Tennessee · Census place 4700640

Algood, Tennessee

Algood is a city in Putnam County, Tennessee with an estimated 4,104 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 120th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,104
#120 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+3.0%
+120 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
1,003 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Algood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

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Algood population, 2020 to 2024

Algood added 120 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

3,98420203,98420213,98720224,12620234,1042024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,966. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Algood covers 4.09 square miles of land, for 1,003 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Algood is close to the typical town.

What county Algood is in

All of Algood's residents live in Putnam County, which had 84,894 residents in 2024. Algood holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Algood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Algood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38506. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Algood is

The Census internal point of Algood is at 36.200000, -85.446800. Nashville, the capital, is 74.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cookeville, TN (37,102 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Murfreesboro, TN, 59.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.200000, -85.446800
DMS
36°12'0.00"N 85°26'48.48"W
UTM
16N 639637.1E 4007249.7N
Geohash
dn7jzw583
Plus code
868P6H23+27

Daylight in Algood

At 36.20° N, Algood gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Algood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Cookeville, 5.2 miles away, with 37,102 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Algood, TN?

4,104 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 120 (3.0%) from 3,984 in July 2020.

What county is Algood in?

Putnam County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Algood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38506.

How far is Algood from Nashville?

74.6 miles (120.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Algood.

What is the nearest larger city to Algood?

Cookeville, TN, with 37,102 residents, 5.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.