The Clarksville Metropolitan Statistical Area is defined by the

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as an area consisting of four counties – two ( Montgomery and Stewart) in

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and two (

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and Trigg) in

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– anchored by the city of

Clarksville, Tennessee Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-largest city in the state behind Nashville, Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 202 ...

. A July 1, 2018 estimate placed the population at 307,820. As of 2009, the Clarksville Metropolitan Statistical Area is the 167th largest MSA in the United States. Prior to 2003, the area was officially known as the Clarksville-Hopkinsville Metropolitan Statistical Area and included only Montgomery and Christian counties. In 2003,

Hopkinsville Hopkinsville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Christian County, Kentucky, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 31,577. History Early years The area of present-day Hopkinsville was initially claimed in 179 ...

was removed from the official name as it was no longer considered a principal city. That year, Stewart and Trigg counties were also added to the MSA.

Counties

Montgomery County, Tennessee Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 220,069. The county seat (and only incorporated municipality) is Clarksville. The county was created in 1796. Montgomery Count ...

Stewart County, Tennessee Stewart County is a county located on the northwestern corner of Middle Tennessee, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,324. Its county seat is Dover. Stewart County is part of the Clarksville Metropolita ...

Christian County, Kentucky Christian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,748. Its county seat is Hopkinsville. The county was formed in 1797. Christian County is part of the Clarksville, TN–KY Metropo ...

Trigg County, Kentucky Trigg County is a county located on the far southwestern border of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,061. Its county seat is Cadiz. Formed in 1820, the county was named for Stephen Trigg, an officer in t ...

Communities

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

(Principal city)

Places with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

Hopkinsville, Kentucky Hopkinsville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Christian County, Kentucky, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 31,577. History Early years The area of present-day Hopkinsville was initially claimed in 1796 ...

Places with 5,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

Fort Campbell North, Kentucky Fort Campbell North is a census-designated place (CDP) in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. It contains most of the housing for the Fort Campbell Army base within the Kentucky portion of the base. The population was 13,685 at the 2010 ce ...

(

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) * Oak Grove, Kentucky

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

Cadiz, Kentucky Cadiz ( ) is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Trigg County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,558 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Clarksville metropolitan area. Cadiz is a historic town located close to the Lan ...

Dover, Tennessee Dover is a city in and the county seat of Stewart County, Tennessee, west-northwest of Nashville on the Cumberland River. Fort Donelson National Cemetery is in Dover. The population was 1,442 at the 2000 census and the 2010 census showed a popu ...

Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee Tennessee Ridge is a town in Houston and Stewart counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 1,332 at the 2020 census and 1,368 at the 2010 census. The Stewart County portion of Tennessee Ridge is part of the Clarksville, TN&nd ...

(partial)

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

Crofton, Kentucky Crofton is a home rule-class city in Christian County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 749 at the 2010 census. Crofton is part of the Clarksville, TN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Crofton had its start wh ...

* Cumberland City, Tennessee * LaFayette, Kentucky * Pembroke, Kentucky

Unincorporated places

* Bumpus Mills, Tennessee *

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* Cerulean, Kentucky * Cunningham, Tennessee * Dotsonville, Tennessee * Excell, Tennessee * Fairview, Christian County, Kentucky * Fearsville, Kentucky * Fredonia, Tennessee *

Gracey, Kentucky Gracey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 138. History Gracey had its start when the railroad was extended to that point. The tow ...

* Herndon, Kentucky *

Kelly, Kentucky Kelly is an unincorporated community in Christian County, Kentucky, in the United States. Kelly is located at (38.218373, -85.353058), on U.S. Route 41 U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United ...

* Needmore, Tennessee *

Oakridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about west of downtown Knoxville. Oak Ridge's population was 31,402 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. O ...

* Oakwood, Tennessee * Orgains Crossroads, Tennessee *

Palmyra, Tennessee Palmyra is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Tennessee. It is located along State Route 149, southwest of Clarksville. The town had its own post office until around 2010 when the post office was closed and mail service began to ...

Port Royal, Tennessee Port Royal is an unincorporated community on the border of Montgomery and Robertson counties, Tennessee. It is home to Port Royal State Park and is located at the confluence of the Red River and Sulphur Fork Creek. Early history Port Royal was ...

Rockcastle, Kentucky Rockcastle, formerly Rock Castle, is an unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the Uni ...

* Rossview, Tennessee * Sango, Tennessee * Southside, Tennessee * Shiloh, Montgomery County, Tennessee * Sailors Rest, Tennessee * Tarsus, Tennessee * Wallonia, Kentucky *

Woodlawn, Tennessee Woodlawn is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Geography Woodlawn is located along U.S. Route 79 west of neighboring Clarksville. It is part of the Clarksville, TN– KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. Post offic ...

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 232,000 people, 83,332 households, and 61,719 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 74.16%

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, 19.13%

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, 0.51% Native American, 1.43% Asian, 0.23%

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, 1.98% from

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, and 2.55% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.61% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $33,869, and the median income for a family was $39,451. Males had a median income of $29,506 versus $21,849 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $16,341.

References

External links

City of Clarksville, Tennessee
– Official site.
Census.gov 1990–2000 Comparison Chart PDF
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