Tennessee · Census place 4715160
Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County, Tennessee with an estimated 185,690 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 5th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 185,690
- #5 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +10.8%
- +18,157 people
- Land area
- 100.1 sq mi
- + 0.70 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,855 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Clarksville population, 2020 to 2024
Clarksville added 18,157 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.8%. In the latest year it moved by +4,548. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Clarksville is 15.3 times that size.
Clarksville covers 100.08 square miles of land and 0.70 of water, for 1,855 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Clarksville is denser than the typical town.
What county Clarksville is in
All of Clarksville's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 246,025 residents in 2024. Clarksville holds 75.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clarksville
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clarksville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37040, 37042, 37043, 42223. 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 Clarksville is
The Census internal point of Clarksville is at 36.566400, -87.345200. Nashville, the capital, is 41.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nashville-Davidson, TN (704,963 people), 41.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 135 m (443 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.566400, -87.345200
- DMS
- 36°33'59.04"N 87°20'42.72"W
- UTM
- 16N 469111.9E 4046828.9N
- Geohash
- dn9bh2tnt
- Plus code
- 868JHM83+HW
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Clarksville
At 36.57° N, Clarksville gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Clarksville daylight page.
Places near Clarksville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Pleasant View, 20.7 miles away, with 5,629 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clarksville, TN?
185,690 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 18,157 (10.8%) from 167,533 in July 2020.
What county is Clarksville in?
Montgomery County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clarksville?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37040, 37042, 37043, 42223.
How far is Clarksville from Nashville?
41.7 miles (67.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Clarksville.
What is the nearest larger city to Clarksville?
Nashville-Davidson, TN, with 704,963 residents, 41.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.