Immigration and Nashville

Published: September 22, 2014

New Americans are responsible for the majority of Nashville’s rapid growth over the past decade. Between 2000 and 2012, immigrants accounted for nearly 60% of Nashville’s overall population growth.

Read more about the contributions of “New Americans in Nashville” (PDF).

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