Belle Meade sees 5th straight year of small population declines

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By Wendy Sturges | 12:05 AM May 21, 2020 CDT

New 2019 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau released May 21 show the city of Belle Meade has had a population decrease for the fifth year in a row.

The city saw a slight population decrease of 0.7% from 2018-19, marking a 10-year low of 2,858 residents, according to census data.

Since 2014, the city has seen a 1.3% decrease in the number of residents in the city.

However, since 2010, the city’s population has varied slightly year over year, rising to a peak of 3,003 in 2014.

Over the last 10 years, the city population has changed by a margin of less than 100 residents, according to historic data.

Belle Meade U.S. Census Bureau

By Wendy Sturges

A Houston native and graduate of St. Edward's University in Austin, Wendy Sturges has worked as a community journalist covering local government, health care, business and development since 2011. She has worked with Community Impact since 2015 as a reporter and editor and moved to Tennessee in 2019.