Tennessee · Census place 4761040

Pulaski, Tennessee

Pulaski is a city in Giles County, Tennessee with an estimated 8,241 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 72nd largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,241
#72 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-140 people
Land area
7.8 sq mi
Density
1,054 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Pulaski. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Pulaski population, 2020 to 2024

Pulaski lost 140 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -61. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 96th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Pulaski is 68% of it.

8,38120208,24620218,26820228,30220238,2412024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,396. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pulaski covers 7.82 square miles of land, for 1,054 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Pulaski is denser than the typical town.

What county Pulaski is in

All of Pulaski's residents live in Giles County, which had 30,971 residents in 2024. Pulaski holds 26.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pulaski

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pulaski by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38478. 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 Pulaski is

The Census internal point of Pulaski is at 35.193300, -87.033600. Nashville, the capital, is 68.7 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lawrenceburg, TN (12,112 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 39.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.193300, -87.033600
DMS
35°11'35.88"N 87°02'0.96"W
UTM
16N 496941.2E 3894480.2N
Geohash
dn605w8pf
Plus code
867J5XV8+8H

Daylight in Pulaski

At 35.19° N, Pulaski 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 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pulaski

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Cornersville, 15.4 miles away, with 1,362 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pulaski, TN?

8,241 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 140 (1.7%) from 8,381 in July 2020.

What county is Pulaski in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pulaski?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38478.

How far is Pulaski from Nashville?

68.7 miles (110.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Pulaski.

What is the nearest larger city to Pulaski?

Lawrenceburg, TN, with 12,112 residents, 17.3 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.