Tennessee
Tennessee: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Tennessee at a glance
Rolled up from the 15 regions inside Tennessee on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population6,986,082
census
Places inside15
13 with a full /local page
Businesses on file155,408
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered157
in the company directory
Who represents them7
places with a /politics page
Property & employers7 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Tennessee, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
Economy & households
- Population
- 7,315,076 persons (resident population, Census Bureau annual estimate; FRED TNPOP 7,315.076 thousand) (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 586,210.1 USD millions, current dollars (BEA, after the Sept 2026 annual update) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 3.4 % seasonally adjusted (BLS LAUS, preliminary) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 75,250 USD current dollars (Census CPS ASEC) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 69.5 % (Census Housing Vacancy Survey) (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 56,690 USD total household debt balance per capita (adults with an Equifax credit file; NY Fed Consumer Credit Panel) (2025-Q4) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin ↗ | 529,900 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
| Memphis (TN-MS-AR) ↗ | 299,900 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
| Knoxville ↗ | 445,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
| Chattanooga (TN-GA) ↗ | 388,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
| Clarksville (TN-KY) ↗ | 339,950 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language other than English ↗ | 9.3% | most often at home — % of persons age 5+ who speak a language other than English at home (ACS 1-year; 636,700 people) | 2024 |
| Spanish ↗ | 61.9% | most often at home — % of people who speak a non-English language at home (not % of all residents) (ACS 1-year) | 2024 |
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Largest companies in Tennessee
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx (Memphis) ↗ | revenue | 94.72 USD billions, fiscal year ended 2026-05-31 (10-K) | 2026 |
| HCA Healthcare (Nashville) ↗ | revenue | 75.6 USD billions, FY ended 2025-12-31 (10-K) | 2025 |
| Dollar General (Goodlettsville) ↗ | revenue | 42.72 USD billions, FY ended 2026-01-30 (10-K) | 2025 |
| International Paper (Memphis) ↗ | revenue | 23.63 USD billions, FY ended 2025-12-31 (10-K) | 2025 |
| AutoZone (Memphis) ↗ | revenue | 20.34 USD billions, FY ended 2026-08-29 (10-K) | 2026 |
| Tractor Supply (Brentwood) ↗ | revenue | 15.52 USD billions, FY ended 2025-12-27 (10-K) | 2025 |
| Unum Group (Chattanooga) ↗ | revenue | 13.08 USD billions, FY ended 2025-12-31 (10-K) | 2025 |
| Community Health Systems (Franklin) ↗ | revenue | 12.49 USD billions, FY ended 2025-12-31 (10-K) | 2025 |
| Delek US Holdings (Brentwood) ↗ | revenue | 10.72 USD billions, FY ended 2025-12-31 (10-K) | 2025 |
| Eastman Chemical (Kingsport) ↗ | revenue | 8.75 USD billions, FY ended 2025-12-31 (10-K) | 2025 |
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Worth knowing
- 2026-09Property income (dividends, interest and rent) rose fastest in Tennessee of all states in Q2 2026: 5.1% at an annual rate (BEA). ↗
- 2026-06On the 2026 Fortune 500, FedEx ranked No. 50, International Paper climbed 50 spots to No. 176 after its $9.9B DS Smith acquisition, and AutoZone ranked No. 229 (Memphis Business Journal). ↗
- 2026-07Tennessee is home to 11 Fortune 500 headquarters, 16th among the states. ↗
- 2026Nissan's Smyrna assembly plant is the largest automotive assembly plant in North America; automotive is Tennessee's largest manufacturing sector. ↗
- 2025In 2025, 99.5% of businesses in Tennessee were small businesses, employing 41.5% of the state's workforce. ↗
- 2016Tennessee has had no inheritance tax since 2016. ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Median household income$67,097
Median rent$1,122/mo
Immigrants5.9%
Renters33%
Aged 65+16.8%
Unemployment4.7%
Low income13.8%
Speak a language other than English7.8%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Spanish332,843 · 4.8%
- Other Indo-European languages43,625 · 0.6%
- Arabic32,309 · 0.5%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages30,257 · 0.4%
- Other and unspecified languages25,745 · 0.4%
- German or other West Germanic languages16,921 · 0.2%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)14,697 · 0.2%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun13,829 · 0.2%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages11,130 · 0.2%
- Vietnamese10,050 · 0.1%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)8,290 · 0.1%
- Korean7,245 · 0.1%
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Largest places in Tennessee
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Nashville, Tennessee full689,447
- 2.Memphis, Tennessee full633,104
- 3.Knoxville, Tennessee full190,740
- 4.Chattanooga, Tennessee full181,099
- 5.Clarksville, TN full166,722
- 6.Murfreesboro, TN full152,769
- 7.Johnson City, Tennessee full71,046
- 8.Jackson, Tennessee full68,205
- 9.Kingsport, Tennessee full55,442
- 10.Germantown, TN41,333
- 11.Maryville, TN full31,907
- 12.Morristown, TN full30,983
- 13.Bristol, Tennessee full27,147
- 14.Gatlinburg, Tennessee full3,577
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Inside Tennessee
15 regions have Tennessee as their parent.
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Companies based in Tennessee
157 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Tennessee. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Tennessee are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.