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Welcome to Tennessee
 Introduction
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the union. Tennessee is known as the "Volunteer State", a nickname it earned during the War of 1812, in which volunteer soldiers from Tennessee played a prominent role, especially during the Battle of New Orleans. The capital is Nashville and the largest city is Memphis. Tennessee lies adjacent to 8 other states: Kentucky , Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri. In 2005 Tennessee's gross state product was $226,502 billion making Tennessee the 18th largest economy in the nation. Major outputs for the state include textiles, cotton, cattle, and electrical power.
 People
Total population (2007) 6,156,719
Total Births (2006) 80,460
Total Deaths (2006) 57,574
Total natural population increases (2006) 22,886
Total international migration (2006) 9,719
Total internal migration (2006) 50,383
Net migration (2006) 60,102
Total male population (2000) 2,770,275
Total female population (2000) 2,919,008
Total white population (2000) 4,563,310
Total black population (2000) 932,809
Total asian population (2000) 56,662
American Indian & Alaska Native population (2000) 15,152
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander popualtion (2000) 2,205
Hispanic population (2000) 123,838
Total population over 18 yrs (2000) 4,290,762
White population over 18 yrs (2000) 3,524,497
Black population over 18 yrs (2000) 636,300
American Indian & Alaska Native population over 18 yrs (2000) 11,530
Asian population over 18 yrs (2000) 42,365
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population over 18 yrs (2000) 1,597
Female median age (2000) 37
Male median age (2000) 35
Total number households (2000) 2,232,905
Average household size (2000) 2.48




 Geography
Capital Nashville
Largest City Memphis
State's Total Area Ranking 36
Total Area 42 sq mi
Width 120 miles
Length 440 miles
Percent Water 0.02%
Latitude 35°N to 36°41'N
Longitude 81°37'W to 90°28'W
Highest Elevation Clingmans Dome 6,643 ft (2,026 m)
Mean Elevation 900 ft
Lowest Elevation Mississippi River 178 ft  (54 m)
 Economics
GDP (2005) $229,215,000,000
GDP average annual growth rate percent 1997 to 2004 2.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting contribution to GDP (2005) $1,384,000,000
Mining contribution to GDP (2005) $544,000,000
Utilities contribution to GDP (2005) $888,000,000
Construction contribution to GDP (2005) $9,635,000,000
Durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $24,986,000,000
Non-durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $15,931,000,000
Wholesale trade contribution to GDP (2005) $15,350,000,000
Retail trade contribution to GDP (2005) $18,887,000,000
Transportation and warehousing contribution to GDP (2005) $11,719,000,000
Information contribution to GDP (2005) $7,687,000,000
Finance and insurance contribution to GDP (2005) $13,210,000,000
Real estate, rental, and leasing contribution to GDP (2005) $23,131,000,000
Professional and technical services contribution to GDP (2005) $11,850,000,000
Management of companies contribution to GDP (2005) $2,589,000,000
Administrative and waste services contribution to GDP (2005) $9,115,000,000
Educational services contribution to GDP (2005) $2,199,000,000
Health care and social assistance contribution to GDP (2005) $19,649,000,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation contribution to GDP (2005) $2,131,000,000
Accomodation and food services contribution to GDP (2005) $7,196,000,000
Other services contribution to GDP (2005) $6,289,000,000
Government contribution to GDP (2005) $24,845,000,000
Total state tax (2005) $10,007,292
Total state tax per capita (2005) $1,678
Total employees state & local government (2005) 321,954
Firefighters (2005) 6,323
Government hospital employees (2005) 30,247
Government transit employees (2005) 1,032
Population with health insurance (2000) 4,925,820
Population without health insurance (2000) 719,145
 Other
State Flower Iris
State Bird Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Violent crime (2005) 44,891
Violent crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 752.8
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (2005) 432
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 7.2
Forcible rape (2005) 2,171
Forcible rape rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 36.4
Robbery (2005) 9,974
Robbery rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 167.3
Aggravated assault (2005) 32,314
Aggravated assault rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 541.9
Property crime (2005) 254,948
Property crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 4275.5
Burglary (2005) 61,233
Burglary rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 1026.9
Larceny-theft (2005) 168,637
Larceny-theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2828.1
Motor vehicle theft (2005) 25,078
Motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 420.6
 City List (Population 2000)
Adams (566) Adamsville (1,983) Afton
Alamo (2,392) Alcoa (7,734) Alexandria (814)
Allardt (642) Allons Allred
Alpine Altamont (1,136) Andersonville
Antioch Apison Ardmore (1,082)
Arlington (2,569) Arnold A F B Arrington
Arthur Ashland City (3,641) Athens (13,220)
Atoka (3,235) Atwood (1,000) Auburntown (252)
Bakewell Bath Springs Baxter (1,279)
Bean Station Beech Bluff Beechgrove
Beersheba Springs (553) Belfast Bell Buckle (391)
Bells (2,171) Belvidere Benton (1,138)
Bethel Springs (763) Bethpage Big Rock
Big Sandy (518) Birchwood Blaine (1,585)
Bloomington Springs Blountville (2,959) Bluff City (1,559)
Bogota Bolivar (5,802) Bon Aqua
Braden (271) Bradford (1,113) Bradyville
Brentwood (23,445) Briceville Brighton (1,719)
Bristol (24,821) Brownsville (10,748) Bruceton (1,554)
Brunswick Brush Creek Buchanan
Buena Vista Buffalo Valley Bulls Gap (714)
Bumpus Mills Burlison (453) Burns (1,366)
Butler Bybee Byrdstown (903)
Calhoun (496) Camden (3,828) Campaign
Carthage (2,251) Caryville (2,243) Castalian Springs
Cedar Grove Cedar Hill (298) Celina (1,379)
Centerville (3,793) Chapel Hill (943) Chapmansboro
Charleston (630) Charlotte (1,153) Chattanooga (155,554)
Chestnut Mound Chewalla Christiana
Chuckey Church Hill (5,916) Clairfield
Clarkrange Clarksburg (285) Clarksville (103,455)
Cleveland (37,192) Clifton (2,699) Clinton (9,409)
Coalfield Coalmont (948) Cokercreek
College Grove Collegedale (6,514) Collierville (31,872)
Collinwood (1,024) Columbia (33,055) Como
Conasauga Cookeville (23,923) Copperhill (511)
Cordova Cornersville (962) Corryton
Cosby Cottage Grove (97) Cottontown
Counce Covington (8,463) Cowan (1,770)
Crab Orchard (838) Crawford Crockett Mills
Cross Plains (1,381) Crossville (8,981) Crump (1,521)
Culleoka Cumberland City (316) Cumberland Furnace
Cumberland Gap (204) Cunningham Cypress Inn
Dandridge (2,078) Darden Dayton (6,180)
Decatur (1,395) Decaturville (859) Decherd (2,246)
Deer Lodge Del Rio Delano
Dellrose Denmark Dickson (12,244)
Dixon Springs Dover (1,442) Dowelltown (302)
Doyle (525) Dresden (2,855) Drummonds
Duck River Ducktown (427) Duff
Dukedom Dunlap (4,173) Dyersburg (17,452)
Dyer (2,406) Eads Eagan
Eagleville (464) Eaton Eidson
Elgin Elizabethton (13,372) Elkton (510)
Ellendale Elmwood Elora
Englewood (1,590) Enville (230) Erin (1,490)
Erwin (5,610) Estill Springs (2,152) Ethridge (536)
Etowah (3,663) Eva Evensville
Fairview (5,800) Fall Branch (1,313) Farner
Fayetteville (6,994) Finger (350) Finley
Five Points Flag Pond Flintville
Fosterville Frankewing Franklin (41,842)
Friendship (608) Friendsville (890) Fruitvale
Gadsden (553) Gainesboro (879) Gallatin (23,230)
Gallaway (666) Gates (901) Gatlinburg (3,382)
Georgetown Germantown (37,348) Gibson (305)
Gladeville Gleason (1,463) Goodlettsville (13,780)
Goodspring Gordonsville (1,066) Grand Junction (301)
Grandview Granville Graysville (1,411)
Greenback (954) Greenbrier (4,940) Greeneville (15,198)
Greenfield (2,208) Grimsley Gruetli Laager
Guild Guys (483) Halls (2,311)
Hampshire Hampton Harriman (6,744)
Harrison (7,630) Harrogate Hartford
Hartsville (2,395) Heiskell Helenwood (846)
Henderson (5,670) Hendersonville (40,620) Henning (970)
Henry (520) Hermitage Hickman
Hickory Valley (136) Hilham Hillsboro
Hixson Hohenwald (3,754) Holladay
Hollow Rock (963) Hornbeak (435) Hornsby (306)
Humboldt (9,467) Huntingdon (4,349) Huntland (916)
Huntsville (981) Huron Hurricane Mills
Idlewild Indian Mound Iron City (368)
