Latest Census city estimates released May 14, 2026 · Population as of July 1, 2025 · Next city estimates scheduled for May 2027. Release schedule
Clarksville, Tennessee population is 188,829 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #140 nationally and #5 in Tennessee. Cost of living runs 9.1% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); the four-person spending scenario corresponds to modeled gross income of $94,438/yr (TY2026 tax assumptions; partial scenario excluding unverified local income tax). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
188,829 people live in Clarksville as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #140 largest U.S. city.
How big is Clarksville?
Clarksville covers 100.1 square miles of land and 0.7 square miles of water. Its population density is about 1,886 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 13.2% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 166,789 → 2025: 188,829 (+13.2%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
166,789
April 1, 2020
2020
167,547
July 1, 2020
2021
170,879
July 1, 2021
2022
176,939
July 1, 2022
2023
180,981
July 1, 2023
2024
185,811
July 1, 2024
2025
188,829
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 18.5% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Clarksville is the #140 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #5 in Tennessee.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
166,789
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+22,040
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+13.2%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+3,018
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+1.6%
within V2025 only
Density
1,886
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
100.1
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#140
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#5
of 345 in Tennessee
What is the median household income in Clarksville?
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: household income $80,734 ± $166; per-capita income $44,673 ± $122. Margins are at 90% confidence. Comparison badges describe point estimates; they are not significance tests.
Median household income is 14% below the U.S. median ($69,303 vs $80,734); 12.3% live in poverty, 0.1 points below the 12.5% U.S. estimate.
Median household income$69,303
US
Clarksville: $69,303 — 14% below the US median of $80,734.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data; censored rows retained in the distribution
Clarksville
$69,303
United States
$80,734
Income and poverty estimates for Clarksville from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
$69,303-14.2% vs US
±$1,681
Per capita income
$32,565-27.1% vs US
±$737
Population in poverty
12.3% ± 1.3 percentage points
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 21% below the U.S. median ($263,600 vs $332,700); median rent is 8% below ($1,307 vs $1,413); price-to-income ratio (3.8×) is roughly in line with the U.S. median (4.1×).
Median home value$263,600
US
Clarksville: $263,600 — 21% below the US median of $332,700.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data; censored rows retained in the distribution
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,346/mo
US
Clarksville: $1,346/mo — 25% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: home value $332,700 ± $236; gross rent $1,413 ± $2. Comparison badges describe estimates and do not establish statistical significance.
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2025 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Clarksville. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.9%
Clarksville (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
79,856
2025 annual avg
Worked from home
8.5% ± 1.1 percentage points-44.0% vs US
share of workers 16+ working from home · U.S. share: 15.1% · ACS
County context — Clarksville sits in Montgomery County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Montgomery County
10.2%
$78,956
3.7%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Clarksville's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2025 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Retail trade (44-45)
9,846
$745 / wk
#2
Accommodation and food services (72)
8,674
$442 / wk
#3
Health care and social assistance (62)
7,868
$1,061 / wk
#4
Manufacturing (31-33)
7,387
$1,316 / wk
#5
Construction (23)
3,057
$1,423 / wk
What workers earn in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest tracked occupation in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro (4,000 jobs, median $26,990/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
4,000
$26,990
$12.97
Stockers and Order Fillers
2,960
$36,460
$17.53
Cashiers
2,720
$28,230
$13.57
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
2,580
$37,070
$17.82
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
2,520
$45,560
$21.90
Customer Service Representatives
1,610
$37,650
$18.10
Waiters and Waitresses
1,570
$21,790
$10.48
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
3,470
$29,100
$13.99
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
1,920
$79,320
$38.14
Registered Nurses · benchmark
1,670
$79,450
$38.20
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
1,560
$59,760
—
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
All items run 9.1% below the U.S. average (RPP 90.9); utilities run 27.5% below (RPP 72.5) — the metro's utility affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 90.9
US
Clarksville's cost of living runs 9.1% below the U.S. average (RPP 90.9 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 90.9
−9.1% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Clarksville, TN-KY metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,346/mo
FY2026 · Clarksville, TN-KY HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2026
Four-person monthly spending scenario
$7,870/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
One-person monthly spending scenario
$3,024/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
Local income tax
—
Unverified and excluded from the spending scenario; not a verified zero
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
7.3% ± 0.8 percentage points foreign-born (U.S. share 14.1%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (6.8% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Clarksville's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
Public school districts serving Clarksville, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts, and one district often serves multiple cities. Sorted primary district first. See methodology §12 for the consolidated-city fallback and Milford CT special case.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in Clarksville?
Hottest month: July (89°F avg high). Coldest: January (28°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 52.3 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Clarksville from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Natural-hazard exposure for Clarksville from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Montgomery County
87.4
Relatively Moderate
Earthquake 95.3 Relatively Moderate · Cold Wave 94.2 Relatively High · Tornado 91.9 Relatively High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Clarksville?
8 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 100% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Clarksville from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of December 31, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
8 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
8
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
100.0%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
81,634
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of December 31, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in Clarksville?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 760 violent and 3,025 property offenses in the Clarksville jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 410.0 per 100,000, above the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: Clarksville — an FBI jurisdiction population of 185,349, versus the Census place population of 188,829. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
760
410.0
359.1
Property crime
3,025
1,632.1
1,760.1
▸Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
9
Rape
101
Robbery
43
Aggravated assault
607
Burglary
373
Larceny-theft
2,314
Motor vehicle theft
338
Arson (12-month reporters only)
18
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
498.5
1,999.0
174,738
2023
467.2
1,726.1
181,916
2024
410.0
1,632.1
185,349
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2022–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: Clarksville · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
Clarksville sits at state rank #5 among 345 cities in Tennessee. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Akron, OH · #139 · 189,691 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Fort Lauderdale, FL · #141 · 188,677 residents.
Quick travel facts for Clarksville
Quick travel facts.
Elevation
475 ft · at city centroid, from USGS 3D Elevation Program
Nearest scheduled-service airport
Nashville International Airport(BNA) · 48 mi 77 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Oct · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS 3DEP · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (OurAirports type=large/medium and scheduled_service=yes; not an FAA service classification) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Clarksville.
How many people live in Clarksville, TN?
Clarksville has 188,829 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #140 largest city in the United States and #5 in Tennessee. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Clarksville growing or shrinking?
Clarksville has grown 13.2% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 22,040 residents, including a 1.6% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was Clarksville's population in the 2020 census?
Clarksville covers 100.1 square miles of land, with a population density of about 1,886 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in Clarksville?
$69,303, about 14% below the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4715160
Last build2026-09-30
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for Clarksville is 4715160. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
