Cities in Tennessee by population speaking Spanish at home

Springfield, TN had the highest population speaking Spanish at home of 65 cities in 2023, at 22.9%. Oakland, TN had the lowest, at 0.4%. The median was 5.1% and the figure for Tennessee was 5.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest22.9Springfield, TN
Lowest0.4Oakland, TN
Median5.165 cities
Tennessee5.1History

Top 40 cities, 2023

Springfield, TN: 22.9 %Springfield, TN22.9Shelbyville, TN: 21.6 %Shelbyville, TN21.6La Vergne, TN: 20.4 %La Vergne, TN20.4Sevierville, TN: 19.8 %Sevierville, TN19.8Morristown, TN: 19.1 %Morristown, TN19.1Smyrna, TN: 13.5 %Smyrna, TN13.5East Ridge, TN: 11.6 %East Ridge, TN11.6Nashville, TN: 10.9 %Nashville, TN10.9Lewisburg, TN: 10.9 %Lewisburg, TN10.9Millington, TN: 10.3 %Millington, TN10.3Lenoir City, TN: 10.2 %Lenoir City, TN10.2Union City, TN: 9.3 %Union City, TN9.3Collegedale, TN: 9.3 %Collegedale, TN9.3Cleveland, TN: 9.1 %Cleveland, TN9.1Memphis, TN: 8.2 %Memphis, TN8.2Chattanooga, TN: 7.8 %Chattanooga, TN7.8Gallatin, TN: 7.4 %Gallatin, TN7.4Alcoa, TN: 7.2 %Alcoa, TN7.2Clarksville, TN: 7 %Clarksville, TN7Murfreesboro, TN: 7 %Murfreesboro, TN7Winchester, TN: 6.9 %Winchester, TN6.9Goodlettsville, TN: 6.9 %Goodlettsville, TN6.9Columbia, TN: 6.8 %Columbia, TN6.8Lebanon, TN: 6.4 %Lebanon, TN6.4Fairview, TN: 6.4 %Fairview, TN6.4McMinnville, TN: 6.3 %McMinnville, TN6.3Cookeville, TN: 6.2 %Cookeville, TN6.2Mount Juliet, TN: 5.6 %Mount Juliet, TN5.6Franklin, TN: 5.5 %Franklin, TN5.5Athens, TN: 5.4 %Athens, TN5.4Knoxville, TN: 5.3 %Knoxville, TN5.3Hartsville, TN: 5.2 %Hartsville, TN5.2Oak Ridge, TN: 5.1 %Oak Ridge, TN5.1Greeneville, TN: 5 %Greeneville, TN5Crossville, TN: 4.9 %Crossville, TN4.9Manchester, TN: 4.9 %Manchester, TN4.9Spring Hill, TN: 4.6 %Spring Hill, TN4.6Portland, TN: 4.6 %Portland, TN4.6Lawrenceburg, TN: 4.5 %Lawrenceburg, TN4.5Dickson, TN: 4.3 %Dickson, TN4.3Springfield, TN: 22.9 %Springfield, TN22.9Shelbyville, TN: 21.6 %Shelbyville, TN21.6La Vergne, TN: 20.4 %La Vergne, TN20.4Sevierville, TN: 19.8 %Sevierville, TN19.8Morristown, TN: 19.1 %Morristown, TN19.1Smyrna, TN: 13.5 %Smyrna, TN13.5East Ridge, TN: 11.6 %East Ridge, TN11.6Nashville, TN: 10.9 %Nashville, TN10.9Lewisburg, TN: 10.9 %Lewisburg, TN10.9Millington, TN: 10.3 %Millington, TN10.3Lenoir City, TN: 10.2 %Lenoir City, TN10.2Union City, TN: 9.3 %Union City, TN9.3Collegedale, TN: 9.3 %Collegedale, TN9.3Cleveland, TN: 9.1 %Cleveland, TN9.1Memphis, TN: 8.2 %Memphis, TN8.2Chattanooga, TN: 7.8 %Chattanooga, TN7.8Gallatin, TN: 7.4 %Gallatin, TN7.4Alcoa, TN: 7.2 %Alcoa, TN7.2Clarksville, TN: 7 %Clarksville, TN7Murfreesboro, TN: 7 %Murfreesboro, TN7Winchester, TN: 6.9 %Winchester, TN6.9Goodlettsville, TN: 6.9 %Goodlettsville, TN6.9Columbia, TN: 6.8 %Columbia, TN6.8Lebanon, TN: 6.4 %Lebanon, TN6.4Fairview, TN: 6.4 %Fairview, TN6.4McMinnville, TN: 6.3 %McMinnville, TN6.3Cookeville, TN: 6.2 %Cookeville, TN6.2Mount Juliet, TN: 5.6 %Mount Juliet, TN5.6Franklin, TN: 5.5 %Franklin, TN5.5Athens, TN: 5.4 %Athens, TN5.4Knoxville, TN: 5.3 %Knoxville, TN5.3Hartsville, TN: 5.2 %Hartsville, TN5.2Oak Ridge, TN: 5.1 %Oak Ridge, TN5.1Greeneville, TN: 5 %Greeneville, TN5Crossville, TN: 4.9 %Crossville, TN4.9Manchester, TN: 4.9 %Manchester, TN4.9Spring Hill, TN: 4.6 %Spring Hill, TN4.6Portland, TN: 4.6 %Portland, TN4.6Lawrenceburg, TN: 4.5 %Lawrenceburg, TN4.5Dickson, TN: 4.3 %Dickson, TN4.3
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Springfield, TN22.9+5.6 pts
2Shelbyville, TN21.6+1.8 pts
3La Vergne, TN20.4+2.6 pts
4Sevierville, TN19.8+5 pts
5Morristown, TN19.1+2.2 pts
6Smyrna, TN13.5+3.1 pts
7East Ridge, TN11.6+1.7 pts
