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Knox County, TN

494,574 Population
508.3 square miles 972.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 39.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$40,317 ±$1,543 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $36,704 ±$350
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$69,999 ±$2,549 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $65,254 ±$848
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11.5% ±1.4% (55,201  ±6,555) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 915,683 (±0.5% / ±33,636)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

21.9 minutes ±0.5 (4,768,265  ±184,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.5 74,269,850 (±0.2 / ±832,004)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

201,193 ±2,525 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,846,684 ±11,934
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (480,498  ±635) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,904,210
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.2% ±0.9% (5,119  ±1,089) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5% 82,884 (±0.3% / ±5,160)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

217,248 ±282 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,144,583 ±494
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$305,400 ±$9,049 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $284,800 ±$2,559
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

14.1% ±1.3% (69,216  ±6,520.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13% 906,588 (±0.4% / ±26,656.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

92.7% ±2.8% (307,738  ±9,244.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 90.4% 4,398,598 (±0.7% / ±35,322.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
39.8% ±1.7% (132,048  ±5,743.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,513,960 (±0.4% / ±21,470.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.1% (29,928  ±4,088) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.6% 392,453
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.8% ±0.6% (26,833  ±2,279) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 7.2% 397,661 (±0.2% / ±9,591)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
26,833 Total veterans ±2,279 24,412 Male ±2,296 2,421 Female ±913

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