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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Adjacent counties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjacent_counties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_protected_area" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_protected_area"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>National protected area</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_protected_area-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_protected_areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_protected_areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>State protected areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_protected_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2020_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>2020 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>2010 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010_census-sublist" 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Presidential_politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Presidential politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Presidential_politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Political_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Political history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Political_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sheriff_and_jail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sheriff_and_jail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Sheriff and jail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sheriff_and_jail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Juvenile_justice_and_jail" class="vector-toc-list-item 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census-designated_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Census-designated places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census-designated_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unincorporated_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_K%C5%ABn_(Tennessee)" title="Rutherford Kūn (Tennessee) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Rutherford Kūn (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8A%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Ръдърфорд (окръг, Тенеси) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ръдърфорд (окръг, Тенеси)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_County,_Tennessee" title="Rutherford County, Tennessee – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Rutherford County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Tennessee)" title="Rutherford County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Rutherford County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_County,_Tennessee" title="Rutherford County, Tennessee – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rutherford County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_County_(Tennessee)" title="Rutherford County (Tennessee) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rutherford County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherfordi_maakond_(Tennessee)" title="Rutherfordi maakond (Tennessee) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rutherfordi maakond (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A1%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84_(%CE%A4%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%AF)" title="Κομητεία Ράδερφορντ (Τενεσί) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Ράδερφορντ (Τενεσί)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Rutherford_(Tennessee)" title="Condado de Rutherford (Tennessee) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Rutherford (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_konderria_(Tennessee)" title="Rutherford konderria (Tennessee) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Rutherford konderria (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%8C_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="شهرستان رادرفورد، تنسی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان رادرفورد، تنسی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Rutherford_(Tennessee)" title="Comté de Rutherford (Tennessee) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Rutherford (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Rutherford,_Tennessee" title="Contae Rutherford, Tennessee – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Rutherford, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A)" title="رادرفورد ٚ شأرستان (تنسي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="رادرفورد ٚ شأرستان (تنسي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a 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شهرستان (تنسی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_G%C3%B4ng_(Tennessee)" title="Rutherford Gông (Tennessee) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Rutherford Gông (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_County_(Tennessee)" title="Rutherford County (Tennessee) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Rutherford County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="pnb" data-title="ردرفورڈ کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_County_(Tennessee)" title="Rutherford County (Tennessee) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Rutherford County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Rutherford_(Tennessee)" title="Hrabstwo Rutherford (Tennessee) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Rutherford (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Rutherford_(Tennessee)" title="Condado de Rutherford (Tennessee) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Rutherford (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Rutherford,_Tennessee" title="Comitatul Rutherford, Tennessee – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Rutherford, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Ратерфорд (округ, Теннесси) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ратерфорд (округ, Теннесси)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_County_(Tennessee)" title="Rutherford County (Tennessee) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Rutherford County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_County,_Tennessee" title="Rutherford County, Tennessee – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Rutherford County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Rutherford County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rutherford_tennessee_county_courthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rutherford County Courthouse, Murfreesboro"><img alt="Rutherford County Courthouse, Murfreesboro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Rutherford_tennessee_county_courthouse.jpg/270px-Rutherford_tennessee_county_courthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="360" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Rutherford_tennessee_county_courthouse.jpg/405px-Rutherford_tennessee_county_courthouse.jpg 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Rutherford_County,_Tennessee.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Rutherford County"><img alt="Flag of Rutherford County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Rutherford_County%2C_Tennessee.png/100px-Flag_of_Rutherford_County%2C_Tennessee.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Rutherford_County%2C_Tennessee.png/150px-Flag_of_Rutherford_County%2C_Tennessee.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Rutherford_County%2C_Tennessee.png/200px-Flag_of_Rutherford_County%2C_Tennessee.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rutherford_County_tn_seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Rutherford County"><img alt="Official seal of Rutherford County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Rutherford_County_tn_seal.png/100px-Rutherford_County_tn_seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Rutherford_County_tn_seal.png/150px-Rutherford_County_tn_seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Rutherford_County_tn_seal.png/200px-Rutherford_County_tn_seal.png 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="306" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Rutherford_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee"><img alt="Map of Tennessee highlighting Rutherford County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Rutherford_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Rutherford_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Rutherford_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Rutherford_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Rutherford_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Rutherford_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3907" data-file-height="958" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tennessee_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tennessee's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Tennessee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tennessee_in_United_States.svg/300px-Tennessee_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tennessee_in_United_States.svg/450px-Tennessee_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tennessee_in_United_States.svg/600px-Tennessee_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Tennessee's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png" 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">Murfreesboro</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Murfreesboro</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_S._Carr" title="Joe S. Carr">Joe Carr</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">624 sq mi (1,620 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">619 sq mi (1,600 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">4.7 sq mi (12 km<sup>2</sup>)  0.8%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">341,486</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">367,101 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">550/sq mi (210/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">37037, 37060, 37063, 37085, 37086, 37089, 37118, 37127, 37128, 37129, 37130, 37131, 37132, 37133, 37153, 37167</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_615_and_629" title="Area codes 615 and 629">615, 629</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 4th congressional district">4th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rutherfordcountytn.gov">rutherfordcountytn<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rutherford County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>. It is located in <a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle Tennessee</a>. As of a 2023 estimate, the population was 367,101,<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst20232_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst20232-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the fourth-most populous county in Tennessee. A study conducted by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a> projects Rutherford County to become the third largest county in Tennessee by population by 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-explosive_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-explosive-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">Murfreesboro</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is also the geographic center of Tennessee. As of 2010, it is the <a href="/wiki/Center_of_population" title="Center of population">center of population</a> of Tennessee.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rutherford County is included in the <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville-Davidson</a>–Murfreesboro–<a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin</a>, TN <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rutherford County was formed in 1803 from parts of Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties,<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and named in honor of <a href="/wiki/Griffith_Rutherford" title="Griffith Rutherford">Griffith Rutherford</a> (1721–1805).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rutherford was a <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> colonial legislator and an <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> general, who settled in <a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle Tennessee</a> after the Revolution. He was appointed President of the Council of the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Territory" title="Southwest Territory">Southwest Territory</a> (the upper chamber of the territorial legislature) in 1794.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rutherford County strongly supported the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederacy</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, having voted 2,392 to 73 in favor of Tennessee's <a href="/wiki/Ordinance_of_Secession" title="Ordinance of Secession">Ordinance of Secession</a> on June 8, 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rutherford County's central location and proximity to Nashville during the Civil War made it a contested area.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county was home to one of the bloodiest battles of the war, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stones_River" title="Battle of Stones River">Battle of Stones River</a>, which was fought between December 31, 1862, and January 2, 1863. </p><p>On July 13, 1862, Confederate General <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest" title="Nathan Bedford Forrest">Nathan Bedford Forrest</a> conducted a series of cavalry operations known locally as <i>Forrest's Raid</i>. The raid successfully led to the surrender of all Union forces occupying the area.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after his departure, Union troops returned to the area and held it until the end of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reconstruction_and_latter_19th_century">Reconstruction and latter 19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reconstruction and latter 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bradley-academy-murfreesboro-tn1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bradley-academy-murfreesboro-tn1.jpg/220px-Bradley-academy-murfreesboro-tn1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bradley-academy-murfreesboro-tn1.jpg/330px-Bradley-academy-murfreesboro-tn1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bradley-academy-murfreesboro-tn1.jpg/440px-Bradley-academy-murfreesboro-tn1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2901" data-file-height="1751" /></a><figcaption>Opened in 1884, <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradley Academy">Bradley Academy</a> was Rutherford County's first high school for African Americans</figcaption></figure> <p>In August 1869, rampaging white men drove close to 100 African American farmers from their homes, and out of the county, to <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tennessee_lawless_1869_08_31_nytimes_com_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tennessee_lawless_1869_08_31_nytimes_com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1884, <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradley Academy">Bradley Academy</a> in Murfreesboro became Rutherford County's first accredited high school for African Americans. The co-educational school was operated by the Murfreesboro City Schools system. Bradley Academy was placed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Rutherford_County,_Tennessee" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutherford County, Tennessee">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_history">Modern history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modern history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 2000s, Muslim immigrants settled in the county, particularly in and around <a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">Murfreesboro</a>. Their efforts to develop a <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Center_of_Murfreesboro" title="Islamic Center of Murfreesboro">Islamic Center of Murfreesboro</a> (and its subsequent replacement) became the focus of intense local controversy and opposition from non-Muslims,<sup id="cite_ref-tennessee_mosque_2021_07_19_bbc_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tennessee_mosque_2021_07_19_bbc-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-feds_file_2010_10_19_ap_taiwannews_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feds_file_2010_10_19_ap_taiwannews-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-us_judge_halts_mosque_2012_05_30_tribune_com_pk_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us_judge_halts_mosque_2012_05_30_tribune_com_pk-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vandals_apologize_2018_03_10_ap_globalnews_ca_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vandals_apologize_2018_03_10_ap_globalnews_ca-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were stymied by political and legal battles,<sup id="cite_ref-feds_file_2010_10_19_ap_taiwannews_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feds_file_2010_10_19_ap_taiwannews-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-us_judge_halts_mosque_2012_05_30_tribune_com_pk_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us_judge_halts_mosque_2012_05_30_tribune_com_pk-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-us_judge_halts_mosque_2012_08_10_ap_foxnews_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us_judge_halts_mosque_2012_08_10_ap_foxnews-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-a_fight_2014_02_13_theatlantic_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a_fight_2014_02_13_theatlantic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> arson, bomb threats and vandalism.