Middle Tennessee

Middle Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of the U.S. state of Tennessee that composes roughly the middle portion of the state. Middle Tennessee contains the state's capital and biggest city which is Nashville It also has Clarksville, the state's fifth-biggest city, and Murfreesboro, the state's sixth-biggest city and largest suburb of Nashville. The Nashville metropolitan area which is located entirely within the region, is the most populated metropolitan area in the state. The Clarksville metropolitan area is the state's sixth-most populous. Middle Tennessee is both the biggest, in terms of land area, and the most populated of the state's three Grand Divisions.

Middle Tennessee
Grand Division
Images, from top down, left to right: Skyline of Nashville, the Tennessee State Capitol, the Ryman Auditorium, Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro, Vanderbilt University, Fall Creek Falls, Cedars of Lebanon State Park
Nickname(s):  Middle TN, Middle Tenn.
The counties of Tennessee highlighted in red that are designated part of Middle Tennessee.
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Largest city	Nashville
Area
• Land	44,054.2 km2 (17,009.41 sq mi)
Population  (2020)	2,883,086
• Density	65.44/km2 (169.50/sq mi)
Demonym	Middle Tennessean

Counties

Counties

There are 41 counties in Middle Tennessee:

• Bedford
• Cannon
• Cheatham
• Clay
• Coffee
• Davidson
• DeKalb
• Dickson
• Fentress
• Franklin
• Giles
• Grundy
• Hickman
• Houston
• Humphreys
• Jackson
• Lawrence
• Lewis
• Lincoln
• Macon
• Marshall
• Maury
• Montgomery
• Moore
• Overton
• Perry
• Pickett
• Putnam
• Robertson
• Rutherford
• Sequatchie
• Smith
• Stewart
• Sumner
• Trousdale
• Van Buren
• Warren
• Wayne
• White
• Williamson
• Wilson

Largest cities or towns in Middle Tennessee Source:
	Rank		County	Pop.
Nashville Clarksville	1	Nashville	Davidson	689,447	Murfreesboro Franklin
	2	Clarksville	Montgomery	166,722
	3	Murfreesboro	Rutherford	152,769
	4	Franklin	Williamson	83,454
	5	Hendersonville	Sumner	61,753
	6	Smyrna	Rutherford	53,070
	7	Spring Hill	Maury	50,005
	8	Brentwood	Williamson	45,373
	9	Gallatin	Sumner	44,431
	10	Columbia	Maury	41,690