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Tennessee #26
46.0 composite of 100 Based on 61% of intended metrics
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Bill Lee R
Mayor · since 2019-01-19
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Establishment entry rate (new business formation)10.62% · Census BDS 2022 ·
35.1
Job creation rate15.795% · Census BDS 2022 ·
34.9
Nonfarm job growth (YoY)0.03% · April 2026 ·
73.3
Not yet sourced: Metro GDP growth (BEA metro GDP key blocked by signup CAPTCHA); Business survival rate (BLS BED ingest pending); Cost of doing business (C2ER + Tax Foundation feed pending).