Tennessee · Census place 4738020

Jellico, Tennessee

Jellico is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee with an estimated 2,122 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 166th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,122
#166 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-29 people
Land area
6.2 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
341 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Jellico. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Jellico population, 2020 to 2024

Jellico lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,156. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jellico covers 6.22 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 341 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Jellico is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jellico is in

All of Jellico's residents live in Campbell County, which had 40,238 residents in 2024. Jellico holds 5.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jellico

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Jellico by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37762, 37847. 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 Jellico is

The Census internal point of Jellico is at 36.571600, -84.116200. Nashville, the capital, is 151.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Williamsburg, KY (5,332 people), 11.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 42.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.571600, -84.116200
DMS
36°34'17.76"N 84°06'58.32"W
UTM
16N 758053.4E 4051221.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
868QHVCM+JG

Daylight in Jellico

At 36.57° N, Jellico gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jellico

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is La Follette, 13.8 miles away, with 7,194 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jellico, TN?

2,122 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 29 (1.3%) from 2,151 in July 2020.

What county is Jellico in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jellico?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37762, 37847.

How far is Jellico from Nashville?

151.0 miles (243.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Jellico.

What is the nearest larger city to Jellico?

Williamsburg, KY, with 5,332 residents, 11.9 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.