Tennessee · Census place 4715400

Cleveland, Tennessee

Cleveland is a city in Bradley County, Tennessee with an estimated 50,232 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 18th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
50,232
#18 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+4.8%
+2,321 people
Land area
31.1 sq mi
Density
1,615 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Cleveland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Cleveland population, 2020 to 2024

Cleveland added 2,321 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.8%. In the latest year it moved by +904. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Cleveland is 4.1 times that size.

47.9k202048.1k202148.6k202249.3k202350.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 47,799. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cleveland covers 31.11 square miles of land, for 1,615 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Cleveland is denser than the typical town.

What county Cleveland is in

All of Cleveland's residents live in Bradley County, which had 113,782 residents in 2024. Cleveland holds 44.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cleveland

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cleveland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37311, 37312. 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 Cleveland is

The Census internal point of Cleveland is at 35.180000, -84.871300. Nashville, the capital, is 127.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chattanooga, TN (191,496 people), 22.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.180000, -84.871300
DMS
35°10'48.00"N 84°52'16.68"W
UTM
16N 693836.2E 3895079.8N
Geohash
dn78hsqd7
Plus code
867Q54JH+2F

Daylight in Cleveland

At 35.18° N, Cleveland 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 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cleveland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Benton, 12.4 miles away, with 1,458 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cleveland, TN?

50,232 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,321 (4.8%) from 47,911 in July 2020.

What county is Cleveland in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cleveland?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37311, 37312.

How far is Cleveland from Nashville?

127.1 miles (204.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Cleveland.

What is the nearest larger city to Cleveland?

Chattanooga, TN, with 191,496 residents, 22.7 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.