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What are the fastest growing census tracts in Tennessee?

New homes being added in Cambridge Square are helping make parts of Collegedale one of the fastest growing census tracts in Tennessee.
New homes being added in Cambridge Square are helping make parts of Collegedale one of the fastest growing census tracts in Tennessee. New homes being added in Cambridge Square are helping make parts of Collegedale one of the fastest growing census tracts in Tennessee.

These are the fastest growing census tracts in Tennessee:

1. Thompson’s station in Spring Hill, up 6,190 residents from 2012 to 2017

2. Murfreesboro section, up 3,903 residents from 2012 to 2017

3. Northern Collegedale, up 3,636 residents from 2012 to 2017

4. Clarksville section, up 3,436 residents from 2012 to 2017

5. Collierville near Memphis, up 3,331 residents from 2012 to 2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Census, American Community Survey. Another census tract in Collegedale was ranked number 14th for growth among the nearly 1,500 census tracts across Tennessee.