Davidson County, Tennessee

Davidson County
Consolidated city-county
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Davidson County Courthouse
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee
Tennessee's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 36°10′N 86°47′W / 36.17°N 86.78°W / 36.17; -86.78
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Founded	October 6, 1783
Named for	William Lee Davidson[1]
Seat	Nashville
Largest city	Nashville
Government
• Mayor	Freddie O'Connell (D)
Area
• Total	526 sq mi (1,360 km2)
• Land	504 sq mi (1,310 km2)
• Water	22 sq mi (60 km2)  4.2%
Population  (2020)
• Total	715,884
• Estimate  (2023)	712,334
• Density	1,400/sq mi (530/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts	5th, 6th, 7th
Website	www.nashville.gov

Davidson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the heart of Middle Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 715,884,^[2] making it the 2nd most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Nashville,^[3] the state capital and most populous city.

Since 1963, the city of Nashville and Davidson County have had a consolidated government called the "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County", commonly referred to as "Metro Nashville" or "Metro".

Davidson County has the largest population in the 13-county Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area, the state's most populous metropolitan area. Nashville has always been one of the region's centers of commerce, industry, transportation, and culture, but it did not become the capital of Tennessee until 1827 and did not gain permanent capital status until 1843.^[1]