Demographic comparison of the state of Tennessee, the city of Nashville, and the Tennessee state legislature
| Total population | Voting-age citizen population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | Nashville | Tennessee | Nashville | State legislature | |||
| Total | 6,770,010 | 693,426 | 5,075,166 | 479,814 | 132 | ||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 73.6% | 55.9% | 78.4% | 64.8% | 82.6% | ||
| Black | 16.7% | 26.6% | 16.3% | 26.2% | 12.9% | ||
| Latinx | 5.5% | 10.4% | 2.5% | 3.9% | 0.8% | ||
| AAPI/other | 4.2% | 7.1% | 2.8% | 5.1% | 2.3% | ||
| Gender | |||||||
| Men | 48.8% | 48.1% | 47.8% | 47.1% | 84.8% | ||
| Women | 51.2% | 51.9% | 52.2% | 52.9% | 14.4% | ||
| Age | |||||||
| 17 and under | 22.3% | 20.6% | – | – | – | ||
| 18–29 | 16.3% | 20.7% | 20.8% | 25.8% | – | ||
| 30–44 | 18.9% | 22.9% | 23.5% | 27.8% | – | ||
| 45–64 | 26.3% | 23.5% | 34.1% | 30.0% | – | ||
| 65 and over | 16.3% | 12.2% | 21.6% | 16.3% | – | ||
| Citizenship | |||||||
| U.S.-born | 94.7% | 85.5% | – | – | – | ||
| Naturalized citizen | 2.1% | 5.9% | – | – | – | ||
| Not a citizen | 3.2% | 8.6% | – | – | – | ||
| Poverty status | |||||||
| Poverty level | 1,011,016 | 100,253 | 638,676 | 52,137 | – | ||
| Poverty rate | 15.3% | 15.6% | 12.9% | 11.3% | – | ||
Note: Blank cells indicate demographic breakdowns that are not applicable to the voting-age citizen population or not available for all state legislators.
Sources: National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Legislatures at a Glance; EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata.