Tennessee · Census place 4775820

Unicoi, Tennessee

Unicoi is a town in Unicoi County, Tennessee with an estimated 3,845 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 123rd largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,845
#123 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+35 people
Land area
16.2 sq mi
Density
237 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Unicoi. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

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Unicoi population, 2020 to 2024

Unicoi added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +21.

3,81020203,77520213,78320223,82420233,8452024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,816. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Unicoi covers 16.19 square miles of land, for 237 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Unicoi is less dense than the typical town.

What county Unicoi is in

All of Unicoi's residents live in Unicoi County, which had 17,872 residents in 2024. Unicoi holds 21.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Unicoi

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Unicoi by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37692. 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 Unicoi is

The Census internal point of Unicoi is at 36.221800, -82.329200. Nashville, the capital, is 248.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Erwin, TN (6,020 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 92.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.221800, -82.329200
DMS
36°13'18.48"N 82°19'45.12"W
UTM
17N 380535.5E 4009368.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
868V6MCC+P8

Daylight in Unicoi

At 36.22° N, Unicoi 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 Unicoi

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Erwin, 7.0 miles away, with 6,020 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Unicoi, TN?

3,845 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (0.9%) from 3,810 in July 2020.

What county is Unicoi in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Unicoi?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37692.

How far is Unicoi from Nashville?

248.4 miles (399.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Unicoi.

What is the nearest larger city to Unicoi?

Erwin, TN, with 6,020 residents, 7.0 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.

  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.