Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee demographics

Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN demographics: median age 34.5; 48.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee · Consolidated-government balance · GEOID 4752006. The survey estimates a population of 690,130 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) is 34.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.1 years. There are 313,513 households (±1,710). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	34.5 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 690,130
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Under 18	143,152 ±2,080	20.7% ±0.3 pp	22.2%	22.0%
18–34	208,126 ±1,733	30.2% ±0.3 pp	22.7%	22.8%
35–64	251,017 ±3,194	36.4% ±0.5 pp	38.0%	38.0%
65 and older	87,835 ±2,066	12.7% ±0.3 pp	17.1%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 690,130
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Male	334,586 ±541	48.5% ±0.1 pp	49.1%	49.5%
Female	355,544 ±541	51.5% ±0.1 pp	50.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 690,130
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
White alone	377,121 ±2,486	54.6% ±0.4 pp	72.4%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	171,569 ±2,533	24.9% ±0.4 pp	15.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	3,554 ±1,221	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	24,393 ±1,164	3.5% ±0.2 pp	1.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	353 ±69	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	35,918 ±3,130	5.2% ±0.5 pp	2.7%	7.1%
Two or more races	77,222 ±4,258	11.2% ±0.6 pp	7.0%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 690,130
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	592,597 ±656	85.9% ±0.1 pp	92.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	97,533 ±646	14.1% ±0.1 pp	7.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 313,513
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Married-couple family	108,871 ±2,506	34.7% ±0.8 pp	46.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	14,856 ±1,240	4.7% ±0.4 pp	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	36,275 ±1,675	11.6% ±0.5 pp	12.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	116,793 ±2,710	37.3% ±0.8 pp	29.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	36,718 ±1,747	11.7% ±0.6 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 313,513
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Households with people under 18	78,279 ±2,067	25.0% ±0.6 pp	29.3%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	235,234 ±2,373	75.0% ±0.6 pp	70.7%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 313,513
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	116,793 ±2,710	37.3% ±0.8 pp	29.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	101,776 ±2,977	32.5% ±0.9 pp	35.2%	33.8%
Three-person households	42,428 ±2,062	13.5% ±0.7 pp	15.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	29,816 ±1,656	9.5% ±0.5 pp	11.7%	12.6%
Five-person households	14,146 ±1,189	4.5% ±0.4 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	4,867 ±730	1.6% ±0.2 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	3,687 ±665	1.2% ±0.2 pp	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 690,130
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Native	584,497 ±4,153	84.7% ±0.6 pp	93.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	105,633 ±4,161	15.3% ±0.6 pp	6.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 644,982
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
English only	518,719 ±4,143	80.4% ±0.6 pp	91.4%	77.7%
Spanish	71,020 ±2,108	11.0% ±0.3 pp	5.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	3,366 ±874	0.5% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	1,394 ±353	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,694 ±532	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	9,293 ±1,506	1.4% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	1,248 ±410	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	3,189 ±590	0.5% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	2,199 ±545	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,288 ±377	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	6,361 ±1,155	1.0% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	1.1%
Arabic	12,677 ±2,552	2.0% ±0.4 pp	0.5%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	12,534 ±2,188	1.9% ±0.3 pp	0.4%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 479,820
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	44,355 ±2,450	9.2% ±0.5 pp	10.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	96,038 ±3,322	20.0% ±0.7 pp	31.2%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	80,205 ±2,928	16.7% ±0.6 pp	19.9%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	28,692 ±1,753	6.0% ±0.4 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	141,904 ±2,886	29.6% ±0.6 pp	19.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	88,626 ±2,396	18.5% ±0.5 pp	11.7%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 680,229
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Same house	548,879 ±4,861	80.7% ±0.7 pp	87.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	69,991 ±3,666	10.3% ±0.5 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	20,658 ±1,980	3.0% ±0.3 pp	3.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	35,017 ±2,033	5.1% ±0.3 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	5,684 ±1,601	0.8% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

12.8% of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) residents (±0.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 10.0% in Tennessee and 8.4% nationally. 92.6% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)	Tennessee	U.S.	Compared with Tennessee
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	12.8% ±0.4 pp	10.0%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.6% ±0.5 pp	89.2%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.5% ±0.3 pp	7.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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