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Tennessee, abbreviated "TN", is in the East South Central region of the U.S. Its capital is Nashville.
There were 5,689,283 people in Tennessee as of the 2000 census.
The state ratified the US Constitution and officially became part of the country on June 1, 1796.
Please explore the cities and towns of Tennessee, below.
(The 20 cities and towns with the most colleges.)
Note: Student counts are with available data; actual counts may be higher.
| Rank | City or Town | Colleges | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nashville Colleges | 41 | 43,094 |
| 2 | Memphis Colleges | 31 | 41,027 |
| 3 | Chattanooga Colleges | 13 | 19,179 |
| 4 | Knoxville Colleges | 12 | 40,638 |
| 5 | Jackson Colleges | 7 | 10,864 |
| 6 | Clarksville Colleges | 6 | 9,868 |
| 7 | Cleveland Colleges | 5 | 7,434 |
| 8 | Murfreesboro Colleges | 4 | 24,079 |
| 9 | Johnson City Colleges | 4 | 14,243 |
| 10 | Cookeville Colleges | 4 | 10,731 |
| 11 | Franklin Colleges | 3 | 285 |
| 12 | Morristown Colleges | 2 | 6,450 |
| 13 | Harriman Colleges | 2 | 5,546 |
| 14 | Columbia Colleges | 2 | 4,777 |
| 15 | Dyersburg Colleges | 2 | 2,632 |
| 16 | McKenzie Colleges | 2 | 2,398 |
| 17 | Lebanon Colleges | 2 | 1,602 |
| 18 | Bristol Colleges | 2 | 1,515 |
| 19 | Pulaski Colleges | 2 | 1,127 |
| 20 | Athens Colleges | 2 | 994 |
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| City or Town | Pop. | County |
|---|---|---|
| Adamsville | 1,983 | McNairy |
| Alamo | 2,392 | Crockett |
| Alcoa | 7,734 | Blount |
| Algood | 2,942 | Putnam |
| Arlington | 2,569 | Shelby |
| Ashland City | 3,641 | Cheatham |
| Athens | 13,220 | McMinn |
| Atoka | 3,235 | Tipton |
| Bartlett | 40,543 | Shelby |
| Baxter | 1,279 | Putnam |
| Bells | 2,171 | Crockett |
| Blaine | 1,585 | Grainger |
| Bluff City | 1,559 | Sullivan |
| Bolivar | 5,802 | Hardeman |
| Brentwood | 23,445 | Williamson |
| Brighton | 1,719 | Tipton |
| Bristol | 24,821 | Sullivan |
| Brownsville | 10,748 | Haywood |
| Bruceton | 1,554 | Carroll |
| Burns | 1,366 | Dickson |
| Camden | 3,828 | Benton |
| Carthage | 2,251 | Smith |
| Caryville | 2,243 | Campbell |
| Celina | 1,379 | Clay |
| Centerville | 3,793 | Hickman |
| Chattanooga | 155,554 | Hamilton |
| Church Hill | 5,916 | Hawkins |
| Clarksville | 103,455 | Montgomery |
| Cleveland | 37,192 | Bradley |
| Clifton | 2,699 | Wayne |
| Clinton | 9,409 | Anderson |
| Collegedale | 6,514 | Hamilton |
| Collierville | 31,872 | Shelby |
| Columbia | 33,055 | Maury |
| Cookeville | 23,923 | Putnam |
| Covington | 8,463 | Tipton |
| Cowan | 1,770 | Franklin |
| Cross Plains | 1,381 | Robertson |
| Crossville | 8,981 | Cumberland |
| Crump | 1,521 | Hardin |
| Dandridge | 2,078 | Jefferson |
| Dayton | 6,180 | Rhea |
| Decatur | 1,395 | Meigs |
| Decherd | 2,246 | Franklin |
| Dickson | 12,244 | Dickson |
| Dover | 1,442 | Stewart |
| Dresden | 2,855 | Weakley |
| Dunlap | 4,173 | Sequatchie |
| Dyer | 2,406 | Gibson |
| Dyersburg | 17,452 | Dyer |
| East Ridge | 20,640 | Hamilton |
| Elizabethton | 13,372 | Carter |
| Englewood | 1,590 | McMinn |
| Erin | 1,490 | Houston |
| Erwin | 5,610 | Unicoi |
| Estill Springs | 2,152 | Franklin |
| Etowah | 3,663 | McMinn |
| Fairview | 5,800 | Williamson |
| Farragut | 17,720 | Knox |
| Fayetteville | 6,994 | Lincoln |
| Franklin | 41,842 | Williamson |
| Gallatin | 23,230 | Sumner |
| Gatlinburg | 3,382 | Sevier |
| Germantown | 37,348 | Shelby |
| Gleason | 1,463 | Weakley |
| Goodlettsville | 13,780 | Davidson |
| Graysville | 1,411 | Rhea |
| Greenbrier | 4,940 | Robertson |
| Greeneville | 15,198 | Greene |
| Greenfield | 2,208 | Weakley |
| Halls | 2,311 | Lauderdale |
| Harriman | 6,744 | Roane |
| Hartsville | 2,395 | Trousdale |
| Henderson | 5,670 | Chester |
| Hendersonville | 40,620 | Sumner |
| Hohenwald | 3,754 | Lewis |
| Humboldt | 9,467 | Gibson |
| Huntingdon | 4,349 | Carroll |
| Jacksboro | 1,887 | Campbell |