<sup id="cite_ref-vandals_apologize_2018_03_10_ap_globalnews_ca_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vandals_apologize_2018_03_10_ap_globalnews_ca-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-faith_leaders_2012_08_10_washingtonpost_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faith_leaders_2012_08_10_washingtonpost-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-arson_caused_fire_2012_09_04_ap_foxnews_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arson_caused_fire_2012_09_04_ap_foxnews-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-a_fight_2014_02_13_theatlantic_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a_fight_2014_02_13_theatlantic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-a_fight_2012_07_18_nytimes_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a_fight_2012_07_18_nytimes-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A federal court forced the local authorities to allow the mosque,<sup id="cite_ref-tennessee_mosque_2021_07_19_bbc_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tennessee_mosque_2021_07_19_bbc-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-us_judge_halts_mosque_2012_08_10_ap_foxnews_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us_judge_halts_mosque_2012_08_10_ap_foxnews-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-a_fight_2012_07_18_nytimes_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a_fight_2012_07_18_nytimes-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and opposition subsided, but sporadic incidents continued.<sup id="cite_ref-vandals_apologize_2018_03_10_ap_globalnews_ca_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vandals_apologize_2018_03_10_ap_globalnews_ca-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 624 square miles (1,620 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 619 square miles (1,600 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 4.7 square miles (12 km<sup>2</sup>) (0.8%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee" title="Wilson County, Tennessee">Wilson County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_County,_Tennessee" title="Cannon County, Tennessee">Cannon County</a> (east)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_County,_Tennessee" title="Coffee County, Tennessee">Coffee County</a> (southeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee" title="Bedford County, Tennessee">Bedford County</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Tennessee" title="Marshall County, Tennessee">Marshall County</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Tennessee" title="Williamson County, Tennessee">Williamson County</a> (west)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee" title="Davidson County, Tennessee">Davidson County</a> (northwest)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_area">National protected area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National protected area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stones_River_National_Battlefield" title="Stones River National Battlefield">Stones River National Battlefield</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_protected_areas">State protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: State protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens State Natural Area</li> <li>Gattinger's Cedar Glade and Barrens State Natural Area (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Hunter_State_Park" title="Long Hunter State Park">Long Hunter State Park</a> (part)</li> <li>Manus Road Cedar Glade State Natural Area</li> <li>Overbridge State Natural Area</li> <li>Percy Priest Wildlife Management Area (part)</li> <li>Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade State Natural Area</li> <li>Fate Sanders Barrens State Natural Area</li> <li>Sunnybell Cedar Glade State Natural Area</li> <li>Stones River Cedar Glade and Barrens State Natural Area</li> <li>Walterhill Floodplain State Natural Area</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>10,265</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>19,552</td><td></td><td>90.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>26,134</td><td></td><td>33.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>24,280</td><td></td><td>−7.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>29,122</td><td></td><td>19.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>27,918</td><td></td><td>−4.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>33,289</td><td></td><td>19.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>36,741</td><td></td><td>10.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>35,097</td><td></td><td>−4.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>33,543</td><td></td><td>−4.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>33,199</td><td></td><td>−1.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>33,059</td><td></td><td>−0.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>32,286</td><td></td><td>−2.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>33,604</td><td></td><td>4.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>40,696</td><td></td><td>21.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>52,368</td><td></td><td>28.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>59,428</td><td></td><td>13.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>84,058</td><td></td><td>41.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>118,570</td><td></td><td>41.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>182,023</td><td></td><td>53.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>262,604</td><td></td><td>44.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>341,486</td><td></td><td>30.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">367,101</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>7.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2020<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2019_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2019-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div>USA Rutherford County, Tennessee.csv age pyramid.svg</div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Rutherford County racial composition<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Race </th> <th scope="col">Number </th> <th scope="col">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>219,194 </td> <td>64.19% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>53,270 </td> <td>15.6% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </th> <td>789 </td> <td>0.23% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </th> <td>12,394 </td> <td>3.63% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </th> <td>219 </td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </th> <td>17,303 </td> <td>5.07% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </th> <td>38,317 </td> <td>11.22% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 341,486 people, 113,797 households, and 78,348 families residing in the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">census of 2010</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 262,604 people, 96,232 households, and 66,810 families living in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 424 people per square mile (164 people/km<sup>2</sup>), and the housing unit density was 156 units per square mile (60 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 80.67% <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a>, 12.65% <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American</a>, 3.08% <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a>, 0.36% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 0.05% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islands Americans">Pacific Islander</a>, and 2.04% from <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">two or more races</a>. Those of <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> origins were 6.67% of the population. </p><p>Of the 96,232 households, 35.19% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 51.61% were married couples living together, 5.04% had a male householder with no wife present, 12.77% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.59% were non-families. 22.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.38% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.14. </p><p>Of the 262,604 residents, 26.17% were under the age of 18, 65.62% were between the ages of 18 and 64, and 8.21% were 65 years of age and older. The <a href="/wiki/Median_age" class="mw-redirect" title="Median age">median age</a> was 33.1 years. 50.60% of all residents were female and 49.40% were male. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Median_household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Median household income">median household income</a> in the county was $53,770 and the median family income was $63,483. Males had a median income of $43,306 versus $35,437 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> was $24,390. About 8.8% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.2% of those under the age of 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 and over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 United States Census">2000 census</a>, there were 182,023 people, 66,443 households, and 47,440 families living in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 294 people per square mile (114 people/km<sup>2</sup>), and there were 70,616 housing units. The racial makeup of the county was 85.73% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 9.51% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 1.90% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.29% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.04% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.32% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.20% from two or more races. 