Nashville, TN: a steady community of 5,600, 154 in our $1M+ set

Nashville has about 5,600 residents of Asian Indian descent, almost the same as the 2015–2019 figure [1][2]. They are 0.8% of about 690,000 people in the consolidated city-county, outside its small separate cities [1][3].

Our database places 154 people at an estimated $1M+ under the Nashville name, 35 of them in our $5M+ bands [6].

• 5,618 residents of Asian Indian descent (alone or in combination) in Nashville, Tennessee, 2020–2024 average [1], or 0.8% of the population [3].
• -0.6% versus the 2015–2019 estimate of 5,651 [1][2] (our calculation).
• 154 people in the HeyAlbert database placed in Nashville, Tennessee at an estimated $1M+, of whom 35 are in our $5M+ bands [6].

How Nashville compares with nearby places

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts 5,618 people who report Asian Indian ancestry, alone or with another group, in Nashville [1], against 5,651 in 2015–2019 [2]. The table compares it with the places in Davidson County that have the largest Asian Indian communities. Figures are for whole places, and some places extend into neighboring counties [1][2][4].

Place	2020–2024	2015–2019	Change	Share of place
Nashville-Davidson (balance)	5,618	5,651	-1%	0.8%
Goodlettsville	118	15	687%	0.7%
Oak Hill	101	23	339%	2.2%
Forest Hills	55	35	57%	1.2%
Berry Hill	41	9	356%	2.1%
Belle Meade	0	17	-100%	0.0%
Ridgetop	0	4	-100%	0.0%

Asian Indian alone or in any combination. Sources: ACS 5-year estimates [1][2][4]; totals from Table B01003. Change and share are our calculations. Estimates carry margins of error.

The Census counts Nashville-Davidson apart from small cities inside the county, such as Goodlettsville, Oak Hill and Forest Hills [1][2][4]. Each of those has a few dozen to about 120 residents of Asian Indian descent [1][2][4].

The most concentrated communities

Raw counts favor big cities. Ranking places of 20,000+ residents by the share who report Asian Indian ancestry gives a different map [1][2][3][4][5]:

Place	Asian Indian residents	Total population	Share
Nashville-Davidson (balance)	5,618	690,130	0.8%

Places with 20,000+ residents and at least 1,000 Asian Indian residents. CDP = census-designated place. Sources: ACS 2020–2024 5-year, Tables B02018 and B01003 [1][2][3][4][5]; shares are our calculation.

What the HeyAlbert database shows in Nashville, Tennessee

HeyAlbert builds profiles of Indian-American individuals with an estimated net worth of $1M or more from public records, and every estimate is tied to a cited source. Our database currently places 154 such people in Nashville, Tennessee [6]. That is a count of people we have found and estimated, not a census of wealthy households: our coverage is partial and uneven.

Estimated net-worth band	People in our database
$5M+	35
$1M–5M	119
Total, $1M+	154

Source: HeyAlbert database [6]. Bands are estimates from public evidence; $5M+ combines our $5–15M and $25M+ tiers. Cells under 25 are suppressed.

City	$1M+	of which $5M+
Nashville	154	35

Source: HeyAlbert database [6]. Cities with 25+ people at $1M+; cells under 25 shown as <25. The city is where our sources place the person; for some records it is a workplace rather than a home. Our records are matched on the city name Nashville; the Census figures are for Nashville-Davidson (balance), the consolidated city-county government outside its separately incorporated small cities.

Of the 154 people in our Nashville set, 119 are in the $1M–5M band and 35 in our $5M+ bands [6]. Fewer than 25 have a public giving signal [6].

Why our Nashville, Tennessee count looks the way it does

Each estimate in our database rests on a primary piece of public evidence. The mix differs from place to place, depending on which records we have been able to process, and it shapes the counts above more than any real difference in wealth does [6].

Primary evidence for the estimate	People	Share
Home value (public assessor or listing records)	115	75%
Other public signals (executive roles, company filings, gifts, pay)	39	25%

Source: HeyAlbert database [6], people at $1M+. Categories under 25 not shown.

Public home-value records support 115 of the 154 estimates, about three in four (our calculation), and other public signals 39 [6].

What it means if you work with these families

For advisors, Nashville is a stable community whose $1M+ set in our data is mostly $1M–5M homeowners [1][2][6]. Our Tennessee post covers the rest of the state.

Methodology

Census figures are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020–2024 and 2015–2019, Table B02018, using “Asian Indian, alone or in any combination” [1][2]. Total population comes from Table B01003 [3]. The Census Bureau changed how it codes detailed race responses in 2020, so part of the change between the two periods may reflect coding rather than migration. All estimates carry margins of error. Shares and growth rates are our calculations.

HeyAlbert counts are aggregates from our database as of November 8, 2026 [6]. They include people we identified as likely of Indian origin with an estimated net worth of $1M or more, based on public records such as property assessments, professional licenses, patents, SEC filings and donor rolls. Coverage is partial and depends on which public records exist and which we have processed. These counts are not population totals. Any cell under 25 is suppressed, and we publish aggregates only, never individual records.

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HeyAlbert maps 209K+ wealthy Indian-American households and tells you who to call, with every fact cited. See who is in Nashville, Tennessee at heyalbert.site.

Sources

1. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B02018, places in Tennessee. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=040XX00US47$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
2. ACS 2015–2019 5-year estimates, Table B02018, places in Tennessee. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2019.B02018?g=040XX00US47$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
3. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B01003 (total population), places in Tennessee. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=040XX00US47$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
4. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B02018, places in Davidson County, Tennessee. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=050XX00US47037$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
5. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B01003, places in Davidson County, Tennessee. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=050XX00US47037$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
6. HeyAlbert database, aggregate counts (snapshot as of November 8, 2026); how we build it is described on our methodology page. HeyAlbert. https://heyalbert.site/research/methodology/