Tennessee · Census place 4753000

Newport, Tennessee

Newport is a city in Cocke County, Tennessee with an estimated 6,954 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,954
#82 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+100 people
Land area
5.5 sq mi
Density
1,258 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Newport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Newport population, 2020 to 2024

Newport added 100 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +24. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 78th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Newport is 57% of it.

6,85420206,81520216,87220226,93020236,9542024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,850. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newport covers 5.53 square miles of land, for 1,258 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Newport is denser than the typical town.

What county Newport is in

All of Newport's residents live in Cocke County, which had 37,596 residents in 2024. Newport holds 18.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37821. 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 Newport is

The Census internal point of Newport is at 35.961600, -83.197600. Nashville, the capital, is 200.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morristown, TN (32,994 people), 17.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 42.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.961600, -83.197600
DMS
35°57'41.76"N 83°11'51.36"W
UTM
17N 301824.4E 3981921.8N
Geohash
dnkudf97e
Plus code
867RXR62+JX

Daylight in Newport

At 35.96° N, Newport gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is White Pine, 10.8 miles away, with 2,584 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newport, TN?

6,954 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 100 (1.5%) from 6,854 in July 2020.

What county is Newport in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Newport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37821.

How far is Newport from Nashville?

200.8 miles (323.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Newport.

What is the nearest larger city to Newport?

Morristown, TN, with 32,994 residents, 17.7 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.