Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee population

Consolidated-government balance · Official geographic code 4752006

721,074

July 1, 2025 · Annual resident population estimate

U.S. Census Bureau · Population Estimates Program · Vintage 2025

+9,244 residents (+1.30%) since July 1, 2024.

Consolidated-government balance: population excludes separately incorporated places; excluded from ordinary-place rankings.

Population change, 2020–2025: +31,294July 1 to July 1 · +4.54%
Land-area density, 2025: 1,516.1People per square mile · 2025 land area
National population share: 0.21%Same PEP observation date and resident universe

Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) population history

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These six July 1 estimates belong to one consistent Vintage 2025 series. The Census Bureau revises earlier years when it releases a new vintage; a figure from an older publication may differ from the value below.

Annual estimates · 2020–2025 · Vertical scale shown on chart.

The highest observed population in this annual series was 721,074 in 2025. This is a peak within 2020–2025 coverage, not an all-time record.

Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee: July 1 annual population estimates, Vintage 2025
Reference date	Population	Annual change
July 1, 2020	689,780	—
July 1, 2021	676,133	-13,647
July 1, 2022	686,747	+10,614
July 1, 2023	696,121	+9,374
July 1, 2024	711,830	+15,709
July 1, 2025	721,074	+9,244

Why is the April 2020 estimates base different from a census count?

The PEP estimates base here is 689,449 residents on April 1, 2020. It incorporates the Census Bureau’s corrections and geographic revisions and serves as the starting point for this annual series. It is not labeled an original 2020 census count. The chart starts at July 1, 2020, so its five-year change uses two July observations. Read about measurement types.

Growth and density

Between July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2025, Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) gained 31,294 residents, a 4.54% increase. The annualized change over these five elapsed years was +0.89%. Annualized change is a summary of the interval; it does not imply that the population changed at that rate in every year.

The 2025 Gazetteer reports 475.61 square miles of land. Dividing the July 1, 2025 population by that compatible land area gives 1,516.1 people per square mile. Water area is excluded. Density depends on geographic boundaries. It describes this entire place, rather than a typical neighborhood or built-up area.

Calculations use unrounded source values. Population counts are displayed as integers, percentages to two decimals and density to one decimal. Calculation methods · Growth calculator

Population characteristics and migration

This incorporated-place totals file does not provide city-level births, deaths, migration components or age distributions. Those statistics are not estimated from a county’s values here. County profiles provide supported change components, while age characteristics require a separately labeled PEP or ACS product. See characteristics coverage.

Geographic context

This is the whole incorporated-place record, not a metropolitan-area population. A place can span more than one county; the county links below come from published county/place-part relationships. County totals are context and are not substitutes for a city observation.

Resident population, July 1, 2025; change since July 1, 2024. PEP Vintage 2025.
Place	Population · 2025	Change · 2024–25	Growth · 2024–25	People / sq. mi.
Davidson CountyTennessee · County equivalent · 47037	745,904	+9,281	+1.26%	1,481.4

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Source, citation and downloads

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025, sub-est2025.csv, variable POPESTIMATE2025; Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee, geographic code 4752006; resident population 721,074 on July 1, 2025; boundaries January 1, 2025. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025.csv. Retrieved September 30, 2026. US Population Data snapshot pep-2025-r1, transformation 1.

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Source product and variable: sub-est2025.csv · POPESTIMATE2025
Measurement and universe: Annual estimate · Resident population · People
Observation date: July 1, 2025
Source publication: May 2026
Boundary vintage: January 1, 2025 · 2025 Gazetteer land-area join by official code
Retrieval / website snapshot: September 30, 2026 / September 30, 2026
Frozen publication release: pep-2025-r1 · Transformation version 1
Uncertainty: No survey margin of error supplied for these PEP totals; no ACS-style margin has been invented.
Revisions: Initial snapshot. No website correction logged for this record. Upstream estimates can change in a later vintage; archived downloads stay fixed.

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