Tennessee · Census place 4775940
Union City, Tennessee
Union City is a city in Obion County, Tennessee with an estimated 10,876 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 59th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,876
- #59 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- -2.6%
- -286 people
- Land area
- 12.1 sq mi
- Density
- 898 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Union City population, 2020 to 2024
Union City lost 286 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -74. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 99th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Union City is 90% of it.
Union City covers 12.11 square miles of land, for 898 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Union City is close to the typical town.
What county Union City is in
All of Union City's residents live in Obion County, which had 30,261 residents in 2024. Union City holds 35.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Union City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Union City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38261. 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 Union City is
The Census internal point of Union City is at 36.427100, -89.047700. Nashville, the capital, is 127.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Martin, TN (10,989 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 95.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.427100, -89.047700
- DMS
- 36°25'37.56"N 89°02'51.72"W
- UTM
- 16N 316434.3E 4033270.1N
- Geohash
- dn2xjxm7n
- Plus code
- 868GCXG2+RW
Daylight in Union City
At 36.43° N, Union City gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Union City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Troy, 8.5 miles away, with 1,407 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Union City, TN?
10,876 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 286 (2.6%) from 11,162 in July 2020.
What county is Union City in?
Obion County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Union City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38261.
How far is Union City from Nashville?
127.3 miles (204.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Union City.
What is the nearest larger city to Union City?
Martin, TN, with 10,989 residents, 12.6 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.