Hendersonville, Tennessee

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The 2000 Census showed that Hendersonville had a population of 40,620 people^<1>. This represents 0.71% of the total population of Tennessee, making it the state's 11th most populous community.

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

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
8	Johnson City	E	234 mi [376.6 km]	61,990	11.76% increase
9	Kingsport	E	225 mi [362.1 km]	44,473	0.96% decrease
10	Franklin	SW	29 mi [46.67 km]	58,481	39.77% increase
-11-	Hendersonville			47,725	17.49% increase
12	Bartlett	W	195 mi [313.8 km]	47,501	17.16% increase
13	Germantown	SW	197 mi [317 km]	37,251	0.26% decrease
14	Cleveland	SE	124 mi [199.6 km]	39,753	6.89% increase

Hendersonville had 16,507 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Hendersonville has a total area of 32.9 square miles [85.2 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 27.33 square miles [70.8 km²]5.57 square miles [14.42 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Hendersonville had a 2000 population density of 1,486 people per square mile [573 people/km²], making it the state's 17th most densely populated area.

Sumner County

The city of Hendersonville is located in Sumner County.

The county had a population of 131,156 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 40,620 people, Hendersonville contained 30.97% of the Sumner County total.

In addition, where the community of Hendersonville has a population density of 1,486 people per square mile [573 people/km²], Sumner County averages 247.8 people per square mile [95.7 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

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 Hendersonville. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Hendersonville, it also contains a comparison between Hendersonville and the state of Tennessee.

Click here for the Hendersonville QuickFact (QF-4733280).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Nashville-Davidson	QF-4752006	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]
	Nashville	QF-4752000	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]
	Franklin	QF-4727740	SW	29 mi [46.67 km]	58,481	39.77% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Sumner County (QF-47165).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Sumner County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Davidson	QF-47037	SW	626,144	9.8% increase
	Macon	QF-47111	E	21,838	6.81% increase
	Robertson	QF-47147	W	64,898	18.37% increase
	Trousdale	QF-47169	E	7,822	7.05% increase
	Wilson	QF-47189	SE	109,803	23.01% increase
	Allen (KY)	QF-21003	NE	19,090	7.19% increase
	Simpson (KY)	QF-21213	N	17,019	3.69% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Hendersonville 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 Hendersonville.

The Commemorative Quarter for Tennessee<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Hendersonville. 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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