Smyrna, Tennessee

Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. Smyrna's population was 26,614 people at the 2000 census.

Businesses

Smyrna is the location of a very large manufacturing facility owned by Nissan, and has been since 1982. Many of the businesses in the town are related to manufacturing. Nissan has attracted other companies which support their plant, such as Square D and PREMIER System Integrators

Other types of businesses are the standard smaller town types: car dealerships, drug stores, banks, discount stores, and plenty of restaurants. With the change of the liquor laws in the late 1990s, larger chain restaurants started moving in, such as O'Charley's, Ruby Tuesday, Logan's Roadhouse, and Chili's.

There are more residents in Smyrna than jobs, so many of the residents commute to nearby Nashville and Murfreesboro.

Geography

Smyrna is located at (35.979574, -86.521108).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 23.0 square miles (59.5 km²), of which, 22.8 square miles (59.1 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.61%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 25,569 people, 9,608 households, and 7,061 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,119.8 people per square mile (432.4/km²). There were 10,016 housing units at an average density of 438.6/sq mi (169.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 87.23% White, 7.82% African American, 0.29% Native American, 1.21% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 1.81% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.31% of the population.

There were 9,608 households out of which 39.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the town the population was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 35.1% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $44,405, and the median income for a family was $51,550. Males had a median income of $37,130 versus $27,325 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,704. About 6.7% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.

Famous Residents

• Chad Chaffin, NASCAR driver
• Sam Davis (1842–1863), the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy"
• William Barksdale, Confederate General
• Doug Jernigan, Member of International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame

Landmarks

• Nissan Plant
• Sam Davis Home
• Smyrna Airport/Sewart Air Force Base

References

External links

• Official Smyrna site
• City-data.com Smyrna page
• Smyrna Airport
• Smyrna A.M. (newspaper)