Moving to Clarksville, Tennessee

About Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville

Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, after Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 2020 United States census.

It is the principal central city of the Clarksville metropolitan area, which consists of Montgomery and Stewart counties in Tennessee and Christian and Trigg counties in Kentucky. The city was founded in 1785 and incorporated in 1807, and named for General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero, and brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Clarksville is the home of Austin Peay State University; The Leaf-Chronicle, the oldest newspaper in Tennessee; and neighbor to the Fort Campbell, United States Army post. The site of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell is located about 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Clarksville and straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky state line.

Gender
Gender Clarksville Tennessee Country
Female 49.8% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 50.2% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Clarksville Tennessee Country
Less than $10,000 6.7% 6.7% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 3.2% 4.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 7.8% 10% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11% 10.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 15.6% 13.9% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 20.3% 18.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 15.3% 12.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 14% 13.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 3.6% 4.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2.5% 5.1% 8.3%
Education


Education Clarksville Tennessee Country
< 9th Grade 1% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 5% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 27% 32% 27.0%
Other College 27% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 11% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 19% 18% 20.0%
Master's Degree 8% 7% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Clarksville Tennessee Country
White 57.5% 73.4% 60.1%
African American 22.2% 16.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0.4% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 2.6% 1.8% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.7% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 4.6% 2.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 11.6% 5.6% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity