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Tennessee covers roughly 42,143 square miles (109,150 km 2), of which 926 square miles (2,400 km 2), or 2.2%, is water. It is the 16th smallest state in terms of land area. The state is about 440 miles (710 km) long from east to west and 112 miles (180 km) wide from north to south.
At some 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2; 1,289 sq mi) [3] it is larger than both the land area of Rhode Island and the area of the European country Luxembourg. [4] It is mainly a cattle ranch, but also produced the racehorse Assault, who won the Triple Crown in 1946. The headquarters of the King Ranch are in an office building in Houston, Texas. [5]
This is a complete list of all 50 U.S. states, its federal district (Washington, D.C.) and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area. [1] The water area includes inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes and territorial waters. Glaciers and intermittent bodies of water are counted as land area. [2]
Combined statistical area Population 2009 estimates 1 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia: 1,666,566 2 Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville-La Follette: 1,053,627 3 Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens: 690,400 4 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol: 503,010 5 Jackson-Humboldt: 163,097 6 Martin-Union City: 71,704
Counties of Tennessee Location State of Tennessee Number 95 Populations 5,128 (Pickett) - 910,042 (Shelby) Areas 114 sq mi (300 km 2) (Trousdale) -755 sq mi (1,960 km 2) (Shelby) Government County government Subdivisions cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place There are 95 counties in the U.S. State of Tennessee. As of 2023, Shelby County was both Tennessee's most ...
Tennessee has the eighth-most farms in the nation, which cover more than 40% of its land area and have an average size of about 155 acres (0.63 km 2). [299] Cash receipts for crops and livestock have an estimated annual value of $3.5 billion, and the agriculture sector has an estimated annual impact of $81 billion on the state's economy. [ 299 ]
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The Nashville metropolitan area is located in the central part of the state of Tennessee, entirely within the Grand Division of Middle Tennessee, as defined by state law. Both the geographical center and population center of Tennessee are found in Murfreesboro , the second-largest city in the metropolitan area.