Bolivar, Tennessee

Bolivar population, 2020 to 2024

Bolivar lost 104 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -35. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 97th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Bolivar is 42% of it.

Bolivar covers 8.11 square miles of land, for 627 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Bolivar is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bolivar is in

All of Bolivar's residents live in Hardeman County, which had 25,434 residents in 2024. Bolivar holds 20.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bolivar

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bolivar by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38008. 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 Bolivar is

The Census internal point of Bolivar is at 35.264000, -89.011900. Nashville, the capital, is 139.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Henderson, TN (6,519 people), 23.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 55.1 miles away.

Daylight in Bolivar

At 35.26° N, Bolivar gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bolivar

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Whiteville, 8.6 miles away, with 4,564 people.