Nashville metropolitan area - wikipedia Nashville metropolitan area The Mid-State Nashville - Davidson -- Murfreesboro -- Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area Country United States State ( s ) Tennessee Largest city Nashville Other cities Murfreesboro, Franklin Area Total 7,484 sq mi ( 19,380 km ) Highest elevation 2,092 ft ( 638 m ) Lowest elevation 359 ft ( 109 m ) Population ( 2016 est. ) Total 1,865,298 Rank 36th in the U.S. Density 240 / sq mi ( 106 / km ) The Nashville metropolitan area is centered on Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. It includes 14 counties in Middle Tennessee. The Office of Management and Budget defines the metro area as the Nashville - Davidson -- Murfreesboro -- Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) designated for statistical use by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies. The area is the 36th largest MSA in the United States and is the largest metropolitan area in the state of Tennessee. The metropolitan statistical area was first designated in 1950 and initially included only Davidson County. As surrounding counties increased in population and population densities and in the number of the number of their residents employed in Davidson County, the OMB added new counties to the MSA. Today, the metro area includes Davidson and 13 other counties. Contents 1 Cities and towns 1.1 Anchor city 1.2 Principal cities 1.3 Suburbs with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants 1.4 Suburbs with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants 1.5 Suburbs with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants 1.6 Suburbs with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants 2 Metropolitan area statistics 3 Combined Statistical Area 4 References 5 External links Cities and towns Anchor city Nashville Principal cities Principal cities in the Nashville metro area include : Murfreesboro Franklin Hendersonville Suburbs with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants Antioch Brentwood Columbia Donelson Gallatin Hermitage La Vergne Lebanon Madison Mount Juliet Smyrna Spring Hill Suburbs with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants Dickson Goodlettsville Old Hickory Portland Springfield White House Suburbs with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants Ashland City Belle Meade Bethpage Burns Carthage Centerville Charlotte Coopertown Cross Plains Fairview Forest Hills Gordonsville Greenbrier Green Hill ( CDP ) Hartsville Kingston Springs Lafayette Lakewood Millersville Mount Pleasant Nolensville Oak Hill Pegram Pleasant View Red Boiling Springs Ridgetop Rural Hill ( CDP ) South Carthage Thompson 's Station Watertown Westmoreland White Bluff Woodbury Suburbs with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants Adams Auburntown Berry Hill Cedar Hill Eagleville Mitchellville Orlinda Slayden Vanleer Walterhill ( CDP ) Metropolitan area statistics Geographic Area July 1, 2016 2010 Census 2000 Census 1990 Census 1980 Census 1970 Census 1960 Census 1950 Census Nashville - Davidson -- Murfreesboro -- Franklin 1,865,298 1,589,934 1,311,789 985,026 850,505 541,108 399,743 321,758 Cannon County 14,027 13,801 12,826 10,467 * 10,234 * 8,467 * 8,537 * 9,174 * Cheatham County 39,880 39,105 35,912 27,140 21,616 13,199 * 9,428 * 9,167 * Davidson County 684,410 626,681 569,891 510,784 477,811 448,003 399,743 321,758 Dickson County 52,170 49,666 43,156 35,061 30,037 21,977 * 18,839 * 18,805 * Hickman County 24,295 24,690 22,295 16,754 * 15,151 * 12,096 * 11,862 * 13,353 * Macon County 23,450 22,248 20,386 15,906 * 15,700 * 12,315 * 12,197 * 13,599 * Maury County 89,981 80,956 * 69,498 * 54,812 * 51,095 * 43,376 * 41,699 * 40,368 * Robertson County 69,165 66,283 54,433 41,494 37,021 29,102 * 27,335 * 27,024 * Rutherford County 308,251 262,604 182,023 118,570 84,058 59,428 * 52,368 * 40,696 * Smith County 19,447 19,166 17,712 14,143 * 14,935 * 12,509 * 12,059 * 14,098 * Sumner County 180,063 160,645 130,449 103,281 85,790 56,106 36,217 * 33,533 * Trousdale County 8,271 7,870 7,259 5,920 * 6,137 * 5,155 * 4,914 * 5,520 * Williamson County 219,107 183,182 126,638 81,021 58,108 34,330 * 25,267 * 24,307 * Wilson County 132,781 113,993 88,809 67,675 56,064 36,999 27,668 * 26,318 * * County was not a part of this statistical area at the time of this Census and the county 's population is not included in the total. Combined Statistical area The Nashville - Davidson -- Murfreesboro, TN, Combined Statistical Area ( CSA ) is the result of the addition of the Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Shelbyville ( Bedford County ), Lawrenceburg ( Lawrence County ) and Lewisburg ( Marshall County ) to the Nashville - Davidson -- Murfreesboro -- Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The estimated population of the CSA as of July 1, 2016, was 1,987,778. References ^ Jump up to : Bureau, U.S. Census. `` American FactFinder - Results ''. factfinder.census.gov. Jump up ^ `` Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas : April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 ( CBSA - EST2012 - 01 ) ''. External links February 2013 delineations of metropolitan and combined statistical areas February 2013 Office of Management and Budget announcement of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas Nashville - Davidson - Murfreesboro - Columbia, TN Combined Statistical Area ( 2003 ) map U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts U.S. Census Bureau population estimates Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas About Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Historical Metropolitan Area Definitions Nashville metropolitan area Principal City Nashville Other Major Cities Murfreesboro Franklin Hendersonville Lebanon Counties Davidson County Rutherford County Robertson County Sumner County Wilson County Maury County Cannon County Cheatham County Dickson County Hickman County Macon County Smith County Trousdale County Williamson County State of Tennessee Nashville ( capital ) Topics History Geography Tennesseans African Americans Media Newspapers Radio TV Constitution Elections Governors Lieutenant Governors General Assembly Supreme Court Tennessee National Guard Law Enforcement Tourist attractions Seal of Tennessee Grand Divisions East Tennessee Middle Tennessee West Tennessee Regions Blue Ridge Mountains Cumberland Mountains Cumberland Plateau Highland Rim Mississippi Plain Nashville Basin Ridge - and - Valley Appalachians Tennessee Valley Tri-Cities Largest cities Bartlett Bristol Chattanooga Clarksville Cleveland Franklin Hendersonville Jackson Johnson City Kingsport Knoxville Memphis Murfreesboro Nashville Counties Anderson Bedford Benton Bledsoe Blount Bradley Campbell Cannon Carroll Carter Cheatham Chester Claiborne Clay Cocke Coffee Crockett Cumberland Davidson Decatur DeKalb Dickson Dyer Fayette Fentress Franklin Gibson Giles Grainger Greene Grundy Hamblen Hamilton Hancock Hardeman Hardin Hawkins Haywood Henderson Henry Hickman Houston Humphreys Jackson Jefferson Johnson Knox Lake Lauderdale Lawrence Lewis Lincoln Loudon Macon Madison Marion Marshall Maury McMinn McNairy Meigs Monroe Montgomery Moore Morgan Obion Overton Perry Pickett Polk Putnam Rhea Roane Robertson Rutherford Scott Sequatchie Sevier Shelby Smith Stewart Sullivan Sumner Tipton Trousdale Unicoi Union Van Buren Warren Washington Wayne Weakley White Williamson Wilson The 100 most populous metropolitan statistical areas of the United States of America New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL Dallas, TX Houston, TX Washington, DC Philadelphia, PA Miami, FL Atlanta, GA Boston, MA San Francisco, CA Phoenix, AZ Riverside, CA Detroit, MI Seattle, WA Minneapolis, MN San Diego, CA Tampa, FL Denver, CO St. Louis, MO Baltimore, MD Charlotte, NC San Juan, PR Orlando, FL San Antonio, TX Portland, OR Pittsburgh, PA Sacramento, CA Cincinnati, OH Las Vegas, NV Kansas City, MO Austin, TX Columbus, OH Cleveland, OH Indianapolis, IN San Jose, CA Nashville, TN Virginia Beach, VA Providence, RI Milwaukee, WI Jacksonville, FL Memphis, TN Oklahoma City, OK Louisville, KY Richmond, VA New Orleans, LA Hartford, CT Raleigh, NC Birmingham, AL Buffalo, NY Salt Lake City, UT Rochester, NY Grand Rapids, MI Tucson, AZ Honolulu, HI Tulsa, OK Fresno, CA Bridgeport, CT Worcester, MA Albuquerque, NM Omaha, NE Albany, NY New Haven, CT Bakersfield, CA Knoxville, TN Greenville, SC Oxnard, CA El Paso, TX Allentown, PA Baton Rouge, LA McAllen, TX Dayton, OH Columbia, SC Greensboro, NC Sarasota, FL Little Rock, AR Stockton, CA Akron, OH Charleston, SC Colorado Springs, CO Syracuse, NY Winston - Salem, NC Cape Coral, FL Boise, ID Wichita, KS Springfield, MA Madison, WI Lakeland, FL Ogden, UT Toledo, OH Deltona, FL Des Moines, IA Jackson, MS Augusta, GA Scranton, PA Youngstown, OH Harrisburg, PA Provo, UT Palm Bay, FL Chattanooga, TN United States Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2012 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nashville_metropolitan_area&oldid=809946092 '' Categories : Nashville metropolitan area Metropolitan areas of Tennessee Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from October 2011 Tennessee articles missing geocoordinate data All articles needing coordinates Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 12 November 2017, at 14 : 14. 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Question: what is the population of nashville tennessee metropolitan area
Answer: 1,865,298