Tennessee · Census place 4750280

Morristown, Tennessee

Morristown is a city in 2 counties of Tennessee with an estimated 32,994 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 26th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
32,994
#26 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+8.3%
+2,515 people
Land area
27.9 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,183 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Morristown. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Nashville.

Morristown population, 2020 to 2024

Morristown added 2,515 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.3%. In the latest year it moved by +772. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Morristown is 2.7 times that size.

30.5k202030.5k202131.5k202232.2k202333.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 30,446. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Morristown covers 27.90 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,183 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Morristown is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Morristown spans

Morristown crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 32,994 residents as follows; Hamblen County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Hamblen County32,990
  2. 02Jefferson County4
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Morristown

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Morristown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37813, 37814. 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 Morristown is

The Census internal point of Morristown is at 36.204400, -83.300000. Nashville, the capital, is 194.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Knoxville, TN (198,722 people), 39.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.204400, -83.300000
DMS
36°12'15.84"N 83°18'0.00"W
UTM
17N 293225.8E 4009072.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
868R6M3X+QX

Daylight in Morristown

At 36.20° N, Morristown gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Morristown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is White Pine, 7.2 miles away, with 2,584 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Morristown, TN?

32,994 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,515 (8.3%) from 30,479 in July 2020.

What county is Morristown in?

It spans 2 counties: Hamblen County (32,990 residents), Jefferson County (4 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Morristown?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37813, 37814.

How far is Morristown from Nashville?

194.3 miles (312.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Morristown.

What is the nearest larger city to Morristown?

Knoxville, TN, with 198,722 residents, 39.7 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.