Dickson, Tennessee

Dickson population, 2020 to 2024

Dickson added 810 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +102. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 43rd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Dickson is 1.4 times that size.

Dickson covers 20.52 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 823 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Dickson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dickson is in

All of Dickson's residents live in Dickson County, which had 57,641 residents in 2024. Dickson holds 29.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dickson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dickson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37055. 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 Dickson is

The Census internal point of Dickson is at 36.063300, -87.368800. Nashville, the capital, is 33.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Franklin, TN (89,142 people), 30.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 33.4 miles away.

Daylight in Dickson

At 36.06° N, Dickson 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 Dickson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Burns, 2.7 miles away, with 1,872 people.