Tennessee · Census place 4702340

Atoka, Tennessee

Atoka is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee with an estimated 10,624 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,624
#61 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+5.6%
+563 people
Land area
12.1 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
876 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Atoka. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Atoka population, 2020 to 2024

Atoka added 563 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.6%. In the latest year it moved by +65. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Atoka is 88% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,015. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Atoka covers 12.13 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 876 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Atoka is close to the typical town.

What county Atoka is in

All of Atoka's residents live in Tipton County, which had 62,187 residents in 2024. Atoka holds 17.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Atoka

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Atoka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38004. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Atoka is

The Census internal point of Atoka is at 35.425900, -89.784400. Nashville, the capital, is 175.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Millington, TN (11,486 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 24.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.425900, -89.784400
DMS
35°25'33.24"N 89°47'3.84"W
UTM
16N 247209.5E 3923837.5N
Geohash
dn21schfz
Plus code
867GC6G8+96

Daylight in Atoka

At 35.43° N, Atoka gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Atoka

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Munford, 2.1 miles away, with 6,896 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Atoka, TN?

10,624 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 563 (5.6%) from 10,061 in July 2020.

What county is Atoka in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Atoka?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38004.

How far is Atoka from Nashville?

175.7 miles (282.8 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Atoka.

What is the nearest larger city to Atoka?

Millington, TN, with 11,486 residents, 9.1 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.