Lakeland, Tennessee

Lakeland population, 2020 to 2024

Lakeland added 389 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +210. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 67th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Lakeland is 1.2 times that size.

Lakeland covers 23.51 square miles of land and 0.42 of water, for 613 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Lakeland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lakeland is in

All of Lakeland's residents live in Shelby County, which had 910,530 residents in 2024. Lakeland holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lakeland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lakeland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38002. 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 Lakeland is

The Census internal point of Lakeland is at 35.262800, -89.725000. Nashville, the capital, is 176.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arlington, TN (15,550 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 17.4 miles away.

Daylight in Lakeland

At 35.26° N, Lakeland gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lakeland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Arlington, 3.7 miles away, with 15,550 people.