2.78% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 66,443 households, out of which 37.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.30% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 11.20% had a female head of household with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 20.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.09. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.40% under the age of 18, 13.20% from 18 to 24, 33.50% from 25 to 44, 19.40% from 45 to 64, and 7.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.20 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $46,312, and the median income for a family was $53,553. Males had a median income of $36,788 versus $26,555 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $19,938. About 5.80% of families and 9.00% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 8.50% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over. </p><p>The 2010 census put the population of Rutherford County at 262,604. This represents a greater than 40% population growth since the 2000 U.S. Census. As of 2009, it was estimated that the total minority fraction of the population had grown to almost 20% of the total, with Hispanic population at 5.58%, African-American population at 12.09%, and Asian population at 2.66% of the total.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rutherford_County_Judicial_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Rutherford_County_Judicial_Building.jpg/220px-Rutherford_County_Judicial_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Rutherford_County_Judicial_Building.jpg/330px-Rutherford_County_Judicial_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Rutherford_County_Judicial_Building.jpg/440px-Rutherford_County_Judicial_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Rutherford County Judicial Building in Murfreesboro</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_Commission">County Commission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: County Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Board of County Commissioners, the county legislative body, consists of 21 members elected for four-year terms from <a href="/wiki/Single-member_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-member districts">single-member districts</a> based on roughly equal populations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_Mayor">County Mayor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: County Mayor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county mayor is the chief executive officer and is elected from the county <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assessor_of_Property">Assessor of Property</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Assessor of Property"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Assessor of Property is responsible for the valuation of all property in order that it be taxed by the county commission and mayor to raise funds necessary to operate county government and is elected from the county <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rob_Mitchell_(Tennessee_Property_Assessor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rob Mitchell (Tennessee Property Assessor) (page does not exist)">Rob Mitchell</a> is the current <a href="/w/index.php?title=Assessor_of_Property&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assessor of Property (page does not exist)">Assessor of Property</a> and has held office since 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_politics">Presidential politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Presidential politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright sticky-header-multi" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Rutherford County, Tennessee<sup id="cite_ref-leip_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leip-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">88,811 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.93%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">56,656 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.23% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,734 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.84% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">81,480 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.63%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">59,341 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.24% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,057 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">64,515 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.05%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36,706 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.17% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,215 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">60,846 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.56%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36,414 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,588 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">59,892 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.78%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40,460 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.71% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,547 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2004 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">52,200 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.84%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,647 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.49% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">562 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33,445 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.79%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27,360 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.00% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,377 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24,565 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47.61%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,815 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.22% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,214 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1992 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18,877 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.04% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">21,084 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>44.73%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,179 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1988 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20,397 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.18%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">12,245 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.33% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">159 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1984 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19,503 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.98%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,618 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.92% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">348 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1980 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,208 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15,213 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.62%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">929 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,921 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.32% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14,854 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.35%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">307 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1972 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,256 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.12%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,811 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.10% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">487 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D99FE8"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,168 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24.72% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,921 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.18% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,773 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>46.10%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,088 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.91% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,580 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.09%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1960 