2025

Cities in Tennessee ranked by White Population

This list ranks the 342 cities in Tennessee based on their White population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in these cities over the past five years.
Updated Feb 10, 2025

Top 5 cities with the largest White population in Tennessee

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  • 1
    Memphis
    White population in Memphis is 183,403
    27.78% of Memphis population is White
  • 2
    Knoxville
    White population in Knoxville is 154,205
    73.40% of Knoxville population is White
  • 3
    Clarksville
    White population in Clarksville is 119,286
    61.31% of Clarksville population is White
  • 4
    Murfreesboro
    White population in Murfreesboro is 118,513
    68.50% of Murfreesboro population is White
  • 5
    Chattanooga
    White population in Chattanooga is 118,449
    60.42% of Chattanooga population is White

List of 342 cities in Tennessee by White Population

View Methodology
Rank by White Population
City
White Population
% of Total City Population
% of Total Tennessee White Population
5 Year Rank Trend
1 Memphis 183,403 27.78% 7.20%
2 Knoxville 154,205 73.40% 6.05%
3 Clarksville 119,286 61.31% 4.68%
4 Murfreesboro 118,513 68.50% 4.65%
5 Chattanooga 118,449 60.42% 4.65%
6 Franklin 71,437 76.79% 2.80%
7 Johnson City 63,774 84.50% 2.50%
8 54,171 83.19% 2.13%
9 52,805 90.24% 2.07%
10 48,955 84.94% 1.92%
11 41,260 69.54% 1.62%
12 40,484 78.52% 1.59%
13 39,549 83.19% 1.55%
14 39,498 63.78% 1.55%
15 37,679 69.96% 1.48%
16 36,338 85.72% 1.43%
17 35,679 74.39% 1.40%
18 35,138 69.79% 1.38%
19 34,631 76.25% 1.36%
20 34,280 79.26% 1.35%
21 34,272 47.81% 1.35%
22 32,155 84.34% 1.26%
23 30,659 90.35% 1.20%
24 28,295 82.09% 1.11%
25 26,561 74.85% 1.04%
26 26,415 90.92% 1.04%
27 23,607 53.35% 0.93%
28 22,942 90.69% 0.90%
29 19,241 70.37% 0.76%
30 18,786 85.86% 0.74%
31 17,265 74.60% 0.68%
32 14,864 75.39% 0.58%
33 14,463 86.55% 0.57%
34 14,383 84.01% 0.56%
35 13,539 91.35% 0.53%
36 13,435 84.75% 0.53%
37 13,187 87.90% 0.52%
38 13,001 81.67% 0.51%
39 12,997 85.41% 0.51%
40 12,801 93.29% 0.50%
41 12,313 90.28% 0.48%
42 12,254 82.19% 0.48%
43 12,150 56.75% 0.48%
44 12,024 61.60% 0.47%
45 11,523 78.56% 0.45%
46 11,504 91.06% 0.45%
47 11,258 83.10% 0.44%
48 11,230 67.46% 0.44%
49 11,047 87.27% 0.43%
50 10,994 83.78% 0.43%
51 10,596 81.34% 0.42%
52 10,201 85.95% 0.40%
53 9,976 77.01% 0.39%
54 9,653 89.24% 0.38%
55 9,294 87.32% 0.36%
56 8,890 82.81% 0.35%
57 8,719 94.42% 0.34%
58 8,650 72.83% 0.34%
59 8,552 75.54% 0.34%
60 8,223 76.29% 0.32%
61 8,180 88.96% 0.32%
62 8,006 66.15% 0.31%
63 7,787 75.18% 0.31%
64 7,519 82.62% 0.30%
65 7,165 94.03% 0.28%
66 7,154 73.13% 0.28%
67 7,002 96.67% 0.27%
68 6,760 95.31% 0.27%
69 6,631 79.58% 0.26%
70 6,570 84.47% 0.26%
71 6,565 82.12% 0.26%
72 6,494 85.93% 0.25%
73 6,465 52.99% 0.25%
74 6,160 67.43% 0.24%
75 5,940 68.05% 0.23%
76 5,904 85.28% 0.23%
