Tennessee · Census place 4710560

Camden, Tennessee

Camden is a city in Benton County, Tennessee with an estimated 3,692 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 127th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,692
#127 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+15 people
Land area
5.7 sq mi
Density
650 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Camden. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Camden population, 2020 to 2024

Camden added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

3,67720203,63620213,65520223,70220233,6922024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,677. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Camden covers 5.68 square miles of land, for 650 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Camden is less dense than the typical town.

What county Camden is in

All of Camden's residents live in Benton County, which had 16,173 residents in 2024. Camden holds 22.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Camden

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Camden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38320. 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 Camden is

The Census internal point of Camden is at 36.066300, -88.104600. Nashville, the capital, is 74.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Huntingdon, TN (4,502 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 54.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.066300, -88.104600
DMS
36°03'58.68"N 88°06'16.56"W
UTM
16N 400526.5E 3991866.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
868H3V8W+G5

Daylight in Camden

At 36.07° N, Camden gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Camden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Bruceton, 8.2 miles away, with 1,520 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Camden, TN?

3,692 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (0.4%) from 3,677 in July 2020.

What county is Camden in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Camden?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38320.

How far is Camden from Nashville?

74.0 miles (119.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Camden.

What is the nearest larger city to Camden?

Huntingdon, TN, with 4,502 residents, 18.0 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.