2005 Census Estimates for Cities in Tennessee

[miami1855]

Clarksville's creaping up on Chattanooga...and Murfreesboro is creaping up on them.

[Justiceham]

Clarksville's creaping up on Chattanooga...and Murfreesboro is creaping up on them.

I know, Chattanooga better watch out, the number 4 spot could be filled by either of these two in less than a decade from now.

[rocky top buzz]

which begs the questoion... what's wrong with Chattanooga? If I wanted to live anywhere else in Tennessee, Knoxville or Chattanooga would be my pick! Is that the issue; is Knoxville beating Chattanooga? Knoxville has the big orange, and Chattanooga has Blue Cross. Other than that...?

[flith]

which begs the questoion... what's wrong with Chattanooga? If I wanted to live anywhere else in Tennessee, Knoxville or Chattanooga would be my pick! Is that the issue; is Knoxville beating Chattanooga? Knoxville has the big orange, and Chattanooga has Blue Cross. Other than that...?

As far as statistics go Chattanooga's urban population is split across other very close cities/and the TN/GA state line. Red Bank, East Ridge, Signal Mtn, Lookout Mtn, and Rossville, GA either touch or are surrounded by Chattanooga. If they were added into Chattanooga city population it would push Chattanooga City population ahead of Knoxville's City Population. Then you could also look at what could be annexed. Knox County is over 400k where Hamilton is in the low 300ks. So, Knox County is still much bigger. Unfortunately Chattanooga's City population has lagged, and Hamilton County has been stagnant, but at least Hamilton and the Metro haven't lost population. Maybe we have finally gotten past all of the major manufacturing job losses and stagnation will end. Also, at least the city has stopped the negative population growth from the

[rocky top buzz]

The Georgia issue in Chattanooga has never made sense to me. If you live In Chattanooga, you have no income tax, and you are close enough to Georgia that you can shop there and pay lower taxes. Why would anyone in that area live in Georgia instead of Tennesse?

You used to have the Hope scholarship only in GA, but TN now has that too. Anyone on here know of a good reason to choose the GA side over then TN side?

[nashvol85]

The landscape may have a lot to do with Chattanooga's growth problems. Like Knoxville it has to have directional growth in areas where development is easy. Good example why Nashville's southside is growing a whole lot faster than it's northside.

[flith]

The Georgia issue in Chattanooga has never made sense to me. If you live In Chattanooga, you have no income tax, and you are close enough to Georgia that you can shop there and pay lower taxes. Why would anyone in that area live in Georgia instead of Tennesse?

You used to have the Hope scholarship only in GA, but TN now has that too. Anyone on here know of a good reason to choose the GA side over then TN side?

Before I moved to NC in 2001 one of the local news stations had done a story comparing the cost of living in N. Georgia to Hamilton County. The study found that if you are middle or lower class the advantage went to N. Georgia because of lower property taxes, low or no sales tax on food, and low gasoline prices. The lack of an income tax was only a real advantage for the wealthy. However, a sales tax based governement is regressive and the poor pay a larger burdeon than they would in an income tax state. It is also ture that states operating on a budget from sales tax revenue have smaller more cost effective governments.

I used to live in downtown Chattanooga and purchased many of my groceries and gas in N. Georgia. I was able to take advantage of both tax systems.

[HABANERO7]

The area of primary growth the last 15 years outside of Hamilton County has been in Catoosa County GA with the focal city there being Ft Oglethorpe.

Ft Oglethorpe is also seeing a major commercial boom as big box retailers, and your typical service oriented urban sprawl businesses spring up all along Battlefield Parkway to cater to the exploding population in the area. Many of those folks are former Hamilton County residents, but not all.

Now to address the question asked above, why are folks still leaving? I think two things are talking place, one

[Justiceham]

The area of primary growth the last 15 years outside of Hamilton County has been in Catoosa County GA with the focal city there being Ft Oglethorpe.

Ft Oglethorpe is also seeing a major commercial boom as big box retailers, and your typical service oriented urban sprawl businesses spring up all along Battlefield Parkway to cater to the exploding population in the area. Many of those folks are former Hamilton County residents, but not all.

