Top 100 Biggest Cities In Tennessee (2016 Census)

Rank City 2017 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Nashville 660,388 1.6%
2 Memphis 652,717 0.1%
3 Knoxville 186,239 0.7%
4 Chattanooga 177,571 1.0%
5 Clarksville 150,287 2.1%
6 Murfreesboro 131,947 3.3%
7 Franklin 74,794 3.0%
8 Jackson 67,005 0.5%
9 Johnson City 66,677 0.9%
10 Bartlett 58,622 1.2%
11 Hendersonville 57,050 1.8%
12 Kingsport 52,806 1.5%
13 Collierville 49,177 1.9%
14 Smyrna 48,596 3.3%
15 Cleveland 44,271 1.2%
16 Brentwood 42,517 2.3%
17 Germantown 39,056 0.1%
18 Spring Hill 37,731 4.5%
19 Columbia 37,540 1.3%
20 Gallatin 35,734 2.8%
21 La Vergne 35,071 1.2%
22 Mount Juliet 33,263 5.8%
23 Cookeville 32,622 1.2%
24 Lebanon 31,317 3.0%
25 Morristown 29,663 0.3%
26 Oak Ridge 29,350 0.0%
27 Maryville 28,703 0.7%
28 Bristol 27,109 0.3%
29 Farragut 22,282 1.3%
30 Shelbyville 21,432 0.9%
31 East Ridge 21,302 0.3%
32 Tullahoma 19,273 0.5%
33 Goodlettsville 16,950 1.0%
34 Springfield 16,809 0.4%
35 Dyersburg 16,685 -0.5%
36 Sevierville 16,665 2.0%
37 Dickson 15,492 1.1%
38 Greeneville 15,061 -0.0%
39 Elizabethton 13,854 -0.4%
40 McMinnville 13,761 0.2%
41 Athens 13,748 0.4%
42 Soddy-Daisy 13,217 0.6%
43 Portland 12,522 1.5%
44 Lakeland 12,494 0.1%
45 Red Bank 11,813 0.2%
46 Lewisburg 11,600 0.7%
47 Arlington 11,566 0.1%
48 Crossville 11,455 1.0%
49 Collegedale 11,437 5.5%
50 White House 11,388 1.8%
51 Millington 10,974 1.3%
52 Martin 10,768 -1.1%
53 Lawrenceburg 10,736 0.5%
54 Manchester 10,617 0.8%
55 Union City 10,589 -0.5%
56 Paris 10,192 0.1%
57 Clinton 10,106 0.4%
58 Alcoa 9,874 2.6%
59 Brownsville 9,782 -0.8%
60 Lenoir City 9,106 0.9%
61 Atoka 9,095 1.4%
62 Covington 8,924 -0.2%
63 Signal Mountain 8,573 2.1%
64 Winchester 8,562 0.1%
65 Fairview 8,529 1.7%
66 Jefferson City 8,335 0.6%
67 Hartsville/Trousdale County 8,271 0.8%
68 Humboldt 8,235 -0.4%
69 Ripley 8,116 -0.7%
70 Milan 7,792 -0.1%
71 Lexington 7,769 0.3%
72 Pulaski 7,758 -0.2%
73 Oakland 7,690 2.5%
74 Nolensville 7,580 4.4%
75 Dayton 7,248 0.1%
76 Fayetteville 7,051 0.5%
77 Savannah 7,019 0.1%
78 La Follette 6,971 -1.1%
79 Newport 6,833 -0.3%
80 Greenbrier 6,796 0.9%
81 Millersville 6,742 0.8%
82 Church Hill 6,740 0.0%
83 Henderson 6,551 0.6%
84 Lynchburg, Moore County 6,323 -0.1%
85 Harriman 6,218 -0.3%
86 Pigeon Forge 6,199 0.9%
87 Munford 6,057 0.4%
88 Sweetwater 5,933 0.5%
89 Erwin 5,920 -0.5%
90 Kingston 5,840 -0.3%
91 Loudon 5,750 1.1%
92 McKenzie 5,564 0.8%
93 Rockwood 5,443 -0.4%
94 Mount Carmel 5,427 -0.0%
95 Jonesborough 5,333 0.9%
96 Thompson's Station 5,194 15.4%
97 Lafayette 5,141 2.3%
98 Dunlap 5,132 1.1%
99 Bolivar 5,112 -1.0%
100 Sparta 5,073 0.5%

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