| Jackson | 59,643 | Madison |
| Jamestown | 1,839 | Fentress |
| Jasper | 3,214 | Marion |
| Jefferson City | 7,760 | Jefferson |
| Jellico | 2,448 | Campbell |
| Johnson City | 55,469 | Washington |
| Jonesborough | 4,168 | Washington |
| Kenton | 1,306 | Gibson |
| Kimball | 1,312 | Marion |
| Kingsport | 44,905 | Sullivan |
| Kingston | 5,264 | Roane |
| Kingston Springs | 2,773 | Cheatham |
| Knoxville | 173,890 | Knox |
| La Follette | 7,926 | Campbell |
| La Vergne | 18,687 | Rutherford |
| Lafayette | 3,885 | Macon |
| Lake City | 1,888 | Anderson |
| Lakeland | 6,862 | Shelby |
| Lawrenceburg | 10,796 | Lawrence |
| Lebanon | 20,235 | Wilson |
| Lenoir City | 6,819 | Loudon |
| Lewisburg | 10,413 | Marshall |
| Lexington | 7,393 | Henderson |
| Livingston | 3,498 | Overton |
| Lookout Mountain | 2,000 | Hamilton |
| Loretto | 1,665 | Lawrence |
| Loudon | 4,476 | Loudon |
| Louisville | 2,001 | Blount |
| Lynchburg | 5,740 | Moore |
| Madisonville | 3,939 | Monroe |
| Manchester | 8,294 | Coffee |
| Martin | 10,515 | Weakley |
| Maryville | 23,120 | Blount |
| Maynardville | 1,782 | Union |
| McEwen | 1,702 | Humphreys |
| McKenzie | 5,295 | Carroll |
| McMinnville | 12,749 | Warren |
| Memphis | 650,100 | Shelby |
| Midtown | 1,306 | Roane |
| Milan | 7,664 | Gibson |
| Millersville | 5,308 | Davidson |
| Millington | 10,433 | Shelby |
| Monteagle | 1,238 | Grundy |
| Monterey | 2,717 | Putnam |
| Morristown | 24,965 | Hamblen |
| Mosheim | 1,749 | Greene |
| Mount Carmel | 4,795 | Hawkins |
| Mount Juliet | 12,366 | Wilson |
| Mount Pleasant | 4,491 | Maury |
| Mountain City | 2,383 | Johnson |
| Munford | 4,708 | Tipton |
| Murfreesboro | 68,816 | Rutherford |
| Nashville | 569,891 | Davidson |
| New Johnsonville | 1,905 | Humphreys |
| New Market | 1,234 | Jefferson |
| New Tazewell | 2,871 | Claiborne |
| Newbern | 2,988 | Dyer |
| Newport | 7,242 | Cocke |
| Nolensville | 3,099 | Williamson |
| Norris | 1,446 | Anderson |
| Oak Ridge | 27,387 | Anderson |
| Oakland | 1,279 | Fayette |
| Oliver Springs | 3,303 | Roane |
| Oneida | 3,615 | Scott |
| Paris | 9,763 | Henry |
| Parsons | 2,452 | Decatur |
| Pegram | 2,146 | Cheatham |
| Pigeon Forge | 5,083 | Sevier |
| Pikeville | 1,781 | Bledsoe |
| Pleasant View | 2,934 | Cheatham |
| Portland | 8,458 | Sumner |
| Powells Crossroads | 1,286 | Marion |
| Pulaski | 7,871 | Giles |
| Red Bank | 12,418 | Hamilton |
| Ridgely | 1,667 | Lake |
| Ripley | 7,844 | Lauderdale |
| Rockwood | 5,774 | Roane |
| Rogersville | 4,240 | Hawkins |
| Rutherford | 1,272 | Gibson |
| Rutledge | 1,187 | Grainger |
| Savannah | 6,917 | Hardin |
| Selmer | 4,541 | McNairy |
| Sevierville | 11,757 | Sevier |
| Sewanee | 2,361 | Franklin |
| Shelbyville | 16,105 | Bedford |
| Signal Mountain | 7,429 | Hamilton |
| Smithville | 3,994 | De Kalb |
| Smyrna | 25,569 | Rutherford |
| Sneedville | 1,257 | Hancock |
| Soddy-Daisy | 11,530 | Hamilton |
| Somerville | 2,519 | Fayette |
| South Fulton | 2,517 | Obion |
| South Pittsburg | 3,295 | Marion |
| Sparta | 4,599 | White |
| Spencer | 1,713 | Van Buren |
| Spring City | 2,025 | Rhea |
| Spring Hill | 7,715 | Maury |
| Springfield | 14,329 | Robertson |
| Surgoinsville | 1,484 | Hawkins |
| Sweetwater | 5,586 | Monroe |
| Tazewell | 2,165 | Claiborne |
| Tennessee Ridge | 1,334 | Houston |
| Three Way | 1,375 | Gibson |
| Tiptonville | 2,439 | Lake |
| Tracy City | 1,679 | Grundy |
| Trenton | 4,683 | Gibson |
| Troy | 1,273 | Obion |
| Tullahoma | 17,994 | Coffee |
| Unicoi | 3,519 | Unicoi |
| Union City | 10,876 | Obion |
| Watertown | 1,358 | Wilson |
| Waverly | 4,028 | Humphreys |
| Waynesboro | 2,228 | Wayne |
| Westmoreland | 2,093 | Sumner |
| White Bluff | 2,142 | Dickson |
| White House | 7,220 | Robertson |
| White Pine | 1,997 | Jefferson |
| Whiteville | 3,148 | Hardeman |
| Whitwell | 1,660 | Marion |
| Winchester | 7,329 | Franklin |
| Woodbury | 2,428 | Cannon |
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