Tennessee’s population is predicted to reach nearly 8 million in less than two decades.
According to researchers at the University of Tennessee’s Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research, Tennessee is on track for the amount of adults 65 and older to increase by 25% by 2040. They say this is actually expected when comparing it to the trends we’ve seen the past few decades.
Read more about the population projections: https://fox17.com/news/local/tennessees-population-to-hit-8-million-by-2040-according-to-recent-study
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