100 Biggest Cities In Tennessee For 2023

Using the latest Census data, we detail the 100 biggest cities in Tennessee. You can all see a comprehensive list of all 287 cities and places in Tennessee.

We all love the biggest cities that the Volunteer State has to offer. You know the places like Nashville and Memphis which make all the headlines.

But there are a bunch of other great large cities in Tennessee that don't get as much love.

We're going to change that right now.

Using the most recent Census data, we can tell you about all the places in Tennessee with a focus on the biggest. We update the data each year and this is our fourth time doing this.

You can click here to see a full table of the full of the 100 biggest cities in Tennessee, along with every other place over 1,000 people big. It is sortable by clicking on the headers.

Read on below to see more on the biggest cities. Or for more reading on places to live in Tennessee, check out:

The 10 Biggest Cities In Tennessee

Nashville, TN
Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility
7
/10

Rank Last Year: 2 (Up 1)
Population: 667,070
Population 2010: 587,790
Growth: 13.5%
More on Nashville: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

Memphis, TN
Overall SnackAbility
3
/10

Rank Last Year: 1 (Down 1)
Population: 650,910
Population 2010: 654,876
Growth: -0.6%
More on Memphis: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

Knoxville, TN
Overall SnackAbility
4
/10

Rank Last Year: 3 (No Change)
Population: 187,487
Population 2010: 178,202
Growth: 5.2%
More on Knoxville: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

Chattanooga, TN
Overall SnackAbility
4
/10

Rank Last Year: 4 (No Change)
Population: 181,370
Population 2010: 164,481
Growth: 10.3%
More on Chattanooga: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

Clarksville, TN
Overall SnackAbility
6
/10

Rank Last Year: 5 (No Change)
Population: 156,092
Population 2010: 126,148
Growth: 23.7%
More on Clarksville: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

Murfreesboro, TN
Overall SnackAbility
7
/10

Rank Last Year: 6 (No Change)
Population: 141,704
Population 2010: 102,602
Growth: 38.1%
More on Murfreesboro: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

Franklin, TN
Overall SnackAbility
9
/10

Rank Last Year: 7 (No Change)
Population: 80,675
Population 2010: 59,905
Growth: 34.7%
More on Franklin: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

Jackson, TN
Overall SnackAbility
6
/10

Rank Last Year: 8 (No Change)
Population: 67,036
Population 2010: 64,418
Growth: 4.1%
More on Jackson: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

Johnson City, TN
Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility
4
/10

Rank Last Year: 9 (No Change)
Population: 66,934
Population 2010: 61,758
Growth: 8.4%
More on Johnson City: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

Bartlett, TN
Overall SnackAbility
8.5
/10

Rank Last Year: 10 (No Change)
Population: 59,252
Population 2010: 52,754
Growth: 12.3%
More on Bartlett: Crime ReportHomes For Sale | Data

How We Determined The Largest Cities In Tennessee

We've been ranking and dissecting cities in the Volunteer State for over 4 years now -- making this actually the fourth time we've run the numbers. We always use the best data, the US Census. In this case, that means we are using the 2013-2017 American Community Survey.

It what is probably the most simple analysis we run each year, we ranked every place in Tennessee from biggest to smallest. The biggest city this year? That would be Nashville.

The smallest? Rossville, although there are places smaller than 1,000 people not listed here, so keep that in mind as we take a look at the top ten.

Now on to numbers 11-100 Biggest in Tennessee

We hope that you find the big city, or really any city, that's right for you. Below is a list of the rest of the biggest cities along with every other place in Tennessee.

Have fun snacking around in the Volunteer State!

For more reading on Tennessee, check out:

