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| Tennessee 225th Anniversary of Statehood (1796): June 1, 2021 |
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Tennessee joined the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state. Nickname: The Volunteer State
Motto: Agriculture and Commerce
State Cultivated Flower: Iris
State Wildflower: Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
State Fruit: Tomato
The area of Tennessee was originally part of North Carolina. North Carolina ceded the area of Tennessee in 1790 to the United States, and this area was organized as the “territory...south of the Ohio River” on April 12, 1790...Upon resolution of a boundary dispute with Kentucky in 1820, Tennessee assumed generally the same boundary as the present state.
Census data for Tennessee are available separately beginning with the 1790 census. The 1790 population shown for Tennessee is for the Southwest Territory, which generally had the present state boundary.
Data for the legally established state of Tennessee are available beginning with the 1800 census.
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Tennessee has a total area of 41,223.9 square miles, including 909.1 square miles of water, making it the 34th-largest state by area. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri,
Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Mississippi.
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The following facts are available thanks to the public’s invaluable participation in U.S. Census Bureau surveys. We appreciate the information shared by each respondent as we continuously count and measure America’s people, places, and economy. |
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The percentage of people in Tennessee who have obtained at least a bachelor's degree
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The percentage of the labor force in Tennessee who are employed
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The median household income in Tennessee
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| 2020 Census: The Population of Tennessee |
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| The number of people living in Tennessee was 6,910,840 as of April 1, 2020, an increase of 8.9% since the 2010 Census. View Tennessee’s population change by decade. |
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| About the Geographic Areas |
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Tennessee has 10 metropolitan statistical, 20 micropolitan statistical areas, and 6 combined statistical areas.
There are 95 counties in Tennessee. Hartsville-Trousdale County is a consolidated county/city government with a legal description of “Government” and has one set of government officials. Lynchburg, Moore County is a consolidated county/city government with a legal description of “Metropolitan Government” and has one set of government officials. Nashville-Davidson is a consolidated city with a legal description of “Metropolitan Government.” The remaining 92 counties are each governed by a county legislature.
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| Foreign Trade |
Take a look at the various imports to and exports from Tennessee. See where materials such as medicaments, portable data processing machines, motor vehicles, telephones, medical and surgical instruments, and more rank on both lists.
Also, see lists of the countries that have sent the most imports by 2020 dollar value to Tennessee and the countries that have received the most exported goods from Tennessee as measured by 2020 dollar value.
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| View Tennessee Statistics in Our COVID-19 Data Hub |
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| View the state COVID-19 impact planning report. Take a look at new survey data and estimates. |
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OnTheMap Version 6 is the sixth generation of OnTheMap, a web-based mapping and reporting application that shows where workers are employed and where they live. It also provides companion reports on age, earnings, industry distributions, race, ethnicity, educational attainment, and sex.
Race, Ethnicity, Educational Attainment, Sex, Firm Age, and Firm Size variables are made available in OnTheMap through a beta release of data.
OnTheMap provides an easy-to-use interface for creating, viewing, printing and downloading workforce related maps, profiles, and underlying data. Based on 2002-2018 LEHD Origin Destination Employment Statistics (LODES), OnTheMap is a unique resource for mapping the travel patterns of workers and identifying small-area workforce characteristics. |
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| About the Census Bureau |
| We serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. The Census Bureau is the federal government's largest statistical agency. We are a scientific organization focused on data. Policy-makers, businesses, and the public use our information to make far-reaching decisions. |
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