Now to address the question asked above, why are folks still leaving? I think two things are talking place, one

[Hankster]

I was just messing around with the 2005 census figures and generated this list of the 10 faetest growing cities in Tennessee between 2000 and 2005 with at least 5,000 population. Here's the list:

City.....................2000 Population....2005 Population....% Growth

Spring Hill............7,892...................17,148.................117.28%

Atoka..................3,360....................5,676....................68.93%

LaVergne.............18,687..................25,885..................38.52%

Mt Juliet...............13,986..................18,099..................29.41%

Sevierville...........11,759..................14,788..................25,76%

Murfreesboro.......69,443..................86,793..................24.98%

Brentwood...........26,104..................32,426..................24.22%

Smyrna...............27,191..................33,497..................23.19%

Greenbriar...........4,940....................6,054...................22.55%

Portland...............8,506....................10,342.................21.58%

All other cities in Tennessee grew less than 20% during that period. Does anyone know where Atoka, Tennessee is located?

[fieldmarshaldj]

All other cities in Tennessee grew less than 20% during that period. Does anyone know where Atoka, Tennessee is located?

Yup, it's in Tipton County, a short distance north of the Shelby (Memphis) County line. Here are some stats from City-data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Atoka-Tennessee.html

[Hankster]

Yup, it's in Tipton County, a short distance north of the Shelby (Memphis) County line. Here are some stats from City-data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Atoka-Tennessee.html

Thanks for helping me out on that one. I fugured it would either be near Memphis or Knoxville. The way Atoka is growing, I'll will probably pass 10,000 by the next census.

[rocky top buzz]

It's amazing how most of those cities are in the Nashville area. Can you get a list showing cities with 10% growth in that period?

[brownhound]

Chattanooga city is located in a bowl--it's surrounded by Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mt., and Signal Mt., so there's not much room for city growth--especially population wise. And whoever said that Chattanooga is really a lot of little cities strung together is right--both Red Bank and East Ridge, for example, are mere minutes from downtown--five miles at most. I think the 225K figure for the "real" city population is very accurate.

[Hankster]

It's amazing how most of those cities are in the Nashville area. Can you get a list showing cities with 10% growth in that period?

Here's the cities with between 10 to 20% growth for the period 2000 to 2005. 7 of the 16 cities listed are from the Nashville area.

City....................2000 Pop.........2005 Pop........% Increase

Fairview..............5,992..............7,190.............19.99%

Munford..............4,753..............5,652.............18.91%

Franklin............44,905.............53,311.............18.72%

White House.......7,360..............8,723.............18.52%

Crossville...........8,998.............10,424............15.85%

Millersville..........5,308..............6,114.............15.18%

Gallatin.............23,232............26,720.............15.01%

Shelbyville........16,255............18,648.............14.72%

Collierville.........32,866............37,564.............14.29%

Manchester.........8,378..............9,497.............13.36%

Lebanon............20,328............23,043.............13.36%

Maryville...........23,108............25,851.............11.87%

Pigeon Forge.......5,194..............5,784.............11.36%

Goodlettesville..13,780............15,320.............11.18%

Springfield........14,357............15,916.............10.86%

Lenoir City......... 6,932.............7,675..............10.72%

[rocky top buzz]

I'm surprised we don't hear more about Fairview. It's a city, like spring hill, exploding in growth because of the success of Franklin/Cool Springs. I know someone who lives out there and he says it's still country, but just give it a few years...

[AlabamaGuy2007]

The Census Bureau has released population estimates for cities for 2005. Here's a list of all the cities in Tennessee with over 10,000 people, their population in the 2000 Census followed by their 2005 population estimate. All cities which have annexed over 1,000 residents since the 2000 census have been noted. At the rate Murfreesboro is growing, it will be the 6th city to reach 100,000 by 2008. For sheer rate of growth, nothing compares to Spring Hill's 150% growth rate in only 5 years!

