State profile
Tennessee FIPS 47
Population
6,859,497
Median household income
$58,516
Nonfarm employment
3,371,700
Business establishments
150,129
Every figure above traces to a primary source · view data sources & methodology
State Highlights
Largest employer sector
Health care and social assistance
455,877 employees
Business concentration
15.3%
of private employment in Health care and social assistance
Home prices, 1 year
+2.6%
FHFA
Federal outlays per capita
$14,636.76
USASpending.gov
Economy & Labor
Total nonfarm employment
BLS Current Employment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted · persons · 20 months available
· latest observation: August 2026
Employment ratio
50.2%
employed ÷ population
Unemployed population (ACS)
179,568
Vs. July
▲ 11,700
Business density
22.3 per 1,000
establishments per capita
Leading Industries
Leading industries by employment
Ranked by private-sector employment, same measure as the Business & Industry tab · see the full breakdown there
1
Health care and social assistance
455,877 employees
2
Manufacturing
357,878 employees
3
Retail trade
349,855 employees
4
Accommodation and food services
321,203 employees
5
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
292,794 employees
Leading Public Companies
Top 5 by latest reported revenue
SEC EDGAR / XBRL Company Facts · see the full listing on the Public Companies tab
FEDEX CORP · FDX
$94.72B
HCA Healthcare, Inc. · HCA
$75.60B
DOLLAR GENERAL CORP · DG
$42.72B
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/ · INPAP
$23.63B
AUTOZONE INC · AZO
$18.94B
Population & People
Homeownership rate
66.9%
1.78M of 2.66M occupied homes are owner-occupied
Population by age
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimate (table B01001) · reconciles to total population
Housing & Real Estate
Median home value
$193,700
Median gross rent
$951 / month
Vacancy rate
11.5%
Total housing units
3.01M
Owner-occupied homes
1.78M
Renter-occupied homes
881.5K
Home prices, 1 year
+2.6%
Home prices, 5 years
+50.0%
Latest FHFA period
2026 Q2
ACS: 2021 ACS 5-year · FHFA: 2026 Q2
ACS housing estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau — median home value reflects owner-reported value, not a current sale price. House-price changes are from the FHFA All-Transactions House Price Index, a measure of price appreciation over time, not a home-value estimate.
Federal Spending
Total federal outlays
$98.30B
Outlays per capita
$14,636.76
Total prime award value
$112.71B
Source: USASpending.gov · specific reporting period not published in this dataset
Business establishments
150,129
Private-sector employment
2,971,417
Annual payroll
$175.82B
Avg. employees / establishment
19.8
derived: employment ÷ establishments
Census County Business Patterns · reference year 2023 State Ledger collected this data Sep 19, 2026, 12:10 UTC — not the measurement period.
Industry breakdown
Ranked by private-sector employment · NAICS 2-digit sectors as published (merged groups such as 31-33 kept intact)
62Health care and social assistance
455,877 employees
17,524 establishments ·
$30.80B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 6
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (ACHC)
· Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT)
· COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC (CYH)
· HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA)
· NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP (NHC)
· Surgery Partners, Inc. (SGRY)
31-33Manufacturing
357,878 employees
5,787 establishments ·
$23.64B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 14
ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC (ASTE)
· Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. (ATMU)
· Cryoport, Inc. (CYRX)
· CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC (CPIX)
· Delek US Holdings, Inc. (DK)
· EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO (EMN)
· HARROW, INC. (HROW)
· Holley Inc. (HLLY)
· Insight Molecular Diagnostics Inc. (IMDX)
· INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/ (INPAP)
·+4 more
44-45Retail trade
349,855 employees
23,463 establishments ·
$12.74B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 3
AUTOZONE INC (AZO)
· DOLLAR GENERAL CORP (DG)
· GENESCO INC (GCO)
72Accommodation and food services
321,203 employees
15,443 establishments ·
$7.92B payroll
56Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
292,794 employees
8,258 establishments ·
$12.71B payroll
48-49Transportation and warehousing
188,529 employees
5,285 establishments ·
$10.72B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 3
COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC. (CVLG)
· FEDEX CORP (FDX)
· FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. (FDXF)
23Construction
145,006 employees
12,692 establishments ·
$10.31B payroll
54Professional, scientific, and technical services
141,886 employees
12,568 establishments ·
$13.07B payroll
52Finance and insurance
137,754 employees
9,913 establishments ·
$13.28B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 17
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. (AB)
· Canary Marinade Solana ETF (SOLC)
· Canary Staked SUI ETF (SUIS)
· Canary Staked TRX ETF (TRXS)
· CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC (CBL)
· Commercial Bancgroup, Inc. (CBK)
· Community Healthcare Trust Inc (CHCT)
· CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW)
· FB Financial Corp (FBK)
· FIRST HORIZON CORP (FHN)
·+7 more
42Wholesale trade
121,742 employees
6,463 establishments ·
$9.70B payroll
81Other services (except public administration)
121,010 employees
15,554 establishments ·
$4.53B payroll
55Management of companies and enterprises
118,357 employees
1,311 establishments ·
$12.58B payroll
61Educational services
69,379 employees
1,700 establishments ·
$3.14B payroll
71Arts, entertainment, and recreation
47,914 employees
3,294 establishments ·
$2.89B payroll
51Information
47,723 employees
2,980 establishments ·
$4.00B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 1
SurgePays, Inc. (SURG)
53Real estate and rental and leasing
45,728 employees
7,143 establishments ·
$3.11B payroll
22Utilities
3,505 employees
197 establishments ·
$334.03M payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 1
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVC)
21Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
3,420 employees
182 establishments ·
$260.89M payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 1
Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. (AMR)
11Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
1,631 employees
216 establishments ·
$81.17M payroll
99Industries not classified
226 employees
156 establishments ·
$12.15M payroll
Public-company links use SEC-to-NAICS sector mappings and may not cover every company headquartered here.
Publicly traded companies in the State Ledger SEC dataset headquartered in Tennessee.
The dataset is still expanding and is not yet a complete listing of every public company in the state.
Public companies listed
69
Companies showing market data
57
Eligible ticker coverage
73.1%
Latest session
Oct 12, 2026
