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Most Densely Populated Cities in Tennessee

The top 25 of 44 Tennessee cities on GIS Map, ranked by residents per square mile of land.

#CityPeople per sq mi
1Murfreesboro
2,501
2Memphis
2,136
3Germantown
2,034
4Hendersonville
1,991
5Knoxville
1,977
6Franklin
1,956
7Spring Hill
1,908
8Maryville
1,816
9Clarksville
1,763
10Bartlett
1,761
11Smyrna
1,660
12Johnson City
1,651
13La Vergne
1,628
14Mount Juliet
1,606
15Cleveland
1,570
16Elizabethton
1,505
17Nashville
1,451
18Collierville
1,404
19Gallatin
1,377
20Chattanooga
1,305
21Shelbyville
1,277
22McMinnville
1,252
23Columbia
1,245
24Jackson
1,165
25Morristown
1,130

Top Tennessee Counties

Counties ranked by residents per square mile of land.

1. Davidson County1,4212. Shelby County1,2213. Knox County9724. Hamilton County6945. Rutherford County5826. Williamson County4477. Montgomery County4348. Washington County4179. Hamblen County40710. Sullivan County388

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Most Densely Populated Cities in Tennessee”, https://gismap.land/rankings/tennessee/most-densely-populated-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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