8Nashville, TN10.9+2.2 pts
9Lewisburg, TN10.9-1.6 pts
10Millington, TN10.3+1.7 pts
11Lenoir City, TN10.2-4.1 pts
12Union City, TN9.3+1.1 pts
13Collegedale, TN9.3+1 pts
14Cleveland, TN9.1+1.5 pts
15Memphis, TN8.2+1.6 pts
16Chattanooga, TN7.8+1.2 pts
17Gallatin, TN7.4+1.7 pts
18Alcoa, TN7.2+0.7 pts
19Clarksville, TN7+0.7 pts
19Murfreesboro, TN7+1.4 pts
21Winchester, TN6.9-0.2 pts
22Goodlettsville, TN6.9-0.1 pts
23Columbia, TN6.8+0.7 pts
24Lebanon, TN6.4+1.2 pts
25Fairview, TN6.4+0.7 pts
26McMinnville, TN6.3-0.8 pts
27Cookeville, TN6.2+0.1 pts
28Mount Juliet, TN5.6+0.8 pts
29Franklin, TN5.5+0.8 pts
30Athens, TN5.4-0.8 pts
31Knoxville, TN5.3+1.3 pts
32Hartsville, TN5.2+1.8 pts
33Oak Ridge, TN5.1+0.9 pts
34Greeneville, TN5+1.9 pts
35Crossville, TN4.90 pts
36Manchester, TN4.9-0.4 pts
37Spring Hill, TN4.6-0.8 pts
38Portland, TN4.6-1.3 pts
39Lawrenceburg, TN4.5+0.7 pts
40Dickson, TN4.3+0.5 pts
41Hendersonville, TN3.6-0.1 pts
42Nolensville, TN3.5+0.1 pts
43Johnson City, TN3.5-0 pts
44Tullahoma, TN3.4+1.6 pts
45Jackson, TN3.3-0.1 pts
46Clinton, TN2.8+0.8 pts
47Red Bank, TN2.8+0.2 pts
48Lakeland, TN2.7-1.3 pts
49Maryville, TN2.4+0.3 pts
50Bartlett, TN2.3+0.1 pts
51Bristol, TN2.2+0.3 pts
52Germantown, TN2.1+0.4 pts
53White House, TN1.9-0.3 pts
54Martin, TN1.8+0.4 pts
55Soddy-Daisy, TN1.8+1.2 pts
56Brentwood, TN1.7-0 pts
57Arlington, TN1.7+0.9 pts
58Dyersburg, TN1.6-0.2 pts
59Kingsport, TN1.5+0.1 pts
60Paris, TN1.4+0.1 pts
61Collierville, TN1.3-0.3 pts
62Atoka, TN1.1+0.7 pts
63Elizabethton, TN0.9-0.7 pts
64Farragut, TN0.7+0.3 pts
65Oakland, TN0.4+0.2 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

People aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability or Hispanic origin. Hispanic origin is hispanic_share.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Tennessee by population speaking Spanish at home, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Tennessee by population speaking Spanish at home, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/tennessee-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Tennessee by population speaking Spanish at home, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/tennessee-cities?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Tennessee by population speaking Spanish at home, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/tennessee-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_cities_in_tennessee_by_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Tennessee by population speaking Spanish at home, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/tennessee-cities?period=2023. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Tennessee by population speaking Spanish at home, 2023
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/tennessee-cities?period=2023
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/tennessee-cities?period=2023.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  - 
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in Tennessee by population speaking Spanish at home using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"spanish_at_home_share","level":"municipality","within":"Tennessee","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=spanish_at_home_share&level=municipality&within=Tennessee&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest population speaking Spanish at home?

Springfield, TN, with 22.9% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest population speaking Spanish at home?

Oakland, TN, with 0.4% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Population speaking Spanish at home: other rankings

Cities in Tennessee: more rankings