Coverage is based on eligible SEC ticker symbols and may differ from the number of companies listed.
FEDEX CORP FDX
$292.18
+0.17%
Revenue$94.72B
Net income$4.43B
Assets$98.94B
$458.28
+1.58%
Revenue$75.60B
Net income$6.78B
Assets$60.72B
$126.53
-0.53%
Revenue$42.72B
Net income$1.51B
Assets$30.96B
$31.74
-1.18%
Revenue$23.63B
Net income-$3.52B
Assets$37.96B
AUTOZONE INC AZO
$2,901.15
-1.32%
Revenue$18.94B
Net income$2.50B
Assets$19.36B
$33.45
-0.76%
Revenue$15.52B
Net income$1.10B
Assets$10.93B
LKQ CORP LKQ
$22.09
+1.14%
Revenue$13.65B
Net income$608.00M
Assets$15.14B
Unum Group UNM
$92.58
+0.97%
Revenue$13.08B
Net income$738.50M
Assets$63.52B
$2.92
+5.42%
Revenue$12.49B
Net income$509.00M
Assets$13.20B
$77.33
+3.65%
Revenue$10.72B
Net income-$22.80M
Assets$6.85B
$113.00
-2.27%
Revenue$8.80B
Net income$655.00M
Assets$6.88B
$62.09
-0.97%
Revenue$8.75B
Net income$474.00M
Assets$14.86B
Ardent Health, Inc. ARDT
$11.51
+1.72%
Revenue$6.32B
Net income$135.81M
Assets$5.29B
$60.88
+0.32%
Revenue$4.18B
Net income$765.19M
Assets$3.73B
$23.05
-0.13%
Revenue$3.42B
Net income$982.00M
Assets$83.88B
KAISER ALUMINUM CORP KALU
$150.66
-0.55%
Revenue$3.37B
Net income$112.50M
Assets$2.56B
Sylvamo Corp SLVM
$31.23
-4.36%
Revenue$3.35B
Net income$132.00M
Assets$2.76B
$58.77
+2.33%
Revenue$3.32B
Net income$31.68M
Assets$2.02B
$30.08
+2.77%
Revenue$3.31B
Net income-$1.10B
Assets$5.53B
$10.24
+1.24%
Revenue$3.19B
Net income-$262.69M
Assets$5.95B
$65.94
+0.29%
Revenue$2.71B
Net income$146.00M
Assets$2.63B
$122.45
+1.75%
Revenue$2.58B
Net income$243.43M
Assets$6.18B
GENESCO INC GCO
$36.61
+0.25%
Revenue$2.44B
Net income$13.27M
Assets$1.39B
CoreCivic, Inc. CXW
$33.60
+2.00%
Revenue$2.21B
Net income$116.50M
Assets$3.26B
$116.45
-0.34%
Revenue$2.21B
Net income$446.91M
Assets$11.98B
$185.15
+1.80%
Revenue$2.13B
Net income-$61.69M
Assets$2.28B
Frontdoor, Inc. FTDR
$78.04
-2.29%
Revenue$2.09B
Net income$255.00M
Assets$2.14B
$43.09
+0.72%
Revenue$1.76B
Net income$207.40M
Assets$1.35B
$229.63
+1.19%
Revenue$1.52B
Net income$120.02M
Assets$1.53B
ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC ASTE
$39.52
+2.12%
Revenue$1.41B
Net income$38.80M
Assets$1.37B
$17.21
+0.35%
Revenue$1.18B
Net income-$246.07M
Assets$9.21B
$56.39
-0.10%
Revenue$1.01B
Net income$176.46M
Assets$2.78B
MALIBU BOATS, INC. MBUU
$21.56
-0.25%
Revenue$914.59M
Net income$1.65M
Assets$996.19M
Holley Inc. HLLY
$2.47
-0.60%
Revenue$613.51M
Net income$19.18M
Assets$1.16B
$48.70
+0.37%
Revenue$578.37M
Net income$135.97M
Assets$2.73B
$14.23
+1.75%
Revenue$523.85M
Net income$18.48M
Assets$512.77M
$8.63
-1.48%
Revenue$475.33M
Net income$33.57M
Assets$904.10M
$65.63
+1.19%
Revenue$375.63M
Net income$142.18M
Assets$2.80B
Revenue$357.46M
Net income$75.70M
Assets$5.88B
$19.23
-0.65%
Revenue$348.90M
Net income-$1.66M
Assets$500.43M
HEALTHSTREAM INC HSTM
$33.46
+0.94%
Revenue$304.06M
Net income$18.34M
Assets$520.37M
HARROW, INC. HROW
$29.11
-0.82%
Revenue$272.30M
Net income-$5.14M
Assets$399.48M
i3 Verticals, Inc. IIIV
$16.24
+1.44%
Revenue$213.16M
Net income$17.87M
Assets$638.41M
Cryoport, Inc. CYRX
$16.85
-2.88%
Revenue$176.18M
Net income$78.30M
Assets$764.99M
$13.56
-0.33%
Revenue$121.20M
Net income$5.10M
Assets$990.76M
SurgePays, Inc. SURG
$0.13
-10.83%
Revenue$56.96M
Net income-$36.07M
Assets$8.52M
$7.04
+0.43%
Revenue$44.52M
Net income-$2.84M
Assets$76.82M
$0.13
0.00%
Revenue$9.52M
Net income-$34.33M
Assets$31.82M
$3.16
-6.37%
Revenue$4.06M
Net income-$50.22M
Assets$25.76M
BIOREGENX, INC. BRGX
Revenue$1.85M
Net income-$1.54M
Assets$411.0K
Nakamoto Inc. NAKA
$8.23
-3.18%
Revenue$1.82M
Net income-$52.23M
Assets$730.61M
DAXOR CORP DXR
$10.68
0.00%
