
13,820	0.24%
57,887	1.02%
54,824	0.96%
123,838	2.18%
1,183,353	20.80%

1990
4,877,185
4,028,266	82.59%
774,459	15.88%
12,025	0.25%
31,360	0.64%
n/a
31,075	0.64%
848,919	17.41%

1980
4,591,120
3,814,799	83.09%
717,783	15.63%
6,394	0.14%
15,252	0.33%
n/a
34,026	0.74%
776,321	16.91%

1970
3,923,687
3,271,818	83.39%
629,462	16.04%
2,368	0.06%
4,349	0.11%
n/a
13,873	0.35%
651,869	16.61%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
754,589	13.3
525,554	9.2
264,570	4.7
91,508	1.6

294,852	5.2
361,970	6.4

Number	Rate
1990's
747,776	15.3
506,621	10.4
371,686	7.6
35,724	0.7

477,664	9.8
334,434	6.9

Number	Rate
1980's
679,598	14.8
430,097	9.4
65,832	1.4
n/a

213,467	4.6
72,598	1.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
328,772	8.4
n/a

542,981	13.8
124,452	3.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Tennessee

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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
38.9
1,526,480	21.6%
5,524,859	78.4%
1,155,313	16.4%

2,713,635
2.50

1,759,011	64.8%
1,287,744	73.2%
176,661	10.0%
954,624	35.2%

2010
Number	Percent
38.1
1,496,001	23.6%
4,850,104	76.4%
853,462	13.4%

2,493,552
2.48

1,679,177	67.3%
1,214,794	72.3%
185,947	11.1%
814,375	32.7%

2000
Number	Percent
36.0
1,397,236	24.6%
4,292,047	75.4%
702,839	12.4%

2,234,229
2.48

1,557,620	69.7%
1,194,205	76.7%
163,322	10.5%
676,609	30.3%

1990
Number	Percent
33.6
1,215,656	24.9%
3,661,529	75.1%
618,371	12.7%

1,853,515
2.56

1,356,342	73.2%
1,077,326	79.4%
123,819	9.1%
497,173	26.8%

1980
Number	Percent
30.3
1,300,148	28.3%
3,290,972	71.7%
517,126	11.3%

1,618,434
2.77

1,252,226	77.4%
1,035,986	82.7%
100,132	8.0%
366,208	22.6%

2022 Housing Data for Tennessee

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	144,639	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	122,212	4.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	111,419	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	115,858	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	114,639	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	115,755	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	118,563	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	112,751	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	114,744	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	211,329	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	267,360	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	357,378	13.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	257,232	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	169,567	6.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	182,209	6.7%
$200,000 or more	197,980	7.3%

Median Household Income	64,035
Per Capita Income	36,040

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	81

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	151,037	5.6%
Public Assistance	55,950	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	334,500	12.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,884,167	69.2%
Unemployed	157,301	3.8%
In Armed Forces	16,707	0.4%

Total Labor Force	3,058,175	73.4%
Not in Labor Force	1,110,809	26.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,229,476	1,028,292	54.5%
Non-Profit	90,322	159,948	36.1%
Self-Employed	199,788	108,947	64.7%

Local Government	91,856	140,179	39.6%
State Government	51,815	72,360	41.7%
Federal Government	44,630	33,931	56.8%

Total Private + Self	1,429,264	1,137,239	55.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	278,623	406,418	40.7%
Total	1,707,887	1,543,657	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	13.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	501,213	15.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	689,110	21.2%
Professional, Technical	727,841	22.3%
Service Occupations	514,100	15.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	11,655	0.4%
All others	825,752	25.3%

White Collar		58.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	455,569	14.0%
Manufacturing	421,316	12.9%
Retail trade	380,287	11.7%
Educational services	270,811	8.3%
Accommodation and food services	240,812	7.4%
Construction	220,936	6.8%
Transportation and warehousing	199,097	6.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	186,555	5.7%
Other services	156,043	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	141,814	4.4%
Finance and insurance	141,007	4.3%
Public administration	135,263	4.2%
Wholesale trade	76,816	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	58,237	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	56,514	1.7%
Information	51,013	1.6%
Utilities	29,714	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	23,999	0.7%
Management	7,590	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	4,623	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	229,620	3.32%
Puerto Rican	35,627	0.51%
Cuban	14,704	0.21%
Dominican	4,224	0.06%

Total Central American	77,938	1.13%
Costa Rican	1,061	0.02%
Guatemalan	31,896	0.46%
Honduran	23,847	0.34%
Nicaraguan	2,024	0.03%
Panamanian	2,684	0.04%
Salvadoran	16,080	0.23%
Other Central American	346	0.00%

Total South American	24,281	0.35%
Argentinean	1,876	0.03%
Bolivian	493	0.01%
Chilean	1,427	0.02%
Colombian	7,049	0.10%
Ecuadorian	1,904	0.03%
Paraguayan	166	0.00%
Peruvian	4,117	0.06%
Uruguayan	258	0.00%
Venezuelan	6,529	0.09%
Other South American	462	0.01%

