Tennessee Demographics
| Historical populations |
| Census |
Pop. |
|
%± |
| 1790 |
35,691 |
|
–
|
| 1810 |
261,727 |
|
–
|
| 1820 |
422,823 |
|
61.6% |
| 1830 |
681,904 |
|
61.3% |
| 1840 |
829,210 |
|
21.6% |
| 1870 |
1,258,520 |
|
–
|
| 1880 |
1,542,359 |
|
22.6% |
| 1900 |
2,020,616 |
|
–
|
| 1910 |
2,184,789 |
|
8.1% |
| 1920 |
2,337,885 |
|
7.0% |
| 1930 |
2,616,556 |
|
11.9% |
| 1940 |
2,915,841 |
|
11.4% |
| 1950 |
3,291,718 |
|
12.9% |
| 1960 |
3,567,089 |
|
8.4% |
| 1970 |
3,923,687 |
|
10.0% |
| 1980 |
4,591,120 |
|
17.0% |
| 1990 |
4,877,185 |
|
6.2% |
| 2000 |
5,689,283 |
|
16.7% |
The center of population of Tennessee is located in Rutherford County, in the city of Murfreesboro [2].
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2006, Tennessee has an estimated population of 6,038,803, which is an increase of 83,058, or 1.4%, from the prior year and an increase of 349,541, or 6.1%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 142,266 people (that is 493,881 births minus 351,615 deaths) and an increase from net migration of 219,551 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 59,385 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 160,166 people.
| Demographics of Tennessee (csv) |
| By race |
White |
Black |
AIAN |
Asian |
NHPI |
| AIAN is American Indian or Alaskan Native - NHPI is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander |
| 2000 (total population) |
82.08% |
16.81% |
0.69% |
1.22% |
0.08% |
| 2000 (Hispanic only) |
1.99% |
0.14% |
0.05% |
0.03% |
0.02% |
| 2005 (total population) |
81.53% |
17.22% |
0.69% |
1.47% |
0.09% |
| 2005 (Hispanic only) |
2.81% |
0.17% |
0.06% |
0.03% |
0.02% |
| Growth 2000-2005 (total population) |
4.11% |
7.37% |
3.86% |
26.24% |
12.40% |
| Growth 2000-2005 (non-Hispanic only) |
3.02% |
7.23% |
2.41% |
26.26% |
12.66% |
| Growth 2000-2005 (Hispanic only) |
48.16% |
24.52% |
22.34% |
25.23% |
11.23% |
In 2000, the five most common self-reported ethnic groups in the state were: American (17.3%), African American (16.4%), Irish (9.3%) (Most actually of Scots-Irish descent), English (9.1%), and German (8.3%).[3]
The state's African-American population is concentrated mainly in rural West and Middle Tennessee and the cities of Memphis, Nashville, Clarksville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville. Memphis has the largest percentage of African-American residents for any metropolitan area in the U.S.
6.6% of Tennessee's population were reported as under 5 years of age, 24.6% under 18, and 12.4% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 51.3% of the population.
Religion
As with all Southern states except perhaps Louisiana, residents of Tennessee overwhelmingly prefer an evangelical Protestant religious affiliation. The religious affiliations of the people of Tennessee are:
- Christian – 83%
- Baptist – 40%
- Methodist – 10%
- Church of Christ – 6%
- Presbyterian – 3%
- Church of God – 2%
- Lutheran – 2%
- Pentecostal – 2%
- Rastafarians – 1%
- Roman Catholic – 6%
- Other Christian (includes unspecified "Christian" and "Protestant") – 12%
- Other Religions – 3%
- Non-Religious – 9%
Source: American Religious Identification Survey (2001). 5% of the people surveyed refused to answer.
Tennessee is home to several Protestant denominations, such as the Church of God in Christ, the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The Southern Baptist Convention maintains its general headquarters in Nashville, where its Sunday School Board, along with publishing houses of several other denominations, is also located.
The state's small Roman Catholic and Jewish communities are mainly centered in the metropolitan areas of Memphis and Nashville.
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