Jefferson City, Tennessee

Jefferson City population, 2020 to 2024

Jefferson City added 609 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +259. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Jefferson City is 74% of it.

Jefferson City covers 7.01 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,286 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Jefferson City is denser than the typical town.

What county Jefferson City is in

All of Jefferson City's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 59,217 residents in 2024. Jefferson City holds 15.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jefferson City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jefferson City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37760. 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 Jefferson City is

The Census internal point of Jefferson City is at 36.120800, -83.483300. Nashville, the capital, is 184.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morristown, TN (32,994 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 28.0 miles away.

Daylight in Jefferson City

At 36.12° N, Jefferson City 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 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jefferson City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is New Market, 4.5 miles away, with 1,416 people.