Other Hispanic	26,228	0.38%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	35,398	0.51%
Chinese	20,042	0.29%
Filipino	13,983	0.20%
Vietnamese	12,886	0.19%
Korean	11,191	0.16%
Laotian	8,144	0.12%
Japanese	4,495	0.06%
Burmese	3,558	0.05%
Thai	2,963	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	6,029,084	92.5%
Spanish	279,416	4.3%
Other Indo-European	42,494	0.7%
Arabic	32,042	0.5%
Other Asian	29,651	0.5%
Other	24,780	0.4%
German, other Germanic	17,000	0.3%
Chinese	14,840	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	14,143	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	823,398	11.9%
English	786,534	11.4%
Irish	641,170	9.3%
German	627,026	9.1%
Italian	155,480	2.2%
European	145,043	2.1%
Scottish	141,357	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	130,878	1.9%
French	98,923	1.4%
Polish	73,094	1.1%
Dutch	57,578	0.8%
African	52,094	0.8%
British	41,640	0.6%
Welsh	40,355	0.6%
Norwegian	32,170	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,704,313	96.8%
Not a citizen	219,459	3.2%

Native	6,548,070	94.6%
Foreign-born	375,702	5.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
184,923	3.9%	325,228	6.8%	1,498,399	31.5%	1,336,492	28.1%	889,401	18.7%	524,269	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	184,923	3.9%
9-12 Years	325,228	6.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,498,399	31.5%
Some College	1,336,492	28.1%
Bach. Degree	889,401	18.7%
Grad Degree	524,269	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,398,226	2,270,900	127,326	5.3%
1991	2,418,532	2,258,763	159,769	6.6%
1992	2,469,233	2,309,672	159,561	6.5%
1993	2,534,522	2,386,932	147,590	5.8%
1994	2,657,261	2,529,623	127,638	4.8%
1995	2,723,138	2,582,871	140,267	5.2%
1996	2,763,264	2,620,214	143,050	5.2%
1997	2,780,651	2,634,231	146,420	5.3%
1998	2,810,096	2,688,522	121,574	4.3%
1999	2,842,997	2,730,144	112,853	4.0%

2000	2,849,029	2,738,788	110,241	3.9%
2001	2,857,666	2,728,623	129,043	4.5%
2002	2,898,959	2,750,430	148,529	5.1%
2003	2,904,575	2,744,355	160,220	5.5%
2004	2,897,805	2,742,920	154,885	5.3%
2005	2,898,504	2,738,231	160,273	5.5%
2006	3,014,755	2,856,080	158,675	5.3%
2007	3,043,276	2,901,958	141,318	4.6%
2008	3,060,797	2,862,102	198,695	6.5%
2009	3,032,680	2,725,147	307,533	10.1%

2010	3,093,129	2,789,063	304,066	9.8%
2011	3,117,500	2,833,280	284,220	9.1%
2012	3,096,321	2,849,727	246,594	8.0%
2013	3,078,901	2,840,134	238,767	7.8%
2014	3,043,581	2,842,543	201,038	6.6%
2015	3,074,219	2,902,687	171,532	5.6%
2016	3,136,405	2,987,681	148,724	4.7%
2017	3,187,455	3,068,573	118,882	3.7%
2018	3,250,685	3,137,664	113,021	3.5%
2019	3,329,289	3,216,920	112,369	3.4%

2020	3,289,429	3,043,897	245,532	7.5%
2021	3,323,552	3,174,141	149,411	4.5%
2022	3,352,037	3,238,568	113,469	3.4%
2023	3,379,609	3,267,937	111,672	3.3%

Migration Data for Tennessee

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
Florida	176,791
Georgia	145,473
Texas	113,619
Kentucky	106,873
Mississippi	104,623
California	94,089
North Carolina	82,184
Alabama	81,289
Illinois	76,051
Virginia	73,951
Ohio	56,702
Michigan	49,796
New York	49,045
Indiana	45,322
South Carolina	39,090

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
Florida	162,683
Georgia	141,188
Texas	120,580
Mississippi	100,740
Kentucky	91,689
Alabama	77,285
North Carolina	76,685
California	76,557
Virginia	63,787
Illinois	47,534
Ohio	46,665
South Carolina	39,641
Michigan	39,395
Indiana	37,595
Arkansas	34,933

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,050,850
Median Value	$232,100

Occupied	2,713,635	88.9%
Vacant	337,215	11.1%

Owned	1,819,725	67.1%
Rented	893,910	32.9%
Median Rent	$1,047

Single-Family Units	2,201,737	72.2%
Detached	2,092,765	68.6%
Attached	108,972	3.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	410,347	13.5%
Mobile Homes	260,738	8.5%

Counties in Tennessee

Districts in this state

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Tennessee

2022 Housing Data for Tennessee

2022 Income & Employment Data for Tennessee

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Tennessee

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Tennessee

Historical Labor Force Data for Tennessee

Migration Data for Tennessee

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