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Table 13

TENNESSEE

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by State and Agency, 2016

Agency Type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter Population1
Race/
Ethnicity/
Ancestry 		Religion Sexual
orientation 		Disability Gender Gender
Identity 		1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 93 18 25 6 0 0
Cities 50 12 20 3 0 0
Alcoa 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 9,503
Alexandria 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 978
Bristol 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26,656
Chattanooga 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 177,801
Clarksville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 152,526
Cleveland 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 44,423
Coopertown 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4,426
Covington 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9,039
Cowan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1,698
Dyersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16,711
East Ridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21,311
Franklin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 74,771
Gallaway 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 654
Greenbrier 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6,807
Hendersonville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 56,965
Humboldt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8,287
Jackson 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 66,990
Jamestown 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1,945
Jasper 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,323
Johnson City 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 66,511
Kingsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 53,059
Knoxville 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 186,583
Lebanon 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 31,125
Lenoir City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,175
Livingston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4,073
Memphis 1 1 7 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 656,434
Milan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7,803
Millington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11,002
Morristown 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29,576
Murfreesboro2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 129,730
Nashville Metropolitan 5 2 5 0 0 0 3 4 5 0 668,685
Newport 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6,812
Oak Ridge 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29,296
Pigeon Forge 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6,230
Portland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12,502
Spring Hill 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 37,599
White House 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11,419
Universities and Colleges 3 1 1 0 0 0
Pellissippi State Community College 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10,325
Tennessee Technological University 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10,900
University of Tennessee, Knoxville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27,845
University of the South 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1,797
Metropolitan Counties 28 4 4 3 0 0
Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bradley 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Dickson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Hamblen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hamilton 2 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
Knox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Montgomery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roane 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rutherford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Shelby 16 0 0 2 0 0 6 5 2 5
Sullivan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Nonmetropolitan Counties 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lawrence 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sevier 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Other Agencies 11 0 0 0 0 0
Department of Safety 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 2
  • 1 Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2015 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 Includes one incident reported with more than one bias motivation.

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