State population ranking
25 Largest Places in Tennessee by Population
Ranked from largest to smallest using 2025 population estimates. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
345 of 504 published places have the selected population vintage.
- 1
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government, TN
Published place
- Population
- 721,074
- Median home value
- $413,600
- Median rent
- $1,586
- 2
Memphis, TN
City
- Population
- 609,647
- Median home value
- $169,000
- Median rent
- $1,181
- 3
Knoxville, TN
City
- Population
- 202,021
- Median home value
- $239,700
- Median rent
- $1,191
- 4
Chattanooga, TN
City
- Population
- 194,144
- Median home value
- $283,200
- Median rent
- $1,256
- 5
Clarksville, TN
City
- Population
- 188,829
- Median home value
- $263,600
- Median rent
- $1,307
- 6
Murfreesboro, TN
City
- Population
- 171,178
- Median home value
- $402,100
- Median rent
- $1,481
- 7
Franklin, TN
City
- Population
- 90,226
- Median home value
- $705,400
- Median rent
- $1,923
- 8
Johnson City, TN
City
- Population
- 74,943
- Median home value
- $268,200
- Median rent
- $1,023
- 9
Jackson, TN
City
- Population
- 69,339
- Median home value
- $217,800
- Median rent
- $1,145
- 10
- Population
- 64,266
- Median home value
- $430,700
- Median rent
- $1,653
- 11
Smyrna, TN
Town
- Population
- 63,321
- Median home value
- $358,300
- Median rent
- $1,461
- 12
Spring Hill, TN
City
- Population
- 61,336
- Median home value
- $493,800
- Median rent
- $1,844
- 13
Kingsport, TN
City
- Population
- 57,530
- Median home value
- $234,100
- Median rent
- $907
- 14
Bartlett, TN
City
- Population
- 56,416
- Median home value
- $310,400
- Median rent
- $1,638
- 15
Gallatin, TN
City
- Population
- 54,590
- Median home value
- $372,000
- Median rent
- $1,395
- 16
Lebanon, TN
City
- Population
- 53,412
- Median home value
- $378,400
- Median rent
- $1,306
- 17
Collierville, TN
Town
- Population
- 51,909
- Median home value
- $485,900
- Median rent
- $1,691
- 18
Cleveland, TN
City
- Population
- 51,172
- Median home value
- $272,200
- Median rent
- $1,034
- 19
Columbia, TN
City
- Population
- 50,072
- Median home value
- $308,700
- Median rent
- $1,197
- 20
Brentwood, TN
City
- Population
- 45,313
- Median home value
- $1,031,300
- Median rent
- $2,825
- 21
Mount Juliet, TN
City
- Population
- 45,172
- Median home value
- $460,100
- Median rent
- $2,011
- 22
La Vergne, TN
City
- Population
- 42,146
- Median home value
- $309,900
- Median rent
- $1,805
- 23
Germantown, TN
City
- Population
- 40,001
- Median home value
- $470,800
- Median rent
- $1,816
- 24
Cookeville, TN
City
- Population
- 38,212
- Median home value
- $305,400
- Median rent
- $917
- 25
Oak Ridge, TN
City
- Population
- 35,395
- Median home value
- $270,200
- Median rent
- $1,131
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by population, descending, using one common statewide vintage; ties are ordered by place name. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.