Tennessee · Census place 4722200

Dyersburg, Tennessee

Dyersburg is a city in Dyer County, Tennessee with an estimated 15,915 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,915
#39 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-203 people
Land area
17.3 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
919 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Dyersburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Dyersburg population, 2020 to 2024

Dyersburg lost 203 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -15. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 94th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Dyersburg is 1.3 times that size.

16.1k202016.0k202115.9k202215.9k202315.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,162. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dyersburg covers 17.32 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 919 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Dyersburg is close to the typical town.

What county Dyersburg is in

All of Dyersburg's residents live in Dyer County, which had 36,403 residents in 2024. Dyersburg holds 43.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dyersburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dyersburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38024. 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 Dyersburg is

The Census internal point of Dyersburg is at 36.046800, -89.378000. Nashville, the capital, is 145.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jackson, TN (69,303 people), 40.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 72.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.046800, -89.378000
DMS
36°02'48.48"N 89°22'40.80"W
UTM
16N 285784.1E 3991756.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
868G2JWC+PR

Daylight in Dyersburg

At 36.05° N, Dyersburg gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 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 Dyersburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Newbern, 7.7 miles away, with 3,247 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dyersburg, TN?

15,915 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 203 (1.3%) from 16,118 in July 2020.

What county is Dyersburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Dyersburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38024.

How far is Dyersburg from Nashville?

145.0 miles (233.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Dyersburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Dyersburg?

Jackson, TN, with 69,303 residents, 40.8 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.