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,526 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.95% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,410 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.00%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">116 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,713 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.15% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,494 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.78%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">99 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,196 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,793 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.52%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">72 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.72% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">854 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14.05% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,151 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.30%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,073 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1944 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">879 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15.59% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,730 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>83.89%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">29 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1940 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">782 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15.61% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,207 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>83.99%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1936 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">580 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.31% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,101 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>87.07%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">29 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1932 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">606 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13.32% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,924 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>86.24%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1928 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,429 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.32% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,115 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.68%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1924 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">680 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.87% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,137 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>75.01%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1920 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,881 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.58% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,406 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.42%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1916 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,116 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.51% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,941 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>72.49%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,217 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24.50% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,406 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">344 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1908 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,226 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.73% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,764 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.27%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,348 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.66% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,504 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.39%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">37 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1900 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,429 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.36% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,517 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.29%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">95 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1896 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,203 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.08% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,352 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.46%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">82 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1892 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,210 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,211 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.51%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">635 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,479 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.34% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,302 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.07%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">215 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1884 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,040 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.60% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,828 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.67%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1880 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1880</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,482 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.70% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,855 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.10%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">77 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.20% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_history">Political history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Political history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This area of the state was predominately Democratic following the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, but the significant minority of African Americans joined the Republican Party. The white-dominated state legislature in the 1880s passed four laws that effectively <a href="/wiki/Disfranchisement_after_Reconstruction_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era">disenfranchised most blacks</a> and many poor whites, particularly due to the requirement of payment of a <a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Poll tax (United States)">poll tax</a> in order to register to vote, which reduced the competitiveness of the Republican Party in this part of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-leip_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leip-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the late 20th century, the majority of white conservatives in Rutherford County shifted toward the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>. Since this time, the changing demographics of the county has shown a significant increase in minorities; however, this change has resulted in no significant impact to party alignment. In recent years, the county has favored Republican candidates for local, state, and national elections. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sheriff_and_jail">Sheriff and jail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sheriff and jail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, the county built a $23,300,000 expansion to the county jail.<sup id="cite_ref-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-work_begins_2007_02_16_murfreesboropost_com_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-work_begins_2007_02_16_murfreesboropost_com-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is alleged that some county officials viewed the jail as a for-profit business.<sup id="cite_ref-jail_promo_video_2021_10_07_propublica_on_youtube_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jail_promo_video_2021_10_07_propublica_on_youtube-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-work_begins_2007_02_16_murfreesboropost_com_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-work_begins_2007_02_16_murfreesboropost_com-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2016, Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold, his Chief Administrative Deputy Joe L. Russell and the sheriff's uncle were named in a 14-count federal indictment charging fraud, bribery, extortion, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy for operating an <a href="/wiki/E-cigarette" class="mw-redirect" title="E-cigarette">e-cigarette</a> business, for personal gain, in the jail. State officials reported that the JailCigs business gained over $110,000 in revenues pocketed by Arnold and Russell. All pleaded guilty. Arnold was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison, his deputy to 15 months.