Tennessee: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Tennessee's 369 recorded places, ranked by population — 4,542,366 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Nashville is the largest place we record in Tennessee, with 689,447 residents. The three largest together hold 33% of the 4,542,366 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 369 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Nashville 689,447 2 Memphis 633,104 3 Knoxville 190,740 4 Chattanooga 181,099 5 Clarksville 166,722 6 Murfreesboro 165,430 7 East Chattanooga 154,024 8 Franklin 72,639 9 Cordova 68,779 10 Jackson 66,975 11 Johnson City 66,027 12 Bartlett 58,579 13 Hendersonville 56,018 14 Kingsport 53,014 15 Collierville 48,863 16 Smyrna 46,607 17 Cleveland 43,898 18 Brentwood 41,763 19 Germantown 39,240 20 Hermitage 37,814 21 Columbia 36,800 22 Spring Hill 36,055 23 La Vergne 34,794 24 Gallatin 34,334 25 Cookeville 32,113 26 Mount Juliet 31,540 27 Lebanon 30,262 28 Morristown 29,478 29 Oak Ridge 29,302 30 Maryville 28,464 31 Bristol 26,666 32 Ellendale 25,882 33 Farragut 21,919 34 Shelbyville 21,317 35 East Ridge 20,979 36 Tullahoma 19,128 37 Goodlettsville 16,994 38 Springfield 16,808 39 Dyersburg 16,781 40 Sevierville 16,490 41 Dickson 15,359 42 East Brainerd 15,114 43 Greeneville 15,094 44 Elizabethton 13,772 45 McMinnville 13,759 46 Athens 13,688 47 Soddy-Daisy 13,171 48 Middle Valley 12,684 49 Lakeland 12,553 50 Portland 12,323 51 Red Bank 11,769 52 Arlington 11,625 53 Lewisburg 11,480 54 Crossville 11,411 55 White House 11,226 56 Millington 11,027 57 Martin 10,959 58 Seymour 10,919 59 Collegedale 10,743 60 Union City 10,573 61 Lawrenceburg 10,569 62 Manchester 10,517 63 Paris 10,150 64 Clinton 10,049 65 Bloomingdale 9,888 66 Brownsville 9,876 67 Christiana 9,830 68 Chuckey 9,560 69 Alcoa 9,316 70 Lenoir City 9,091 71 Atoka 9,064 72 Covington 9,036 73 Winchester 8,539 74 Signal Mountain 8,528 75 Jefferson City 8,504 76 Fairview 8,331 77 Humboldt 8,313 78 Ripley 8,176 79 Lexington 7,822 80 Milan 7,813 81 Harrison 7,769 82 Pulaski 7,617 83 Oakland 7,488 84 LaFollette 7,456 85 Dayton 7,384 86 Fayetteville 7,121 87 Savannah 7,027 88 Fairfield Glade 6,989 89 Nolensville 6,939 90 Colonial Heights 6,934 91 South Cleveland 6,912 92 Newport 6,834 93 Greenbrier 6,745 94 Church Hill 6,719 95 Millersville 6,700 96 Green Hill 6,618 97 Henderson 6,552 98 Harriman 6,224 99 Pigeon Forge 6,171 100 Lynchburg 6,132 101 Munford 6,108 102 Erwin 5,979 103 Sweetwater 5,931 104 Kingston 5,846 105 Tellico Village 5,791 106 Loudon 5,731 107 Mount Carmel 5,425 108 Rockwood 5,425 109 Mount Carmel 5,298 110 McKenzie 5,296 111 Jonesborough 5,291 112 Dunlap 5,108 113 Sparta 5,096 114 Bolivar 5,093 115 Eagleton Village 5,052 116 Forest Hills 5,039 117 Lafayette 4,991 118 Mount Pleasant 4,790 119 Madisonville 4,783 120 Oak Hill 4,700 121 Ashland City 4,649 122 Smithville 4,640 123 Whiteville 4,523 124 Selmer 4,488 125 Oak Grove 4,425 126 Coopertown 4,401 127 Harrogate 4,388 128 Rogersville 4,383 129 Tiptonville 4,352 130 Pleasant View 4,295 131 Speedwell 4,278 132 Gatlinburg 4,184 133 Trenton 4,134 134 Medina 4,124 135 Louisville 4,092 136 Waverly 4,090 137 Lafayette 4,078 138 Livingston 4,071 139 Spurgeon 3,957 140 Huntingdon 3,926 141 Lake Tansi 3,803 142 Thompson's Station 3,801 143 Algood 3,725 144 Oneida 3,709 145 Hohenwald 3,667 146 Centerville 3,584 147 Camden 3,575 148 Unicoi 3,561 149 Etowah 3,500 150 White Bluff 3,402 151 Newbern 3,336 152 Jasper 3,312 153 Oliver Springs 3,237 154 Wildwood Lake 3,124 155 South Pittsburg 3,114 156 Bean Station 3,104 157 Somerville 3,094 158 Blountville 3,074 159 Belle Meade 3,004 160 Brighton 2,996 161 Hickory Withe 2,973 162 New Tazewell 2,957 163 Dandridge 2,924 164 Dresden 2,898 165 Monterey 2,860 166 Sale Creek 2,845 167 Shackle Island 2,844 168 Fairmount 2,825 169 Kingston Springs 2,770 170 Woodbury 2,762 171 Central 2,686 172 Tusculum 2,666 173 Clifton 2,663 174 Pine Crest 2,633 175 Fairmount 2,600 176 Midway 2,491 177 Alamo 2,487 178 Mountain City 2,475 179 Apison 2,469 180 Coalfield 2,463 181 Bells 2,447 182 Park City 2,442 183 Hartsville 2,435 184 Decherd 2,424 185 Mascot 2,411 186 Walnut Hill 2,394 187 Waynesboro 2,390 188 Pine Crest 2,388 189 Maynardville 2,355 190 Mosheim 2,343 191 Parsons 2,337 192 Brighton 2,328 193 Sewanee 2,311 194 Lakewood 2,302 195 Westmoreland 2,291 196 Tazewell 2,288 197 Central 2,279 198 Carthage 2,278 199 Dyer 2,274 200 Jellico 2,262
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