Jacks Creek Jacksboro (1,887) Jackson (59,643)
Jamestown (1,839) Jasper (3,214) Jefferson City (7,760)
Jellico (2,448) Joelton Johnson City (55,469)
Jonesborough (4,168) Kelso Kenton (1,306)
Kingsport (44,905) Kingston Springs (2,773) Kingston (5,264)
Knoxville (173,890) Kodak Kyles Ford
La Follette (7,926) La Grange (136) La Vergne (18,687)
Laconia Lafayette (3,885) Lake City (1,888)
Lancaster Lancing Lascassas
Laurel Bloomery Lavinia Lawrenceburg (10,796)
Lebanon (20,235) Lenoir City (6,819) Lenox
Leoma Lewisburg (10,413) Lexington (7,393)
Liberty (367) Limestone Linden (1,015)
Livingston (3,498) Lobelville (915) Lone Mountain
Lookout Mountain (2,000) Loretto (1,665) Loudon (4,476)
Louisville (2,001) Lowland Lupton City
Luray Luttrell (915) Lutts
Lyles Lynchburg Lynnville (345)
Macon Madison Madisonville (3,939)
Manchester (8,294) Mansfield Martin (10,515)
Maryville (23,120) Mascot (2,119) Mason (1,089)
Maury City (704) Maynardville (1,782) Mc Donald
Mc Ewen Mc Kenzie Mc Lemoresville
Mc Minnville Medina (969) Medon (191)
Memphis (650,100) Mercer Michie (647)
Middleton (602) Midway (2,491) Milan (7,664)
Milledgeville (287) Milligan College Millington (10,433)
Milton Minor Hill (437) Mitchellville (207)
Mohawk Monroe Monteagle (1,238)
Monterey (2,717) Mooresburg Morris Chapel
Morrison (684) Morristown (24,965) Moscow (422)
Mosheim (1,749) Moss Mount Carmel (4,795)
Mount Juliet (12,366) Mount Pleasant (4,491) Mountain City (2,383)
Mountain Home Mulberry Munford (4,708)
Murfreesboro (68,816) Nashville New Johnsonville (1,905)
New Market (1,234) New Tazewell (2,871) Newbern (2,988)
Newcomb Newport (7,242) Niota (781)
Nolensville (3,099) Norene Normandy (141)
Norris (1,446) Nunnelly Oak Ridge (27,387)
Oakdale (244) Oakfield Oakland (1,279)
Obion (1,134) Ocoee Old Hickory
Oldfort Olivehill Oliver Springs (3,303)
Oneida (3,615) Only Ooltewah (5,681)
Orlinda (594) Pall Mall Palmersville
Palmer (726) Palmyra Paris (9,763)
Parrottsville (207) Parsons (2,452) Pegram (2,146)
Pelham Petersburg (580) Petros
Philadelphia (533) Pickwick Dam Pigeon Forge (5,083)
Pikeville (1,781) Piney Flats Pinson
Pioneer Pleasant Hill (544) Pleasant Shade
Pleasant View (2,934) Pocahontas Portland (8,458)
Powder Springs Powell Primm Springs
Prospect Pruden Pulaski (7,871)
Puryear (667) Quebeck Ramer (354)
Readyville Reagan Red Boiling Springs (1,023)
Reliance Riceville Rickman
Riddleton Ridgely (1,667) Ridgetop (1,083)
Ripley (7,844) Rives (331) Roan Mountain (1,160)
Robbins Rock Island Rockford (798)
Rockvale Rockwood (5,774) Rogersville (4,240)
Rossville (380) Rugby Russellville
Rutherford (1,272) Rutledge (1,187) Saint Joseph
Sale Creek Saltillo (342) Samburg (260)
Santa Fe Sardis (445) Saulsbury (99)
Savannah (6,917) Scotts Hill (894) Selmer (4,541)
Sequatchie Sevierville (11,757) Sewanee (2,361)
Seymour (8,850) Shady Valley Sharon (988)
Sharps Chapel Shawanee Shelbyville (16,105)
Sherwood Shiloh Signal Mountain (7,429)
Silerton (60) Silver Point Slayden (185)
Smartt Smithville (3,994) Smyrna (25,569)
Sneedville (1,257) Soddy Daisy Somerville (2,519)
South Fulton (2,517) South Pittsburg (3,295) Southside
Sparta (4,599) Speedwell Spencer (1,713)
Spring City (2,025) Spring Creek Spring Hill (7,715)
Springfield (14,329) Springville Stanton (615)
Stantonville (312) Stewart Strawberry Plains
Sugar Tree Summertown Summitville
Sunbright (577) Surgoinsville (1,484) Sweetwater (5,586)
Taft Talbott Tallassee
Tazewell (2,165) Telford Tellico Plains (859)
Ten Mile Tennessee Ridge (1,334) Thompsons Station
Thorn Hill Tigrett Tipton
Tiptonville (2,439) Toone (330) Townsend (244)
Tracy City (1,679) Trade Trenton (4,683)
Trezevant (901) Trimble (728) Troy (1,273)
Tullahoma (17,994) Turtletown Unicoi (3,519)
Union City (10,876) Unionville Vanleer (310)
Viola (129) Vonore (1,162) Walland
Walling Wartburg (890) Wartrace (548)
Washburn Watauga (403) Watertown (1,358)
Waverly (4,028) Waynesboro (2,228) Westmoreland (2,093)
Westpoint Westport White Bluff (2,142)
White House (7,220) White Pine (1,997) Whites Creek
Whitesburg Whiteside Whiteville (3,148)
Whitleyville Whitwell (1,660) Wildersville
Wilder Williamsport Williston (341)
Winchester (7,329) Winfield (911) Woodbury (2,428)
Woodland Mills (296) Woodlawn Wynnburg
Yorkville (293) Yuma