Detailed List Of The Biggest Cities In Tennessee

Rank City Current Population 2010 Growth
1 Nashville 667,070 587,790 13.5%
2 Memphis 650,910 654,876 -0.6%
3 Knoxville 187,487 178,202 5.2%
4 Chattanooga 181,370 164,481 10.3%
5 Clarksville 156,092 126,148 23.7%
6 Murfreesboro 141,704 102,602 38.1%
7 Franklin 80,675 59,905 34.7%
8 Jackson 67,036 64,418 4.1%
9 Johnson City 66,934 61,758 8.4%
10 Bartlett 59,252 52,754 12.3%
11 Hendersonville 57,888 49,725 16.4%
12 Kingsport 53,699 47,852 12.2%
13 Smyrna 50,820 38,102 33.4%
14 Collierville 50,596 41,983 20.5%
15 Cleveland 45,115 40,507 11.4%
16 Brentwood 42,700 35,331 20.9%
17 Spring Hill 41,797 25,415 64.5%
18 Gallatin 40,262 29,084 38.4%
19 Columbia 39,515 34,482 14.6%
20 Germantown 39,196 38,655 1.4%
21 Mount Juliet 35,834 21,922 63.5%
22 La Vergne 35,556 30,367 17.1%
23 Lebanon 34,759 25,188 38.0%
24 Cookeville 33,922 29,722 14.1%
25 Morristown 29,887 28,749 4.0%
26 Maryville 29,325 26,925 8.9%
27 Oak Ridge 29,124 28,925 0.7%
28 Bristol 26,973 26,427 2.1%
29 Farragut 23,110 20,154 14.7%
30 Shelbyville 21,841 19,769 10.5%
31 East Ridge 21,187 20,778 2.0%
32 Tullahoma 19,982 18,561 7.7%
33 Sevierville 17,185 14,477 18.7%
34 Springfield 17,147 16,097 6.5%
35 Goodlettsville 16,829 15,448 8.9%
36 Dyersburg 16,371 17,213 -4.9%
37 Dickson 15,500 14,299 8.4%
38 Seymour 15,444 10,378 48.8%
39 Greeneville 14,938 15,189 -1.7%
40 Athens 13,931 13,491 3.3%
41 Mcminnville 13,707 13,473 1.7%
42 Elizabethton 13,568 14,306 -5.2%
43 Soddy-Daisy 13,510 12,393 9.0%
44 Portland 12,928 10,973 17.8%
45 Lakeland 12,644 11,503 9.9%
46 White House 12,258 9,764 25.5%
47 Lewisburg 12,150 10,953 10.9%
48 Middle Valley 12,100 12,853 -5.9%
49 Red Bank 11,785 11,661 1.1%
50 Arlington 11,715 9,925 18.0%
51 Crossville 11,704 10,625 10.2%
52 Collegedale 11,402 7,937 43.7%
53 Lawrenceburg 10,925 10,423 4.8%
54 Hartsville/trousdale County 10,910 7,751 40.8%
55 Manchester 10,896 9,899 10.1%
56 Millington 10,650 10,351 2.9%
57 Martin 10,585 11,083 -4.5%
58 Union City 10,426 10,896 -4.3%
59 Paris 10,021 10,083 -0.6%
60 Clinton 10,006 9,744 2.7%
61 Alcoa 9,809 8,473 15.8%
62 Brownsville 9,497 10,392 -8.6%
63 Bloomingdale 9,428 9,742 -3.2%
64 Atoka 9,407 7,629 23.3%
65 Fairfield Glade 9,364 6,261 49.6%
66 Nolensville 9,221 5,351 72.3%
67 Lenoir City 9,191 8,360 9.9%
68 Fairview 8,989 7,500 19.9%
69 Covington 8,863 9,016 -1.7%
70 Winchester 8,818 8,430 4.6%
71 Signal Mountain 8,574 7,481 14.6%
72 Harrison 8,485 7,917 7.2%
73 Jefferson City 8,220 8,096 1.5%
74 Humboldt 8,145 8,582 -5.1%
75 Oakland 8,135 5,815 39.9%
76 Ripley 7,852 8,372 -6.2%
77 Lexington 7,838 7,641 2.6%
78 South Cleveland 7,792 6,329 23.1%
79 Milan 7,642 7,796 -2.0%
80 Pulaski 7,614 7,895 -3.6%
81 Dayton 7,357 7,118 3.4%
82 Green Hill 7,308 6,836 6.9%
83 Fayetteville 7,046 6,842 3.0%
84 Savannah 6,934 7,011 -1.1%
85 Newport 6,865 7,023 -2.2%
86 Greenbrier 6,859 6,195 10.7%
87 La Follette 6,762 7,585 -10.9%
88 Church Hill 6,664 6,630 0.5%
89 Millersville 6,403 6,111 4.8%
90 Henderson 6,323 6,141 3.0%
91 Pigeon Forge 6,247 5,831 7.1%
92 Harriman 6,144 6,503 -5.5%
93 Thompson's Station 6,116 1,946 214.3%