77 5,873 94.85% 0.23%
78 5,753 91.89% 0.23%
79 5,751 84.57% 0.23%
80 5,646 71.72% 0.22%
81 5,591 79.86% 0.22%
82 5,488 84.35% 0.22%
83 5,440 97.30% 0.21%
84 5,431 84.07% 0.21%
85 5,310 92.56% 0.21%
86 5,256 87.40% 0.21%
87 5,172 70.67% 0.20%
88 5,060 89.43% 0.20%
89 5,026 87.73% 0.20%
90 4,941 78.28% 0.19%
91 4,900 87.22% 0.19%
92 4,866 90.67% 0.19%
93 4,860 73.84% 0.19%
94 4,801 85.47% 0.19%
95 4,690 91.46% 0.18%
96 4,538 88.12% 0.18%
97 4,508 77.24% 0.18%
98 4,445 92.47% 0.17%
99 4,427 52.16% 0.17%
100 4,392 91.60% 0.17%
101 4,304 78.20% 0.17%
102 4,178 92.95% 0.16%
103 4,161 91.27% 0.16%
104 4,110 91.52% 0.16%
105 4,078 81.81% 0.16%
106 3,983 93.94% 0.16%
107 3,807 94.65% 0.15%
108 3,769 96.89% 0.15%
109 3,752 90.48% 0.15%
110 3,734 78.64% 0.15%
111 3,713 79.35% 0.15%
112 3,689 89.54% 0.14%
113 3,681 89.87% 0.14%
114 3,563 40.54% 0.14%
115 3,487 92.96% 0.14%
116 3,463 68.25% 0.14%
117 3,419 94.79% 0.13%
118 3,394 82.02% 0.13%
119 3,370 41.57% 0.13%
120 3,274 93.70% 0.13%
121 3,220 77.02% 0.13%
122 3,085 84.61% 0.12%
123 2,998 86.47% 0.12%
124 2,990 98.03% 0.12%
125 2,929 98.49% 0.11%
126 2,912 74.13% 0.11%
127 2,883 80.51% 0.11%
128 2,834 96.13% 0.11%
129 2,814 64.63% 0.11%
130 2,790 94.22% 0.11%
131 2,768 96.28% 0.11%
132 2,754 88.50% 0.11%
133 2,730 96.60% 0.11%
134 2,701 93.69% 0.11%
135 2,699 91.12% 0.11%
136 2,697 95.13% 0.11%
137 2,614 99.24% 0.10%
138 2,613 92.17% 0.10%
139 2,556 87.96% 0.10%
140 2,487 96.62% 0.10%
141 2,466 95.77% 0.10%
142 2,459 49.59% 0.10%
143 2,450 25.02% 0.10%
144 2,440 61.43% 0.10%
145 2,422 91.05% 0.10%
146 2,380 74.98% 0.09%
147 2,355 79.83% 0.09%
148 2,325 85.98% 0.09%
149 2,260 98.22% 0.09%
150 2,257 95.80% 0.09%
151 2,233 85.26% 0.09%
152 2,220 93.55% 0.09%
153 2,192 87.89% 0.09%
154 2,188 86.48% 0.09%
155 2,175 89.10% 0.09%
156 2,109 94.66% 0.08%
157 2,099 93.29% 0.08%
158 2,096 96.37% 0.08%
159 2,085 71.38% 0.08%
160 2,080 66.14% 0.08%
161 2,032 95.09% 0.08%
162 2,027 98.30% 0.08%
163 2,026 89.65% 0.08%
164 2,024 94.40% 0.08%
165 2,015 92.22% 0.08%
166 1,992 66.38% 0.08%
167 1,982 79.85% 0.08%
168 1,977 97.49% 0.08%
169 1,933 89.91% 0.08%
170 1,932 67.58% 0.08%
171 1,916 94.90% 0.08%
172 1,906 97.59% 0.07%
173 1,879 73.63% 0.07%
174 1,867 88.53% 0.07%
175 1,860 94.75% 0.07%
176 1,813 98.80% 0.07%
177 1,795 90.61% 0.07%
178 1,761 94.63% 0.07%
179 1,757 95.33% 0.07%
180 1,752 49.03% 0.07%
181 1,730 87.64% 0.07%
182 1,727 87.31% 0.07%
183 1,717 91.38% 0.07%
184 1,713 74.41% 0.07%
185 1,694 91.27% 0.07%
186 1,687 72.28% 0.07%
187 1,646 87.00% 0.06%
188 1,628 87.62% 0.06%
189 1,621 29.77% 0.06%
190 1,619 81.48% 0.06%
191 1,612 96.93% 0.06%
192 1,611 87.13% 0.06%
193 1,607 86.07% 0.06%
194 1,606 96.98% 0.06%
195 1,601 94.12% 0.06%
196 1,598 89.27% 0.06%
197 1,593 85.32% 0.06%
198 1,529 87.12% 0.06%
199 1,517 91.00% 0.06%
200 1,504 90.01% 0.06%
201 1,487 69.03% 0.06%
202 1,478 92.14% 0.06%
203 1,468 92.62% 0.06%
204 1,452 91.44% 0.06%
205 1,448 91.53% 0.06%
