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Nashville Population by Race and Ethnicity

Nashville Population by Race Graph

Nashville data is not available. Davidson county data used instead.

2010 Population by Race and Ethnicity Davidson county, TN Tennessee United States
Population by Race
White 410,797 64.22% 4,984,963 78.80% 221,809,059 71.91%
Black or African American 173,602 27.14% 992,969 15.70% 37,036,996 12.01%
American Indian and Alaska Native 771 0.12% 9,074 0.14% 3,026,418 0.98%
Asian 21,819 3.41% 94,163 1.49% 13,906,406 4.51%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 707 0.11% 4,124 0.07% 662,031 0.21%
Other 32,006 5.00% 240,864 3.81% 32,014,224 10.38%
Population by Ethnicity
Population Hispanic 50,096 7.83% 249,280 3.94% 49,511,501 16.05%
Population Non Hispanic 589,606 92.17% 6,076,877 96.06% 258,943,633 83.95%

The data for Davidson county, TN may also contain data for the following areas: Joelton, Nashville, Madison, Antioch, Whites Creek, Bellevue, Melrose, Old Hickory, Goodlettsville, Hermitage, Cane Ridge

Race versus Ethnicity: According to the Census, race and ethnicity are considered two separate and distinct identities. Hispanic or Latino origin is asked as a separate question and categorized under ethnicity. In addition to their race and/or races, all respondents are categorized by one of two ethnicities, which are "Hispanic" and "Non Hispanic."

Hispanic Ethnicity: According to the Census, people of Hispanic origin, were those who indicated that their origin was Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or some other Hispanic origin. It should be noted that people of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

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