Revenue$1.45M
Net income-$7.19M
Assets$85.72M
Revenue$336.1K
Net income-$5.43M
Assets$697.5K
$34.72
-0.56%
Revenue—
Net income$299.84M
Assets$1.24B
Latest financials unavailable
$22.11
0.00%
Revenue—
Net income—
Assets$1.93M
$27.57
-7.76%
Latest financials unavailable
$24.53
-1.60%
Latest financials unavailable
Latest financials unavailable
$30.94
-0.77%
Revenue—
Net income$37.20M
Assets$2.29B
$32.00
+0.03%
Revenue—
Net income$7.24M
Assets$1.05B
$52.93
+0.61%
Revenue—
Net income$122.62M
Assets$16.30B
$10.20
0.00%
Revenue—
Net income—
Assets$175.42M
$52.76
+0.12%
Revenue—
Net income$23.01M
Assets$589.67M
Revenue—
Net income-$4.64M
Assets$7.93M
SMARTFINANCIAL INC. SMBK
$50.54
+1.16%
Revenue—
Net income$50.35M
Assets$5.86B
$13.36
-2.69%
Latest financials unavailable
$14.26
+2.59%
Revenue—
Net income-$77.90M
Assets$8.12B
$23.72
0.00%
Revenue—
Net income$1.36B
Assets$60.88B
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Showing top 10 of 69 companies by latest annual revenue
Sources: SEC EDGAR submissions (company information) · SEC XBRL Company Facts (financials) State Ledger collected this data Sep 19, 2026, 15:11 UTC — fiscal year above reflects each company's own reporting period, not this collection time. Market data: Alpaca via IEX, latest completed session stored by State Ledger. See the Markets & Economy page for the full non-SIP coverage disclosure and national market activity.
Education Summary
High school graduate+
88.76%
population 25+
Bachelor’s degree+
29.04%
population 25+
Public K-12 enrollment
1,006,752
1,900 schools
Student/teacher ratio
15.3 : 1
K-12 public schools
Educational Attainment
Attainment among population 25 and older
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates · 2021 ACS 5-year · 4,708,480 people
K-12 Education
Public schools
1,900
Teachers (FTE)
65,781
Graduation rate
90.00%
class of 2022
Per-pupil spending
$10,571
2021
Average teacher salary
$53,619
2022
National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics · reference year 2023
Higher Education
College enrollment
308,710
Degree-granting institutions
82
Avg. published tuition, public 4-yr
$10,437
Public
24
Private nonprofit
42
Private for-profit
16
National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics · reference year 2023
Schools & Institutions
A H Roberts Elementary
Regular School
342 enrolled
A L Lotts Elementary
Regular School
1,011 enrolled
A. B. Hill Elementary
Regular School
618 enrolled
A. Maceo Walker Middle
Regular School
729 enrolled
A. Z. Kelley Elementary
Regular School
709 enrolled
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Regular School
399 enrolled
Adamsville Elementary
Regular School
709 enrolled
Adamsville High School
Regular School
441 enrolled
Adrian Burnett Elementary
Regular School
496 enrolled
Alamo Elementary
Regular School
578 enrolled
Alcoa Elementary
Regular School
552 enrolled
Alcoa High School
Regular School
705 enrolled
Alcoa Intermediate School
Regular School
473 enrolled
Alcoa Middle School
Regular School
481 enrolled
Alcy Elementary
Regular School
661 enrolled
Alex Green Elementary
Regular School
424 enrolled
Alexander Elementary School
Regular School
385 enrolled
Algood Elementary
Regular School
521 enrolled
Algood Middle School
Regular School
757 enrolled
Allardt Elementary
Regular School
390 enrolled
Showing 1–20 of 1,897
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) · Common Core of Data (K-12) / IPEDS (higher education) State Ledger collected this directory Sep 21, 2026, 19:14 UTC — reference year above reflects NCES's own collection period, not this collection time.