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Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the
county seat of Davidson County.[3] It is the second most
populous city in the state after Memphis. It is located
on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central
part of the state. Nashville is a major hub for the health
care, music, publishing, banking and transportation industries.
Nashville has a consolidated city-county
government which includes seven smaller municipalities
in a two-tier system. The population of Nashville-Davidson
County stood at 613,856 as of 2006, according to United
States Census Bureau estimates. The 2006 population of
the entire 13-county Nashville Metropolitan Statistical
Area was 1,486,695, making it the largest and fastest-growing
metropolitan area in the state.
Geography
A satellite image of NashvilleNashville lies on the Cumberland
River in the northwestern portion of the Nashville Basin.
Nashville's topography ranges from 385 ft (117 meters)
above sea level at the Cumberland River to 1,160 feet
(354 meters) above sea level at its highest point.
According to the United States
Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 526.1 square
miles (1,362.6 km²),
of which, 502.3 square miles (1,300.8 km²) of it
is land and 23.9 square miles (61.8 km²) of it (4.53%)
is water.
Climate
Nashville has a humid subtropical climate with hot and
humid summers and chilly winters. Average annual rainfall
is 48.1 inches (1222 mm), typically with winter and
spring being the wettest and autumn being the driest.
Average annual snowfall is about 9 inches (229 mm),
falling mostly in January and February. Spring and
fall are generally pleasantly warm but prone to severe
thunderstorms, which occasionally bring tornadoes—with
recent major events on April 16, 1998 and April 7,
2006 and the most recent February 5, 2008 Super Tuesday
Tornado Outbreak which affected the Northeast suburbs
of Castalian Springs in Sumner and Lafayette in Macon
County.
The coldest temperature ever recorded
in Nashville was −17 °F
(−27 °C), on January 21, 1985, and the highest
was 107 °F (42 °C), on July 28, 1952. The
largest one-day snow total was 17 inches (432 mm) on
March 17, 1892. The largest and most memorable event
in the last few years was the storm on January 16, 2003,
on which date Nashville received 7 inches (178 mm).
Nashville's long springs and autumns
combined with a diverse array of trees and grasses can
often make it uncomfortable for allergy sufferers.
In 2008, Nashville was ranked as the 18th-worst spring
allergy city in the U.S. by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation
of America.
Demographics
The data below is for all of Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson
County, including other incorporated cities within the
consolidated city-county (such as Belle Meade and Berry
Hill). See Nashville-Davidson (balance) for demographic
data on Nashville-Davidson County excluding separately
incorporated cities.
Population density map per 2000 censusAs of the census
of 2000, there were 569,891 people, 237,405 households,
and 138,169 families residing in the city. The population
density was 1,134.6 people per square mile (438.1/km²).
There were 252,977 housing units at an average density
of 503.7/sq mi (194.5/km²). The racial makeup
of the city was 66.99% White, 25.92% African American,
0.29% Native American, 2.33% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander,
2.42% from other races and 1.97% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.58% of the population.
Nashville's estimated population for 2006 is 613,856
people.
There were 237,405 households out of which 26.7% had
children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.9%
were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 41.8% were non-families.
33.4% of all households were made up of individuals and
8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age
or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the
average family size was 2.96.
In the city the population was spread out with 22.2%
under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from
25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For
every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100
females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $39,797,
and the median income for a family was $49,317. Males
had a median income of $33,844 versus $27,770 for females.
The per capita income for the city was $23,069. About
10.0% of families and 13.0% of the population were below
the poverty line, including 19.1% of those under age
18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over. 4.6% of the civilian
labor force is unemployed.
Because of its relatively low cost
of living and large job market, Nashville has become
a popular city for immigrants. Nashville’s
foreign-born population more than tripled in size between
1990 and 2000, increasing from 12,662 to 39,596. Large
groups of Mexicans, Kurds, Vietnamese, Laotians, Arabs,
and Somalis call Nashville home, among other groups.
Nashville has the largest Kurdish community in the
United States, numbering approximately 11,000.
During the Iraqi election of 2005, Nashville was one
of the few international locations where Iraqi expatriates
could vote. The American Jewish community in Nashville
dates back over 150 years ago,[citation needed] and numbers
about 6,500 (2001).
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