Editing Murfreesboro, Tennessee (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 1917
|1860= 2861
|1870= 3502
|1880= 3800
|1890= 3739
|1900= 3999
|1910= 4679
|1920= 5367
|1930= 7993
|1940= 9495
|1950= 13052
|1960= 18991
|1970= 26360
|1980= 32845
|1990= 44922
|2000= 68816
|2010= 108755
|2020= 152769
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 165430
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/murfreesborocitytennessee/AFN120217 |date=May 16, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
|footnote=Sources: <br />U.S. Census Bureau<ref name="QuickFacts.Murf" /><br /> U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref><br />{{cbignore}}<ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Murfreesboro city, Tennessee – [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Racial]] and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Murfreesboro city, Tennessee|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4751560&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Murfreesboro city, Tennessee|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4751560&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Murfreesboro city, Tennessee|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4751560&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|53,963
|79,471
|style='background: #ffffe6; |94,941
|78.42%
|73.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62.15%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|9,506
|16,333
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29,416
|13.81%
|15.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19.26%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|173
|292
|style='background: #ffffe6; |398
|0.25%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,841
|3,628
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,748
|2.68%
|3.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.76%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|15
|43
|style='background: #ffffe6; |90
|0.02%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|Some other race alone (NH)
|69
|131
|style='background: #ffffe6; |815
|0.10%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.53%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed or multiracial]] (NH)
|819
|2,404
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,443
|1.19%
|2.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.87%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,430
|6,453
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,918
|3.53%
|5.93%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.11%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''68,816'''
|'''108,755'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''152,769'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], 152,769 people, 52,530 households, and 31,732 families resided in the city.

As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], 108,755 people were living in the city. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] of the city was 75.62% White, 15.18% Black or African American, 0.35% Native American, 3.36% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.79% from other races, and 2.65% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5.93% of the population.

Of the 26,511 households,  30.7% had children under 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.6% were not families. About 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the city, the age distribution was 22.7% under 18, 20.5% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $39,705, and for a family was $52,654. Males had a median income of $36,078 versus $26,531 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,219. About 8.2% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.0% of those under 18 and 11.1% of those 65 and older.

Special census estimates in 2005 indicated 81,393 residents, and in 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey estimated a population of 92,559, with 35,842 households and 20,979 families in the city.<ref name="dnj090701" /> Murfreesboro's 2008 special census reported that the population had reached 100,575,<ref name="dnj090701">{{cite news |url=http://dnj.com/article/20090701/NEWS01/907010331/ |title='Boro ranks 12th in U.S. for growth |work=Daily News Journal |first=Melinda |last=Hudgins |date=July 1, 2009 |access-date=July 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715052419/http://dnj.com/article/20090701/NEWS01/907010331 |archive-date=July 15, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> while preliminary information from the 2010 U.S. census indicates a population of 108,755. In October 2017, the City of Murfreesboro started another special census. Given the continuous growth in the general area, the population is expected to exceed the 2016 estimate of 131,947.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.murfreesborotn.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1881 |title='Be Murfreesboro, Be Counted': Special Census available online |publisher=City of Murfreesboro |date=November 28, 2017 |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205093647/https://www.murfreesborotn.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1881 |archive-date=December 5, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Money.com in 2018, 136,000 people called Murfreesboro home and it would see a nearly 10% expansion of jobs in the coming years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lim |first=Christine |date=August 28, 2018 |title=Murfreesboro, Tennessee |url=https://money.com/collection-post/murfreesboro-tennessee/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819074918/https://money.com/collection-post/murfreesboro-tennessee/ |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |website=[[Money.com]]}}</ref>