Every 10 years, after the U.S. Census, Metro Nashville must re-establish the boundaries for Metro Council and School Board districts. The new districts must be balanced in population and follow traditional redistricting criteria, in conformance with federal, state, and local rules. The Metro Charter assigns responsibility for redistricting to the Planning Commission, which makes its recommendation to the Metro Council for adoption. This page contains archived material from the 2021 redistricting process.
Approved Council and School Board maps
- Council district profiles
- Poster of Council Districts
- School Board district profiles
- Poster of School Board Districts
Background on redistricting
The links below provide background on the redistricting process in Nashville.
One page introduction to redistricting
Video explainers:
- An introduction to redistricting
- Redistricting criteria for drawing district boundaries
- Redistricting adoption process
Nashville growth in the 2010s (storymap of 2020 Census data, with preliminary findings for redistricting)
Interactive maps of Nashville districts over time:
Compare draft redistricting maps from this cycle
Planning staff produced multiple draft maps for each set of districts. The links below provide background material and interactive comparison maps for each draft map in the process.
- Council District map comparisons (Proposal A, Proposal B, Proposal C, and recommended draft)
- School Board map comparisons (Proposal A, Proposal B, and recommended draft)