Population

Nashville's current population is 65,397 people with 28,755 households within this smaller 2 mile radius. This area experienced positive population growth of 42.1% from 2010-2020. This area is projected to grow another 16.4% over the next five years. This is higher than the national average.

The median age of the population in this area is 30.8 which is below the state average of 40.0 years old. This area has an average household size of 1.97 persons. This area is not very family centric with 37.1% of the households being family households and with 26.8% having children in the home and 15.9% of the population being under 15 and an additional 21.0% being under 24. Another 33.3% of this area’s population is between 25 and 44 years of age and 19.3% between 45-64 years old leaving 10.4% of the population over 65 years old. These last two age groups are target age groups for dentures, partials, crowns, and other restorative work. This area does have a higher percentage of the population between 15-24 years old which could indicate a college population in this area. Many college students are included in the count, but do not typically make the best patient base for the area. Nashville has a daytime employee population of 101,112 versus a permanent population of 65,397 meaning the daytime employee population is 154.6% of the permanent population living in the area and 76.0% of the total daytime population. Nashville has a significant employee population that strongly influences the area. This could allow a practice to keep more daytime weekday hours as opposed to early morning hours, evening hours, or Saturday hours.

In this area, 50.6% of the population either holds a bachelor's degree or higher educational degree. Nashville is higher than the state and US average.

The dominant racial and ethnic groups of the population in the Nashville area are White 40.9%, Black 50.8%, Asian 3.7%, 1.4% other races and 4.3% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Table #2 Significant Demographic Characteristics

		Nashville, Tennessee	Tennessee	United States
Demographic Characteristic		Nashville
		Tennessee
Latitude / Longitude:		36.162664, -86.781602
Radius		2 miles
POPULATION
Population 2021		65,397	7,025,037	333,934,112
2010 Total Population		45,214	6,356,717	309,121,785
2020 Total Population		64,227	6,944,726	332,502,844
Projected Total Population 2026		76,132	7,343,345	345,887,495
Population Change, 2010 - 2020		42.1%	9.3%	7.6%
Annual Population Change Rate, 2021 - 2026		3.1%	0.9%	0.7%
POPULATION AGE BREAKDOWN
Median Age		30.8	40.0	38.8
Under 4 years old		6.0%	5.7%	5.9%
5 - 9 years old		5.3%	6.0%	6.1%
10 - 14 years old		4.6%	6.1%	6.2%
15 - 24 years old		21.0%	12.1%	12.8%
25 - 44 years old		33.3%	26.4%	26.8%
Number of Adults 25-44		21,794	1,853,314	89,400,051
45 - 64 years old		19.3%	25.8%	25.0%
Number of Adults 45-64		12,628	1,811,721	83,512,738
65 years and over		10.4%	18.0%	17.3%
Number of Adults 65 years and older		6,791	1,261,124	57,652,490
0 - 14 years old		15.9%	17.8%	18.2%
Number of Children 0-14 years old		10,420	1,249,735	60,698,912

NOTE: All percentages are rounded. ESRI data pulled as of September 25, 2021. Data showing future dates are projections.

Highlighted fields signify favorable characteristics on a comparison basis with the other locations listed and/or national averages