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Tennessee population 2026

Q: What is the population of Tennessee in 2026?

The latest official figure is 7,315,076, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Tennessee would have about 7.4 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Tennessee has 7,315,076 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 63,785 more than a year earlier (+0.88%). It is 15th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 2.1% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 7.4 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Tennessee in numbers

Population: 7.3 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.88% +63,785 people
Change since 2020: +5.59% from 6.9 million
Share of the US: 2.1% 15th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 69per km² 106,771 km²
Births in the year: 84 thousand deaths: 81 thousand
International migration: +18 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +42 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 3,597, 17,990 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 42,389 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as Hong Kong (7.4 million).

Population of Tennessee by year

7.3M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	6,355,518
2011	6,400,298
2012	6,455,752
2013	6,496,943
2014	6,544,617
2015	6,595,354
2016	6,651,277
2017	6,714,748
2018	6,778,180
2019	6,830,325
2020	6,927,736
2021	6,966,687
2022	7,063,325
2023	7,153,029
2024	7,251,291
2025	7,315,076

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	7,315,076	+63,785	+0.88%
2024	7,251,291	+98,262	+1.37%
2023	7,153,029	+89,704	+1.27%
2022	7,063,325	+96,638	+1.39%
2021	6,966,687	+38,951	+0.56%
2020	6,927,736	+97,411	+1.43%
2019	6,830,325	+52,145	+0.77%
2018	6,778,180	+63,432	+0.94%
2017	6,714,748	+63,471	+0.95%
2016	6,651,277	+55,923	+0.85%
2015	6,595,354	+50,737	+0.78%
2014	6,544,617	+47,674	+0.73%
2013	6,496,943	+41,191	+0.64%
2012	6,455,752	+55,454	+0.87%
2011	6,400,298	+44,780	+0.70%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Tennessee among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Tennessee

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Nashville689,447
Memphis633,104
Knoxville190,740
Chattanooga181,099
Clarksville166,722
Murfreesboro165,430

Air quality in Tennessee today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Nashville

Questions

What is the population of Tennessee in 2026?

The latest official figure is 7,315,076, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Tennessee would have about 7.4 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Tennessee’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 63,785 people (+0.88%) in the latest year, and has changed +5.59% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 3,597, 17,990 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 42,389 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Tennessee rank in the US?

Tennessee is 15th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 2.1% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Tennessee?

About 69 people per km², on 106,771 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Tennessee?

Nashville, with about 689 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Tennessee population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/tennessee/

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