94 Munford 6,090 5,779 5.4%
95 Kingston 5,946 5,864 1.4%
96 Erwin 5,910 6,090 -3.0%
97 Sweetwater 5,894 5,807 1.5%
98 Eagleton Village 5,809 4,593 26.5%
99 Loudon 5,747 5,273 9.0%
100 Jonesborough 5,539 4,875 13.6%
101 Mckenzie 5,517 5,254 5.0%
102 Rockwood 5,446 5,592 -2.6%
103 Tellico Village 5,314 5,431 -2.2%
104 Mount Carmel 5,297 5,349 -1.0%
105 Lafayette 5,239 4,383 19.5%
106 Dunlap 5,159 4,843 6.5%
107 Bolivar 5,005 5,551 -9.8%
108 Madisonville 4,950 4,503 9.9%
109 Sparta 4,942 4,891 1.0%
110 Mount Pleasant 4,899 4,555 7.6%
111 Forest Hills 4,868 4,769 2.1%
112 Smithville 4,781 4,466 7.1%
113 Ashland City 4,720 4,405 7.2%
114 Pleasant View 4,660 3,962 17.6%
115 Lake Tansi 4,649 3,435 35.3%
116 Oak Hill 4,536 4,498 0.8%
117 Coope 4,528 4,060 11.5%
118 Whiteville 4,482 4,704 -4.7%
119 Spurgeon 4,426 3,383 30.8%
120 Algood 4,416 3,391 30.2%
121 Rogersville 4,412 4,419 -0.2%
122 Harrogate 4,334 4,333 0.0%
123 Selmer 4,330 4,402 -1.6%
124 Medina 4,260 3,010 41.5%
125 Apison 4,220 2,598 62.4%
126 Trenton 4,197 4,319 -2.8%
127 Tiptonville 4,194 4,451 -5.8%
128 Louisville 4,151 2,537 63.6%
129 Waverly 4,124 4,080 1.1%
130 Livingston 4,058 4,066 -0.2%
131 Shackle Island 4,010 2,736 46.6%
132 Gatlinburg 3,944 3,885 1.5%
133 Oliver Springs 3,918 2,831 38.4%
134 Huntingdon 3,827 4,046 -5.4%
135 Hohenwald 3,744 3,734 0.3%
136 Oneida 3,719 3,815 -2.5%
137 Wildwood Lake 3,614 3,360 7.6%
138 Camden 3,588 3,608 -0.6%
139 White Bluff 3,583 3,077 16.4%
140 Unicoi 3,572 3,638 -1.8%
141 Centerville 3,561 3,711 -4.0%
142 Etowah 3,505 3,540 -1.0%
143 Park City 3,500 2,292 52.7%
144 Jasper 3,404 3,268 4.2%
145 Blountville 3,387 3,342 1.3%
146 Newbern 3,293 3,257 1.1%
147 Somerville 3,257 3,075 5.9%
148 Dandridge 3,162 2,693 17.4%
149 Bean Station 3,088 2,949 4.7%
150 South Pittsburg 3,038 3,047 -0.3%
151 Brighton 2,931 2,579 13.6%
152 Dresden 2,924 2,984 -2.0%
153 Sale Creek 2,899 2,530 14.6%
154 Colonial Heights 2,889 7,274 -60.3%
155 Monterey 2,865 2,854 0.4%
156 Decherd 2,862 2,300 24.4%
157 Coalfield 2,861 1,919 49.1%
158 Woodbury 2,841 2,647 7.3%
159 Mosheim 2,794 3,049 -8.4%
160 Kingston Springs 2,744 2,787 -1.5%
161 Tusculum 2,730 2,587 5.5%
162 New Tazewell 2,707 3,006 -9.9%
163 Bells 2,697 2,253 19.7%
164 Mascot 2,681 2,145 25.0%
165 Dyer 2,663 2,570 3.6%
166 Clifton 2,660 2,730 -2.6%
167 Sewanee 2,625 2,242 17.1%
168 Westmoreland 2,622 2,555 2.6%
169 Unionville 2,615 1,016 157.4%
170 Parsons 2,585 2,739 -5.6%
171 Maynardville 2,567 2,250 14.1%
172 Rural Hill 2,558 2,065 23.9%
173 East Cleveland 2,557 1,970 29.8%
174 Walnut Hill 2,534 2,836 -10.6%
175 Carthage 2,533 2,238 13.2%
176 Pegram 2,492 2,300 8.3%
177 Pikeville 2,465 1,335 84.6%
178 Jacksboro 2,444 1,838 33.0%
179 Ridgetop 2,441 1,855 31.6%
180 Waynesboro 2,428 2,542 -4.5%
181 Caryville 2,402 2,255 6.5%
182 White Pine 2,397 2,122 13.0%
183 Piperton 2,375 1,449 63.9%
184 Greenfield 2,348 2,407 -2.5%
185 Tazewell 2,321 2,310 0.5%
186 Pine Crest 2,318 2,360 -1.8%
187 Surgoinsville 2,306 2,144 7.6%
188 Lake City 2,283 1,544 47.9%
189 Spring City 2,242 1,868 20.0%
190 Alamo 2,199 2,391 -8.0%