1. Memphis............650,100....672,277 (Annexed 32,853)

2. Nashville............545,524....549,110

3. Knoxville...........173,890....180,130 (Annexed 1,478)

4. Chattanooga......155,554....154,762

5. Clarksville.........103,455....112,878

6. Murfreesboro.......68,816......86,793

7. Jackson..............59,643......62,099

8. Johnson City.......55,649......58,718

9. Franklin..............41,842......53,311 (Annexed 3,063)

10. Hendersonville...40,620......44,876

11. Kingsport..........44,905......44,130

12. Bartlett.............40,543......43,263

13. Cleveland.........37,192......38,186

14. Collierville........31,872......37,564

15. Germantown.....37,348......37,480

16. Columbia..........33,055......33,777

17. Smyrna.............25,569......33,497 (Annexed 1,622)

18. Brentwood.........23,445......32,426 (Annexed 2,559)

19. Cookeville.........23,923......27,743 (Annexed 1,990)

20. Oak Ridge.........27,387......27,297

21. Gallatin.............23,230......26,720

22. Morristown........24,965......26,187

23. La Vergne.........18,687......25,885

24. Maryville...........23,120......25,851

25. Bristol...............24,821......24,994

26. Lebanon............20,235......23,043

27. East Ridge.........20,640......19,821

28. Farragut............17,720......19,054

29. Tullahoma.........17,994......18,909

30. Shelbyville........16,105......18,648

31. Mount Juliet.......12,366......18,099 (Annexed 1,620)

32. Dyersburg.........17,452......17,466

33. Spring Hill...........7,715......17,148

34. Springfield.........14,329......15,916

35. Greeneville........15,198......15,383

36. Goodlettesville....13,780......15,320

37. Sevierville..........11,757......14,788

38. Elizabethton........13,372......13,944

39. Athens...............13,220......13,878

40. McMinnville.........12,749......13,242

41. Dickson..............12,244......12,873

42. Soddy-Daisy.......11,530......11,985

43. Red Bank...........12,418......11,726

44. Lawrenceburg.....10,796......10,911

45. Lewisburg...........10,413......10,790

46. Union City..........10,876......10,788

47. Brownsville.........10,748......10,720

48. Crossville.............8,981......10,424

49. Portland...............8,458......10,342

50. Millington............10,433......10,306

51. Martin................10,515......10,151

It's always amazed me how Alabama 3rd (Mobile) and 4th (Montgomery) largest cities are larger than Tennessee's 3rd (Knoxville) and 4th (Chattanooga).

[Justiceham]

It's always amazed me how Alabama 3rd (Mobile) and 4th (Montgomery) largest cities are larger than Tennessee's 3rd (Knoxville) and 4th (Chattanooga).

Actually, those aren't the 3rd and 4th largest cities in Alabama. From 1-4 are Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, and Huntsville. Mobile's population is around 201,000 while Huntsville's population is around 164,000. From 1-4 in TN are Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. Knoxville's population is around 185,000 while Chattanooga's population declines at 155,000.

[fieldmarshaldj]

It's always amazed me how Alabama 3rd (Mobile) and 4th (Montgomery) largest cities are larger than Tennessee's 3rd (Knoxville) and 4th (Chattanooga).

I'd tend to take into account the definition of what is "larger" by looking at the square mileage. Knoxville is only 93 square miles (the smallest in area of the 4 cities), while conversely Montgomery is considerably larger at 155 square miles. Were Knoxville to annex an additional 62 square miles, its population would jump by perhaps 100,000 people, past Mobile and Montgomery.

[miami1855]

I'm just happy that Clarksville is finally larger than Neyland Stadium on game day now!

[rocky top buzz]

If UT continues the renovations at Neyland, then pretty soon Martin, TN will be larger than Neyland on game day.

Aside - At a time when everyone else in the SEC is increasing capacity, why would Neyland cut capacity? It makes no sense.

[TennBear]

If UT continues the renovations at Neyland, then pretty soon Martin, TN will be larger than Neyland on game day.

Aside - At a time when everyone else in the SEC is increasing capacity, why would Neyland cut capacity? It makes no sense.

Rocky Top, It's called money and it makes a lot of sense. By taking out bleachers and putting in chairback seats, UT is able to get larger amounts of the gifts to pay into the school to guarantee seating. OK, so the seting will decrease. UT is going to add seating in the South Endzone Upper Deck to keep it above 100K. Don't forget that Michigan is also putting in chairback premium seats for the first time. They were the school that first put in 18 in wide seating lines in their bleachers. All of the other schools that have over 100K, (Tennessee, Penn State, and Ohio State) make more money on their home games than Michigan, because they all have premium seats.

[nashvol85]

If UT continues the renovations at Neyland, then pretty soon Martin, TN will be larger than Neyland on game day.

Aside - At a time when everyone else in the SEC is increasing capacity, why would Neyland cut capacity? It makes no sense.

I'm glad for the renovations...they are desperately needed! I wish they wouldn't take out seats for the rich folks...they don't cheer too loudly anyways.

Oh well...at least they are moving the entire student section to the lower deck. Now that IS a good move. Now if we can only get rid of that gay Orange Nation crap they have in the front of the student section...

Oh well, I can't wait...I'm ready to get plastered and go to watch some Vols football!

[Hankster]

If UT continues the renovations at Neyland, then pretty soon Martin, TN will be larger than Neyland on game day.

That's a good one!

[Hankster]

I'm surprised we don't hear more about Fairview. It's a city, like spring hill, exploding in growth because of the success of Franklin/Cool Springs. I know someone who lives out there and he says it's still country, but just give it a few years...

Fairview may be the greatest example of sprawl in the history of the planet. It's unbelievable how spread out it is. No wonder he say's it's still country. There seems to be a farm between each home for Christ sake.