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Overview of Tennessee

Area
    42,144 SQ. MI.
GDP
    $349.569 Billion

College Educated
    35%
Population
    6,715,984

Capital
    Nashville
Median Income
    $28,764

Tennessee became the 16th state in 1796, bordered by eight present-day states and the Mississippi River. Though in its early days the state played a significant role in the abolition of slavery, by 1860 about 1 in 4 of all the people in Tennessee were slaves.

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The divided state was the last to secede from the Union in 1861, and many battles were fought in Tennessee. After the war, the state ratified the 14th Amendment, which provides citizenship rights and equal protection laws.

During the Scopes Trial of 1925, the state received national attention when it brought a court case against a high school biology teacher who taught evolution in school, which was against the law. Also in the 1920s, Tennessee emerged as the heartland of traditional country music, with Nashville's Grande Ole Opry becoming the longest-running radio broadcast in American history.

Tennessee played a vital role during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and was the site of lunch counter sit-ins, nonviolent protests that garnered national attention to desegregation efforts. Although the activism of African-Americans in Tennessee helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, it was in Memphis in 1968 that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

Package shipping giant FedEx and health care and medical facility firm HCA Holdings are among the Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Tennessee. Non-agricultural growth has boosted Tennessee's economy in recent years, with the manufacturing and mining, logging and construction industries experiencing strong growth.

Tourists in Tennessee flock to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which welcomes more than 10 million visitors annually. Memphis boasts Elvis Presley's house, Graceland, the second-most visited residence in the country after the White House. Nashville, Chattanooga and Gatlinburg are also popular tourist destinations.
Tennessee Rankings
Overall Rankings
CategoryRank
#26 out of 50 in 2018
#30
Overall Rank
Read our methodology to see how the scores and rankings were calculated.

    #43
    Health Care
    #35
    Education
    #12
    Economy
    #13
    Infrastructure
    #26
    Opportunity
    #1
    Fiscal Stability
    #43
    Crime & Corrections
    #37
    Natural Environment

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee

[loveguru1000]

My home state just does it better all around better than California or NY.. ..We are the best state in the country
Oversees girls make sure u visit MEMPHIS, NASHVILLE and SMOKY MOUNTAINS. ..

[Kaeli.]

30/50?

[loveguru1000]

30/50?

Where u from? I bet its better than your state

[Kaeli.]

30/50?

Where u from? I bet its better than your state

GODssouri is shitty and we're still higher on the list than you

[loveguru1000]

30/50?

Where u from? I bet its better than your state

GODssouri is shitty and we're still higher on the list than you

NOT missouri boring ass . .u may be higher but who wants to visit missouri

[loveguru1000]

30th

must be a shithole

nope faggot that would be Mississippi Alabama Arkansas and New Mexico

[Kaeli.]

no one has ever said "hey guys, let's visit Tennessee"

hdmxjxkd

aint shit there but Nashville 

[Kaeli.]

Which is only for whites 

So u have nothing 

[loveguru1000]

no one has ever said "hey guys, let's visit Tennessee"

hdmxjxkd

aint shit there but Nashville

thats a damn lie people visit Nashville, Memphis, Smoky Mountains all the time. .. theres so much to do in the state
What is there to do in missouri exactly I may be missing out

[FlowerBomb]

Could never live in the south
it looks so hot and scary

[loveguru1000]

Which is only for whites

So u have nothing

Nashville for whites and Memphis for blacks even... .
What is St Louis for
and what is Kansas City for
Those cities barely reaching Nashville and Memphis in overall population

[loveguru1000]

Could never live in the south
it looks so hot and scary

who wants to live in UK and London tho

[FlowerBomb]

is this a trick question lol

[Ma Lo]

Where does Chicago rank? Chitown>>>>