Covington, Tennessee

Covington population, 2020 to 2024

Covington lost 89 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +24. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 91st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Covington is 71% of it.

Covington covers 11.44 square miles of land, for 750 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Covington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Covington is in

All of Covington's residents live in Tipton County, which had 62,187 residents in 2024. Covington holds 13.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Covington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Covington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38019. 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 Covington is

The Census internal point of Covington is at 35.565900, -89.648500. Nashville, the capital, is 165.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atoka, TN (10,624 people), 12.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 36.4 miles away.

Daylight in Covington

At 35.57° N, Covington gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Covington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Brighton, 7.6 miles away, with 2,904 people.