Tennessee · Census place 4766940
Selmer, Tennessee
Selmer is a town in McNairy County, Tennessee with an estimated 4,590 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 109th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,590
- #109 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +2.7%
- +121 people
- Land area
- 9.6 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 481 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Selmer population, 2020 to 2024
Selmer added 121 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +109.
Selmer covers 9.55 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 481 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Selmer is less dense than the typical town.
What county Selmer is in
All of Selmer's residents live in McNairy County, which had 26,103 residents in 2024. Selmer holds 17.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Selmer
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Selmer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38375. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Selmer is
The Census internal point of Selmer is at 35.170600, -88.595100. Nashville, the capital, is 122.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corinth, MS (14,219 people), 16.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 77.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.170600, -88.595100
- DMS
- 35°10'14.16"N 88°35'42.36"W
- UTM
- 16N 354740.9E 3893127.1N
- Geohash
- dn2bpfx58
- Plus code
- 867H5CC3+6X
Daylight in Selmer
At 35.17° N, Selmer 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 Selmer
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Adamsville, 12.6 miles away, with 2,074 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Selmer, TN?
4,590 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 121 (2.7%) from 4,469 in July 2020.
What county is Selmer in?
McNairy County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Selmer?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38375.
How far is Selmer from Nashville?
122.7 miles (197.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Selmer.
What is the nearest larger city to Selmer?
Corinth, MS, with 14,219 residents, 16.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.