206 1,429 95.33% 0.06%
207 1,385 68.26% 0.05%
208 1,334 77.92% 0.05%
209 1,333 94.74% 0.05%
210 1,329 91.47% 0.05%
211 1,326 98.30% 0.05%
212 1,309 83.27% 0.05%
213 1,305 91.71% 0.05%
213 1,305 93.75% 0.05%
214 1,297 91.66% 0.05%
215 1,294 71.02% 0.05%
216 1,260 93.33% 0.05%
217 1,248 83.48% 0.05%
218 1,215 96.97% 0.05%
218 1,215 94.41% 0.05%
219 1,171 80.04% 0.05%
220 1,168 85.69% 0.05%
221 1,166 98.98% 0.05%
222 1,153 97.05% 0.05%
223 1,145 87.14% 0.04%
224 1,135 83.76% 0.04%
225 1,128 84.68% 0.04%
226 1,120 91.65% 0.04%
227 1,119 93.17% 0.04%
228 1,103 98.84% 0.04%
229 1,082 87.33% 0.04%
230 1,078 98.45% 0.04%
231 1,075 94.63% 0.04%
232 1,052 88.70% 0.04%
233 1,050 90.52% 0.04%
234 1,035 93.41% 0.04%
235 1,031 95.02% 0.04%
236 1,028 86.82% 0.04%
237 1,002 93.21% 0.04%
237 1,002 98.62% 0.04%
238 996 85.94% 0.04%
239 989 83.04% 0.04%
240 985 96.19% 0.04%
241 944 91.56% 0.04%
242 926 94.88% 0.04%
243 913 78.37% 0.04%
244 905 97.10% 0.04%
245 898 94.93% 0.04%
246 881 88.90% 0.03%
247 834 96.42% 0.03%
248 795 81.87% 0.03%
249 785 97.39% 0.03%
250 757 93.11% 0.03%
251 754 85.88% 0.03%
252 743 98.15% 0.03%
252 743 84.05% 0.03%
253 734 93.15% 0.03%
254 729 94.80% 0.03%
255 705 93.50% 0.03%
256 696 89.69% 0.03%
257 688 76.61% 0.03%
258 679 77.42% 0.03%
259 667 92.77% 0.03%
260 660 91.54% 0.03%
261 659 78.64% 0.03%
262 654 87.79% 0.03%
263 652 84.57% 0.03%
264 622 79.74% 0.02%
265 616 90.86% 0.02%
266 610 91.87% 0.02%
267 600 87.98% 0.02%
268 587 97.51% 0.02%
269 583 95.89% 0.02%
270 582 85.84% 0.02%
271 577 91.44% 0.02%
272 559 93.63% 0.02%
273 548 71.54% 0.02%
274 545 69.34% 0.02%
275 540 89.11% 0.02%
276 537 87.89% 0.02%
277 534 87.68% 0.02%
278 526 93.10% 0.02%
279 518 94.18% 0.02%
280 511 93.59% 0.02%
281 504 83.44% 0.02%
282 492 90.94% 0.02%
282 492 96.66% 0.02%
283 480 89.72% 0.02%
284 473 89.92% 0.02%
285 466 74.32% 0.02%
286 458 95.22% 0.02%
286 458 97.86% 0.02%
287 447 89.58% 0.02%
288 435 91.19% 0.02%
289 415 70.82% 0.02%
290 409 98.79% 0.02%
291 387 91.06% 0.02%
292 362 74.49% 0.01%
293 360 92.31% 0.01%
294 358 92.27% 0.01%
295 349 39.70% 0.01%
296 335 44.97% 0.01%
297 331 56.01% 0.01%
298 329 87.50% 0.01%
299 325 100.00% 0.01%
300 320 73.56% 0.01%
301 313 96.01% 0.01%
302 304 98.38% 0.01%
303 303 86.57% 0.01%
304 299 73.83% 0.01%
305 291 100.00% 0.01%
306 290 77.54% 0.01%
307 288 57.72% 0.01%
308 269 61.28% 0.01%
309 261 87.58% 0.01%
310 260 98.86% 0.01%
311 257 72.60% 0.01%
312 249 90.88% 0.01%
313 238 20.10% 0.01%
313 238 88.48% 0.01%
314 229 36.58% 0.01%
314 229 91.24% 0.01%
315 226 69.33% 0.01%
316 225 82.42% 0.01%
317 203 81.20% 0.01%
318 200 66.01% 0.01%
319 194 35.08% 0.01%
320 192 38.32% 0.01%
321 190 96.45% 0.01%
322 188 96.41% 0.01%
322 188 32.98% 0.01%
323 160 12.18% 0.01%
324 157 94.01% 0.01%
325 131 90.34% 0.01%
326 128 85.91% 0.01%
326 128 99.22% 0.01%
327 115 90.55% -
328 97 92.38% -
329 69 98.57% -
330 57 95.00% -
331 54 80.60% -
332 52 100.00% -