<sup id="cite_ref-sheriff_pleads_guilty_2017-01-18_dnj_com_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sheriff_pleads_guilty_2017-01-18_dnj_com-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-former_deputy_2017_11_19_wmsr_am_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-former_deputy_2017_11_19_wmsr_am-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sheriff_sentenced_2017_05_04_justice_gov_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sheriff_sentenced_2017_05_04_justice_gov-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh replaced Arnold.<sup id="cite_ref-tbi_assisting_2017_11_17_murfreesboro_post_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tbi_assisting_2017_11_17_murfreesboro_post-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheriff's Major Terry McBurney pleaded guilty to unrelated charges, losing his citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-major_expected_2017_01_26_tennessean_com_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-major_expected_2017_01_26_tennessean_com-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mcburney_pleads_guilty_2016_04_15_murfreesboro_post_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcburney_pleads_guilty_2016_04_15_murfreesboro_post-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2016, following multiple deaths in the jail that year, including two suicides<sup id="cite_ref-third_inmate_death_2016_04_15_murfreesboro_post_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-third_inmate_death_2016_04_15_murfreesboro_post-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tbi_assisting_2017_11_17_murfreesboro_post_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tbi_assisting_2017_11_17_murfreesboro_post-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-state_decertifies_2016_12_07_tennessean_com_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state_decertifies_2016_12_07_tennessean_com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (one resulting in a $260,000 lawsuit settlement against the county),<sup id="cite_ref-settlement_reached_2021_12_09_murfreesboropost_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settlement_reached_2021_12_09_murfreesboropost-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> state inspectors decertified the jail, citing faults in the jail's policies, programs, staffing and the physical plant.<sup id="cite_ref-tbi_assisting_2017_11_17_murfreesboro_post_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tbi_assisting_2017_11_17_murfreesboro_post-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-state_decertifies_2016_12_07_tennessean_com_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state_decertifies_2016_12_07_tennessean_com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jail_recertified_2017_06_07_dnj_com_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jail_recertified_2017_06_07_dnj_com-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following numerous changes to policies and facilities—particularly inmate supervision and monitoring, and converting 400 beds to <a href="/wiki/Bunk_bed" title="Bunk bed">bunk beds</a>, to allow the jail to hold 950 people—the jail was recertified in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-tbi_assisting_2017_11_17_murfreesboro_post_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tbi_assisting_2017_11_17_murfreesboro_post-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jail_recertified_2017_06_07_dnj_com_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jail_recertified_2017_06_07_dnj_com-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Juvenile_justice_and_jail">Juvenile justice and jail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Juvenile justice and jail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_County,_Tennessee_juvenile_arrest_and_incarceration_scandal" title="Rutherford County, Tennessee juvenile arrest and incarceration scandal">Rutherford County, Tennessee juvenile arrest and incarceration scandal</a></div> <p>In 2000, Rutherford County created the post of Juvenile Court Judge to oversee the county's juvenile justice procedures.<sup id="cite_ref-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-judge_jailed_minors_bogus_charges_2021_10_12_pbs_org_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_jailed_minors_bogus_charges_2021_10_12_pbs_org-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the $23 million development of the county jail, in 2008, a juvenile detention center (JDC) was added.<sup id="cite_ref-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-work_begins_2007_02_16_murfreesboropost_com_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-work_begins_2007_02_16_murfreesboropost_com-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some county officials allegedly viewed the juvenile jail as a for-profit business.<sup id="cite_ref-jail_promo_video_2021_10_07_propublica_on_youtube_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jail_promo_video_2021_10_07_propublica_on_youtube-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-work_begins_2007_02_16_murfreesboropost_com_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-work_begins_2007_02_16_murfreesboropost_com-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At a public meeting, JDC director Lynn Duke stated that, “If we have empty beds, we will fill them with a paying customer" and "We get a lot of business” A county commissioner added, that "Hey, it’s a business. Generating revenue."<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county then solicited other counties in Tennessee and surrounding states to send detained youth to the Rutherford County juvenile jail for incarceration, at $175 per day per child, and said that over 20 Tennessee counties had contracted with Rutherford's juvenile jail.<sup id="cite_ref-jail_promo_video_2021_10_07_propublica_on_youtube_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jail_promo_video_2021_10_07_propublica_on_youtube-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JDCvideo_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JDCvideo-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county released a marketing video, "What Can the Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center Do For You?” featuring images of children in black-and-white striped prison uniforms, and narrated by Juvenile Court Judge <a href="/wiki/Donna_Scott_Davenport" title="Donna Scott Davenport">Donna Scott Davenport</a>, to solicit business for the JDC. As of 2021, 39 Tennessee counties were contracting with Rutherford County to incarcerate youth, along with the U.S. Marshals Service.<sup id="cite_ref-JDCvideo_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JDCvideo-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is alleged that in subsequent years, the singular Rutherford County juvenile judge and local authorities, including the county's Juvenile Detention Center director Lynn Duke, colluded in the arrest and incarceration of hundreds of children, some as young as seven years old, on various misdemeanor charges, including schoolyard fights, truancy and cursing. All arrested children were jailed in the detention center, pending adjudication and assessment.<sup id="cite_ref-judge_jailed_minors_bogus_charges_2021_10_12_pbs_org_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_jailed_minors_bogus_charges_2021_10_12_pbs_org-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rutherford_county_judge_2021_10_11_wkrn_com_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rutherford_county_judge_2021_10_11_wkrn_com-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-judge_faces_criticism_2021_10_14_abcnews_go_com_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_faces_criticism_2021_10_14_abcnews_go_com-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, journalists reported that children were being incarcerated in the county's juvenile jail at a rate ten times higher than the state's average,<sup id="cite_ref-sickening_2021_10_12_tennesseelookout_com_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sickening_2021_10_12_tennesseelookout_com-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-judge_jailed_minors_bogus_charges_2021_10_12_pbs_org_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_jailed_minors_bogus_charges_2021_10_12_pbs_org-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-new_report_2021_10_09_msbnc_com_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new_report_2021_10_09_msbnc_com-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-judge_faces_criticism_2021_10_14_abcnews_go_com_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_faces_criticism_2021_10_14_abcnews_go_com-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that some children were arrested and jailed for alleged violations of non-existent laws.