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Germantown, Tennessee

Germantown
(Davidson County)

Gernt
(Fentress County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Germantown had a population of 37,348 people ^<1>. This represents 0.65% of the total population of Tennessee, making it the state's 13th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	37,251	-0.26%	-0.37% since 2007
2007	37,389	+0.11%	-0.33% since 2006
2006	37,513	+0.44%	+0.66% since 2005
2005	37,267	-0.22%	-0.12% since 2004
2004	37,313	-0.09%	-0.19% since 2003
2003	37,384	+0.1%	-0.15% since 2002
2002	37,440	+0.25%	-0.13% since 2001
2001	37,489	+0.38%	+0.38% since 2000
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2000	37,348	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
10	Franklin	E	174 mi [280 km]	58,481	39.77% increase
11	Hendersonville	NE	197 mi [317 km]	47,725	17.49% increase
12	Bartlett	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	47,501	17.16% increase
-13-	Germantown			37,251	0.26% decrease
14	Cleveland	E	277 mi [445.8 km]	39,753	6.89% increase
15	Columbia	E	158 mi [254.3 km]	34,402	4.08% increase
16	Collierville	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	39,211	23.03% increase

Germantown had 13,676 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Germantown has an area ^<4> of 17.58 square miles [45.54 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Germantown had a 2000 population density of 2,124 people per square mile [820 people/km²], making it the state's 6th most densely populated area.

Shelby County

The city of Germantown is located in Shelby County.

The county had a population of 898,251 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 37,348 people, Germantown contained 4.16% of the Shelby County total.

In addition, where the community of Germantown has a population density of 2,124 people per square mile [820 people/km²], Shelby County averages 1,190 people per square mile [459.6 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Shelby County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Germantown and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Germantown. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	2	76,462	10.46% increase
10 mi [16 km]	5	157,039	19.51% increase
15 mi [24 km]	11	884,648	7.75% increase
20 mi [32 km]	16	937,530	9.74% increase
25 mi [40 km]	26	996,454	10.25% increase
30 mi [48 km]	33	1,009,706	10.2% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Germantown. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Germantown, it also contains a comparison between Germantown and the state of Tennessee.

Click here for the Germantown QuickFact (QF-4728960).

The following communities are nearby Germantown and also have Census QuickFacts:

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Collierville	QF-4716420	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	39,211	23.03% increase
Bartlett	QF-4703440	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	47,501	17.16% increase
Memphis	QF-4748000	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	669,651	3.01% increase
Southaven (MS)	QF-2869280	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	44,076	52.11% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Germantown.

A Census Quickfact is available for Shelby County (QF-28157).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Shelby County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Tipton	QF-47167	NE	58,706	13.91% increase
Fayette	QF-47047	E	38,173	31.18% increase
Marshall (MS)	QF-28093	SE	37,102	5.85% increase
DeSoto (MS)	QF-28033	S	154,748	42.4% increase
Crittenden (AR)	QF-05035	W	52,554	3.09% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Germantown:

	State Code:	47 (Tennessee)
	County Code:	157 (Shelby County)
	Place Code:	28960 (Germantown)

	State & County Code:	47157 (Tennessee/Shelby County)

	State & Place Code:	4728960 (Tennessee/Germantown)

Germantown is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Germantown.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Tennessee ^<6>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Germantown. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Germantown and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Germantown. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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