Top 100 Biggest Cities In Tennessee (2001 Census)

Rank	City	2002 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Memphis	686,548	-0.5%
2	Nashville	553,614	1.4%
3	Knoxville	177,193	0.5%
4	Chattanooga	158,701	1.2%
5	Clarksville	104,150	0.2%
6	Murfreesboro	73,706	4.0%
7	Jackson	60,492	1.0%
8	Johnson City	56,121	0.2%
9	Franklin	47,798	3.1%
10	Kingsport	44,974	-0.9%
11	Bartlett	44,098	-0.3%
12	Hendersonville	41,694	1.6%
13	Germantown	38,312	1.4%
14	Cleveland	37,552	0.2%
15	Collierville	33,392	1.2%
16	Columbia	33,080	-0.6%
17	Smyrna	29,053	4.5%
18	Oak Ridge	27,149	-0.6%
19	Brentwood	26,898	2.1%
20	Cookeville	26,829	1.6%
21	Morristown	26,655	0.6%
22	Bristol	25,361	-0.2%
23	Gallatin	23,842	1.2%
24	Maryville	23,543	1.6%
25	Lebanon	20,755	1.2%
26	East Ridge	20,418	-0.6%
27	La Vergne	19,962	5.4%
28	Farragut	18,119	1.9%
29	Tullahoma	18,059	-0.1%
30	Dyersburg	17,376	-0.6%
31	Shelbyville	16,624	1.7%
32	Greeneville	15,301	-0.6%
33	Mount Juliet	14,818	4.6%
34	Springfield	14,650	1.4%
35	Goodlettsville	13,979	1.5%
36	Elizabethton	13,963	-0.6%
37	Athens	13,421	0.9%
38	McMinnville	12,952	0.5%
39	Dickson	12,884	-0.2%
40	Sevierville	12,846	4.4%
41	Red Bank	12,265	-0.6%
42	Soddy-Daisy	11,810	2.3%
43	Millington	11,022	-0.9%
44	Union City	10,782	-1.0%
45	Brownsville	10,781	0.1%
46	Lawrenceburg	10,705	-0.6%
47	Lewisburg	10,555	-0.4%
48	Martin	10,173	-3.5%
49	Paris	9,689	-0.6%
50	Clinton	9,431	-0.3%
51	Humboldt	9,405	-0.6%
52	Crossville	9,368	2.1%
53	Spring Hill	9,174	11.2%
54	Portland	9,096	5.3%
55	Manchester	8,823	3.0%
56	Covington	8,579	0.7%
57	Alcoa	8,187	1.9%
58	Pulaski	8,009	0.1%
59	La Follette	7,930	-0.6%
60	Milan	7,845	-0.6%
61	Jefferson City	7,841	-0.7%
62	White House	7,785	3.9%
63	Ripley	7,751	-0.8%
64	Lexington	7,427	-0.1%
65	Winchester	7,410	0.7%
66	Signal Mountain	7,408	-0.4%
67	Lakeland	7,355	1.8%
68	Hartsville/Trousdale County	7,288	-0.3%
69	Newport	7,251	-0.9%
70	Collegedale	7,088	5.7%
71	Lenoir City	7,043	2.1%
72	Savannah	7,026	–
73	Fayetteville	6,994	-0.4%
74	Harriman	6,733	-0.6%
75	Dayton	6,510	-0.2%
76	Fairview	6,320	3.3%
77	Henderson	6,112	4.0%
78	Church Hill	6,023	1.2%
79	Lynchburg, Moore County	5,789	0.4%
80	Erwin	5,765	-1.3%
81	Bolivar	5,760	-1.1%
82	Millersville	5,720	4.5%
83	Sweetwater	5,715	0.1%
84	Pigeon Forge	5,463	1.8%
85	Rockwood	5,400	-0.5%
86	McKenzie	5,387	1.5%
87	Kingston	5,310	0.0%
88	Greenbrier	5,271	5.1%
89	Munford	5,140	3.5%
90	Mount Carmel	4,931	2.2%
91	Forest Hills	4,860	2.7%
92	Sparta	4,670	1.3%
93	Trenton	4,662	-0.9%
94	Loudon	4,653	0.8%
95	Whiteville	4,594	0.1%
96	Oak Hill	4,588	1.9%
97	Dunlap	4,573	1.1%
98	Selmer	4,487	-0.8%
99	Mount Pleasant	4,464	-0.6%
100	Jonesborough	4,402	1.4%

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