Methodology

This ranking list is based on data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The ACS is one of the most reliable sources for understanding population trends across different locations, and it provides estimates for various racial and ethnic groups at city, county, state and all geography levels down to the Census block group.
This list ranks cities in Tennessee by their White population, using the most recent ACS data available.

How the Census Defines White Population

The U.S. Census Bureau allows people to self-identify their race, meaning individuals can choose one or more racial categories when responding to the survey. In this ranking, we include everyone who identifies as White, whether alone or in combination with another race.
Here are a few important things to know about how race is reported:
  • Some people identify as White alone, while others identify as White along with another race (such as White and White).
  • Hispanic / Latino origin is reported separately from race, so someone can be both Hispanic and White .
  • We’ve used the “White alone or in combination” category unless noted otherwise, which gives a broader picture of the White population in each area.

How We Ranked the Data

This ranking is based on the total number of people who identified as White alone or in combination in cities. To provide additional context, we’ve also included two key percentages:
  1. % of Total City Population – This shows what percentage of the total state population identifies as White .
  2. % of Total Tennessee White Population – This tells us how much of the entire U.S. White population lives in that state.
To keep things simple, all population numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number, and percentages are rounded to one decimal place. Because of rounding, some percentages may not add up to exactly 100%.

Things to Keep in Mind

Like all survey-based data, ACS estimates come with some limitations. Here are a few things to be aware of:
  • In places with very small White populations, the numbers may not be reported at all due to privacy protections or sampling variability in the survey.
  • Since the ACS is based on a sample, the numbers are estimates, not exact counts. That means they may slightly differ from other sources like the decennial U.S. Census.
  • Cities that don’t have any reported White population are not included in the ranking but are listed separately below for reference.
This ranking is meant to provide a clear, data-driven look at where White populations are most concentrated while keeping the numbers easy to understand.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.