<sup id="cite_ref-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-judge_faces_criticism_2021_10_14_abcnews_go_com_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_faces_criticism_2021_10_14_abcnews_go_com-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tennessee_county_2021_10_08_forbes_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tennessee_county_2021_10_08_forbes-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Class_action" title="Class action">Class action</a> federal lawsuits resulted in the county ending solitary confinement of children in custody.<sup id="cite_ref-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org_34-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2017, a federal court said that children were being illegally detained in Rutherford County, and ordered the county to stop using its "filter" system because it "departs drastically" from ordinary juvenile detention standards.<sup id="cite_ref-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org_34-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-judge_faces_criticism_2021_10_14_abcnews_go_com_51-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_faces_criticism_2021_10_14_abcnews_go_com-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2021, Rutherford County settled with plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit, agreeing to payments of up to $11 million, to up to 1,450 potential claimants for wrongful arrest or incarceration, but denying any wrongdoing.<sup id="cite_ref-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org_34-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-black_children_jailed_2021_10_08_propublica_org-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-minors_settlement_2021_09_29_dnj_com_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minors_settlement_2021_09_29_dnj_com-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The settlement amount was amended to $5.1 million in December 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The settlement was subsequently denied by the county's insurer, Lloyd's of London, which wrote that the county was aware of its illegal juvenile detention practices prior to its coverage by the insurer, but "concealed or misrepresented material facts" to obtain the policy, which voided the policy; the county filed a federal lawsuit against the insurer in December 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2022, Republican Juvenile Court nominee Travis Lampley won the judgeship, stating the goals of restoring confidence in the juvenile court, and pledged "to uphold the integrity of the family unit", while the Rutherford County Commission is assembling a new Juvenile Detention Board to "oversee incarceration operations", including juvenile detention staff, who report to Judge Davenport.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Privatized_corrections">Privatized corrections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Privatized corrections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rutherford County outsourced some of its probation administration to Providence Community Corrections, and, in 2015, the arrangement was alleged in court to have violated racketeering laws—jailing impoverished people who did not pay court fines for misdemeanor offenses and traffic violations, and refusing to waive fees for indigent convicts. Seven probationers, many sick or disabled, living on food stamps, charged in court that they lost housing, jobs, cars—after multiple threats from Providence that they would be jailed for failing to pay.<sup id="cite_ref-Private_Probation_Company_nytimes_com_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Private_Probation_Company_nytimes_com-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-probation_violations_2014_10_18_commercialappeal_com_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-probation_violations_2014_10_18_commercialappeal_com-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, Rutherford County consented to end the use of for-profit, private probation companies, and PCC agreed to pay $14 million, spread among up to 25,000 court-identified victims, to settle the class action lawsuit.<sup id="cite_ref-thousands_2019_01_08_newschannel5_com_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thousands_2019_01_08_newschannel5_com-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-settlement_2018_05_07_prisonlegalnews_org_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settlement_2018_05_07_prisonlegalnews_org-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The top employers in the county are listed below. Rutherford County government including <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_County_Schools_(Tennessee)" title="Rutherford County Schools (Tennessee)">Rutherford County Schools</a> also employ 7,441 individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Murfreesboro">Murfreesboro</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Murfreesboro"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon Fulfillment Center</a>: 2,700</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee_State_University" title="Middle Tennessee State University">Middle Tennessee State University</a>: 2,205</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">City of Murfreesboro</a>: 2,388</li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Farm_Insurance" class="mw-redirect" title="State Farm Insurance">State Farm Insurance</a>: 1,650</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_-_Rutherford_Hospital" title="Saint Thomas - Rutherford Hospital">Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford</a>: 1,741</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veterans_Health_Administration" title="Veterans Health Administration">Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center</a>: 1,300</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Smyrna_and_La_Vergne">Smyrna and La Vergne</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Smyrna and La Vergne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nissan_Motor_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Nissan Motor Company">Nissan Motor Company</a>: 8,000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingram_Content_Group" title="Ingram Content Group">Ingram Book Company</a>: 1,700</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Farms" title="Taylor Farms">Taylor Farms</a>: 1,700</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asurion" title="Asurion">Asurion</a>: 1,250</li></ul> <p>The county is also home to <a href="/wiki/Barrett_Firearms_Manufacturing" title="Barrett Firearms Manufacturing">Barrett Firearms Manufacturing</a> and a <a href="/wiki/General_Mills" title="General Mills">General Mills</a> production facility. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eagleville,_Tennessee" title="Eagleville, Tennessee">Eagleville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Vergne,_Tennessee" title="La Vergne, Tennessee">La Vergne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">Murfreesboro</a> (county seat)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town">Town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Smyrna,_Tennessee" title="Smyrna, Tennessee">Smyrna</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christiana,_Tennessee" title="Christiana, Tennessee">Christiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockvale,_Tennessee" title="Rockvale, Tennessee">Rockvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walterhill,_Tennessee" title="Walterhill, Tennessee">Walterhill</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allisona,_Tennessee" title="Allisona, Tennessee">Allisona</a> (partial)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almaville,_Tennessee" title="Almaville, Tennessee">Almaville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barfield,_Tennessee" title="Barfield, Tennessee">Barfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackman,_Tennessee" title="Blackman, Tennessee">Blackman</a></li> <li>Cason Lane</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Grove,_Rutherford_County,_Tennessee" title="Cedar Grove, Rutherford County, Tennessee">Cedar Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Tennessee" title="Florence, Tennessee">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fosterville,_Tennessee" title="Fosterville, Tennessee">Fosterville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kittrell,_Tennessee" title="Kittrell, Tennessee">Kittrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lascassas,_Tennessee" title="Lascassas, Tennessee">Lascassas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Tennessee" title="Midland, Tennessee">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_Tennessee" title="Milton, Tennessee">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overall,_Tennessee" title="Overall, Tennessee">Overall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Readyville,_Tennessee" title="Readyville, Tennessee">Readyville</a> (partial)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Tennessee" title="Salem, Tennessee">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Versailles,_Tennessee" title="Versailles, Tennessee">Versailles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windrow,_Tennessee" title="Windrow, Tennessee">Windrow</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Rutherford_County,_Tennessee" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutherford