Editing Tennessee (section)

==Cities, towns, and counties==
{{See also|List of municipalities in Tennessee|List of counties in Tennessee}}
Tennessee is divided into [[List of counties in Tennessee|95 counties]], each of which has a [[county seat]].{{sfn|Tennessee Blue Book 2005-2006|pp=616–617}} The state has [[List of municipalities in Tennessee|340 municipalities]] in total.{{sfn|Tennessee Blue Book 2005-2006|pp=618-625}} The [[Office of Management and Budget]] designates [[List of metropolitan areas of Tennessee|ten metropolitan areas]] in Tennessee, four of which extend into neighboring states.<ref>{{cite web |title=OMB Bulletin No. 18-04 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Bulletin-18-04.pdf |publisher=Office of Management and Budget |access-date=May 21, 2021 |location=Washington, D.C. |date=September 14, 2018}}</ref>

Nashville is Tennessee's capital and largest city, with nearly 700,000 residents.<ref name=PopEstCities/> Its [[Nashville metropolitan area|13-county metropolitan area]] has been the state's largest since the early 1990s and is one of the nation's fastest-growing metropolitan areas, with about 2 million residents.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html |title= Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010–2019 |website= U.S. Census Bureau |date= June 18, 2020 |access-date= June 29, 2020}}</ref> Memphis, with more than 630,000 inhabitants, was the state's largest city until 2016, when Nashville surpassed it.<ref name=commercialappeal0517>{{cite news |last1=McKenzie |first1=Kevin |title=Nashville overtakes Memphis as Tennessee's largest city |url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2017/05/25/nashville-overtakes-memphis-tennessees-largest-city/342624001/ |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=The Commercial Appeal |date=May 25, 2017 |location=Memphis}}</ref> It is in [[Shelby County, Tennessee|Shelby County]], Tennessee's largest county in both population and land area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=TN|title=NACo – Find a county|author=National Association of Counties|access-date=July 22, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050410094312/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fstate.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=TN|archive-date=April 10, 2005}}</ref> [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], with about 190,000 inhabitants, and [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]], with about 180,000 residents, are the third- and fourth-largest cities, respectively.<ref name=PopEstCities/> [[Clarksville, Tennessee|Clarksville]] is a significant population center, with about 170,000 residents.<ref name=PopEstCities/> [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee|Murfreesboro]] is the sixth-largest city and Nashville's largest [[suburb]], with more than 150,000 residents.<ref name=PopEstCities/> In addition to the major cities, the [[Tri-Cities, Tennessee|Tri-Cities]] of [[Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport]], [[Bristol, Tennessee|Bristol]], and [[Johnson City, Tennessee|Johnson City]] are considered the sixth major population center.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thornton |first1=Tim |title=Tri-Cities seek new name to embrace a whole region |url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/tri-cities-seek-new-name-to-embrace-a-whole-region/ |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=Virginia Business |date=June 28, 2019 |location=Richmond, Virginia}}</ref>

{{Largest cities
| country = Tennessee
| stat_ref = Source:<ref name=PopEstCities>{{cite web|url= https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-cities-and-towns.html|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2019 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>
| list_by_pop = 
| div_name = 
| div_link = Counties of Tennessee{{!}}County
| city_1 = Nashville, Tennessee{{!}}Nashville
| div_1 = Davidson County, Tennessee{{!}}Davidson
| pop_1 = 689,447
| img_1 = Nashville (2).jpg
| city_2 = Memphis, Tennessee{{!}}Memphis
| div_2 = Shelby County, Tennessee{{!}}Shelby
| pop_2 = 633,104
| img_2 = Memphis skyline from the air.jpg
| city_3 = Knoxville, Tennessee{{!}}Knoxville
| div_3 = Knox County, Tennessee{{!}}Knox
| pop_3 = 190,740
| img_3 = Knoxville TN skyline.jpg
| city_4 = Chattanooga, Tennessee{{!}}Chattanooga
| div_4 = Hamilton County, Tennessee{{!}}Hamilton
| pop_4 = 181,099
| img_4 = Chattanooga,_Tennessee_(2023).jpg
| city_5 = Clarksville, Tennessee{{!}}Clarksville
| div_5 = Montgomery County, Tennessee{{!}}Montgomery
| pop_5 = 166,722
| img_5 = 
| city_6 = Murfreesboro, Tennessee{{!}}Murfreesboro
| div_6 = Rutherford County, Tennessee{{!}}Rutherford
| pop_6 = 152,769
| img_6 = 
| city_7 = Franklin, Tennessee{{!}}Franklin
| div_7 = Williamson County, Tennessee{{!}}Williamson
| pop_7 = 83,454
| img_7 = 
| city_8 = Johnson City, Tennessee{{!}}Johnson City
| div_8 = Washington County, Tennessee{{!}}Washington
| pop_8 = 71,046
| img_8 = 
| city_9 = Jackson, Tennessee{{!}}Jackson
| div_9 = Madison County, Tennessee{{!}}Madison
| pop_9 = 68,205
| img_9 = 
| city_10 = Hendersonville, Tennessee{{!}}Hendersonville
| div_10 = Sumner County, Tennessee{{!}}Sumner
| pop_10 = 61,753
| img_10 = 
}}