191 Belle Meade 2,191 2,891 -24.2%
192 Jamestown 2,145 1,764 21.6%
193 Monteagle 2,142 1,614 32.7%
194 South Fulton 2,120 1,893 12.0%
195 Adamsville 2,120 2,036 4.1%
196 Charlotte 2,115 1,104 91.6%
197 Halls 2,110 2,326 -9.3%
198 Plainview 2,110 2,275 -7.3%
199 Bluff City 2,093 1,453 44.0%
200 Jellico 2,084 2,545 -18.1%
201 Hunter 2,075 1,475 40.7%
202 Estill Springs 2,063 1,991 3.6%
203 Mountain City 2,062 2,536 -18.7%
204 Hopewell 2,051 1,932 6.2%
205 Lookout Mountain 2,013 1,894 6.3%
206 Celina 1,995 1,647 21.1%
207 Blaine 1,987 2,199 -9.6%
208 Whitwell 1,977 1,561 26.6%
209 Mowbray Mountain 1,943 1,440 34.9%
210 Vonore 1,931 1,421 35.9%
211 Gruetli-Laager 1,931 1,827 5.7%
212 New Johnsonville 1,930 1,793 7.6%
213 Central 1,926 1,978 -2.6%
214 Cross Plains 1,900 1,639 15.9%
215 Ridgely 1,882 1,972 -4.6%
216 Lakesite 1,846 1,869 -1.2%
217 Walden 1,841 2,028 -9.2%
218 Troy 1,828 1,634 11.9%
219 New Union 1,819 1,268 43.5%
220 Loretto 1,810 1,932 -6.3%
221 Tracy City 1,804 1,581 14.1%
222 Mcewen 1,802 1,649 9.3%
223 Red Boiling Springs 1,785 1,185 50.6%
224 Burns 1,711 1,634 4.7%
225 Erin 1,706 1,538 10.9%
226 Powells Crossroads 1,705 1,204 41.6%
227 Watertown 1,698 1,616 5.1%
228 Dover 1,661 1,659 0.1%
229 Norris 1,659 1,419 16.9%
230 Graysville 1,644 1,099 49.6%
231 Crump 1,634 1,696 -3.7%
232 Three Way 1,626 1,723 -5.6%
233 Decatur 1,612 1,369 17.8%
234 Sneedville 1,599 1,739 -8.1%
235 Olivet 1,599 1,210 32.1%
236 Kimball 1,584 1,363 16.2%
237 New Market 1,576 1,206 30.7%
238 South Carthage 1,575 1,546 1.9%
239 Cornersville 1,574 964 63.3%
240 Gordonsville 1,548 1,332 16.2%
241 Baxter 1,540 1,455 5.8%
242 Falling Water 1,534 1,106 38.7%
243 Gleason 1,529 1,634 -6.4%
244 Englewood 1,513 1,791 -15.5%
245 Chapel Hill 1,502 1,248 20.4%
246 Cowan 1,477 1,449 1.9%
247 Rutledge 1,477 1,541 -4.2%
248 Huntsville 1,475 1,109 33.0%
249 Fairmount 1,467 2,604 -43.7%
250 Kenton 1,438 1,253 14.8%
251 Banner Hill 1,396 1,774 -21.3%
252 Spencer 1,387 1,968 -29.5%
253 Gray 1,342 1,279 4.9%
254 Wartburg 1,325 891 48.7%
255 Scotts Hill 1,320 969 36.2%
256 Tennessee Ridge 1,296 1,389 -6.7%
257 Lyles 1,273 870 46.3%
258 Fincastle 1,270 1,521 -16.5%
259 Bon Aqua Junction 1,266 943 34.3%
260 Lone Oak 1,265 1,618 -21.8%
261 Ardmore 1,260 1,243 1.4%
262 Benton 1,256 1,723 -27.1%
263 Tellico Plains 1,250 865 44.5%
264 Greenback 1,233 986 25.1%
265 Wildwood 1,221 1,059 15.3%
266 Berry Hill 1,220 467 161.2%
267 Orlinda 1,211 789 53.5%
268 Bradford 1,201 1,040 15.5%
269 Obion 1,185 1,464 -19.1%
270 Fall Branch 1,180 1,368 -13.7%
271 Henning 1,177 1,025 14.8%
272 Bruceton 1,175 1,675 -29.9%
273 Collinwood 1,170 1,068 9.6%
274 Linden 1,161 1,011 14.8%
275 Sharon 1,127 1,039 8.5%
276 Midtown 1,126 1,614 -30.2%
277 Winfield 1,126 1,059 6.3%
278 Byrd 1,125 1,017 10.6%
279 Atwood 1,122 886 26.6%
280 Mason 1,120 1,581 -29.2%
281 Dodson Branch 1,105 904 22.2%
282 Rutherford 1,076 1,159 -7.2%
283 Roan Mountain 1,064 1,237 -14.0%
284 Huntland 1,059 890 19.0%
285 Friendsville 1,050 1,069 -1.8%
286 Luttrell 1,041 1,022 1.9%
287 Rossville 1,036 661 56.7%

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