Tennessee · Census place 4741760

Lenoir City, Tennessee

Lenoir City is a city in Loudon County, Tennessee with an estimated 12,041 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 55th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,041
#55 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+18.9%
+1,915 people
Land area
8.6 sq mi
Density
1,395 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Lenoir City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Lenoir City population, 2020 to 2024

Lenoir City added 1,915 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.9%. In the latest year it moved by +305. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Lenoir City is 99% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,109. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lenoir City covers 8.63 square miles of land, for 1,395 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Lenoir City is denser than the typical town.

What county Lenoir City is in

All of Lenoir City's residents live in Loudon County, which had 62,129 residents in 2024. Lenoir City holds 19.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lenoir City

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lenoir City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37771, 37772. 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 Lenoir City is

The Census internal point of Lenoir City is at 35.815800, -84.283000. Nashville, the capital, is 141.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Farragut, TN (25,242 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 21.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.815800, -84.283000
DMS
35°48'56.88"N 84°16'58.80"W
UTM
16N 745474.2E 3966925.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
867QRP88+8Q

Daylight in Lenoir City

At 35.82° N, Lenoir City gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lenoir City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Loudon, 7.0 miles away, with 6,942 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lenoir City, TN?

12,041 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,915 (18.9%) from 10,126 in July 2020.

What county is Lenoir City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lenoir City?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37771, 37772.

How far is Lenoir City from Nashville?

141.9 miles (228.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Lenoir City.

What is the nearest larger city to Lenoir City?

Farragut, TN, with 25,242 residents, 7.1 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.