County, Tennessee">National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutherford County, Tennessee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutherford_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/Tennessee_Military_Department" title="Tennessee Military Department">Tennessee National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_Tennessee" title="List of law enforcement agencies in Tennessee">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_state_symbols" title="List of Tennessee state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Tennessee" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Tennessee">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Tennessee" title="List of colleges and universities in Tennessee">Colleges and universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Tennessee" title="Crime in Tennessee">Crime</a></li> <li><a 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Tennessee">Grand Divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Tennessee" title="West Tennessee">West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Appalachian_Valley" title="Great Appalachian Valley">Great Appalachian Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Alluvial Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_embayment" title="Mississippi embayment">Mississippi embayment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Basin" title="Nashville Basin">Nashville Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Tennessee" title="Tri-Cities, Tennessee">Tri-Cities</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Tennessee" title="List of municipalities in Tennessee">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Tennessee" title="Clarksville, Tennessee">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">Murfreesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_Tennessee" title="Hendersonville, Tennessee">Hendersonville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_Tennessee" title="List of metropolitan areas of Tennessee">Metropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_metropolitan_area" title="Chattanooga metropolitan area">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Jackson metropolitan area, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City metropolitan area, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport%E2%80%93Bristol%E2%80%93Bristol_metropolitan_area" title="Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol metropolitan area">Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_metropolitan_area" title="Knoxville metropolitan area">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morristown_metropolitan_area" title="Morristown metropolitan area">Morristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_metropolitan_area" title="Nashville metropolitan area">Nashville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">Combined<br />statistical areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga%E2%80%93Cleveland%E2%80%93Dalton_combined_statistical_area" title="Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area">Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">Micropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cookeville_micropolitan_area" title="Cookeville micropolitan area">Cookeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tullahoma%E2%80%93Manchester_micropolitan_area" title="Tullahoma–Manchester micropolitan area">Tullahoma–Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_City_micropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Union City micropolitan area, Tennessee">Union City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Tennessee" title="List of counties in Tennessee">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Anderson County, Tennessee">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee" title="Bedford County, Tennessee">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Tennessee" title="Benton County, Tennessee">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bledsoe_County,_Tennessee" title="Bledsoe County, Tennessee">Bledsoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blount_County,_Tennessee" title="Blount County, Tennessee">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_County,_Tennessee" title="Bradley County, Tennessee">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Tennessee" title="Campbell County, Tennessee">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_County,_Tennessee" title="Cannon County, Tennessee">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Tennessee" title="Carroll County, Tennessee">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_County,_Tennessee" title="Carter County, Tennessee">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheatham_County,_Tennessee" title="Cheatham County, Tennessee">Cheatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Tennessee" title="Chester County, Tennessee">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Tennessee" title="Claiborne County, Tennessee">Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Tennessee" title="Clay County, Tennessee">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocke_County,_Tennessee" title="Cocke County, Tennessee">Cocke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_County,_Tennessee" title="Coffee County, Tennessee">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Tennessee" title="Crockett County, Tennessee">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Tennessee" title="Cumberland County, Tennessee">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee" title="Davidson County, Tennessee">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur_County,_Tennessee" title="Decatur County, Tennessee">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Tennessee" title="DeKalb County, Tennessee">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_County,_Tennessee" title="Dickson County, Tennessee">Dickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyer_County,_Tennessee" title="Dyer County, Tennessee">Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Tennessee" title="Fayette County, Tennessee">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fentress_County,_Tennessee" title="Fentress County, Tennessee">Fentress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Tennessee" title="Franklin County, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_County,_Tennessee" title="Gibson County, Tennessee">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Tennessee" title="Giles County, Tennessee">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grainger_County,_Tennessee" title="Grainger County, Tennessee">Grainger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Tennessee" title="Greene County, Tennessee">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Tennessee" title="Grundy County, Tennessee">Grundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamblen_County,_Tennessee" title="Hamblen County, Tennessee">Hamblen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Tennessee" title="Hamilton County, Tennessee">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Tennessee" title="Hancock County, Tennessee">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardeman_County,_Tennessee" title="Hardeman County, Tennessee">Hardeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Tennessee" title="Hardin County, Tennessee">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins_County,_Tennessee" title="Hawkins County, Tennessee">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_Tennessee" title="Haywood County, Tennessee">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Henderson County, Tennessee">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Tennessee" title="Henry County, Tennessee">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickman_County,_Tennessee" title="Hickman County, Tennessee">Hickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Tennessee" title="Houston County, Tennessee">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphreys_County,_Tennessee" title="Humphreys County, Tennessee">Humphreys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Tennessee" title="Jackson County, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Tennessee" title="Jefferson County, Tennessee">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Tennessee" title="Johnson County, Tennessee">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Tennessee" title="Knox County, Tennessee">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Tennessee" title="Lake County, Tennessee">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauderdale_County,_Tennessee" title="Lauderdale County, Tennessee">Lauderdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Tennessee" title="Lawrence County, Tennessee">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a 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