Diversity

There are 187k people living in Knoxville, Tennessee, of which 95.8% are citizens. 6.1% of Knoxville, Tennessee, citizens were born abroad as of 2020. (11.4k people).

Knoxville, Tennessee had 136k more White (non-Hispanic) residents in 2020 than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groups were White (Hispanic) with 6.09k individuals and Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) with 31.6k.

Ethnicity and Race

Knoxville, Tennessee had 136k more White (non-Hispanic) residents in 2020 than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groups were White (Hispanic) with 6.09k individuals and Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) with 31.6k.

The Hispanic population of Knoxville, Tennessee, is 5.41%. (10.1k people).

Population Born Abroad

6.1% of Knoxville, Tennessee citizens (11.4k persons) were foreign-born as of 2020, which is less than the 13.5% national average. In Knoxville, Tennessee, there were 5.84% citizens who were foreign-born in 2019, a growing percentage.

By Nativity, Age

The average age of all residents in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2020 was 32.9. With a median age of 33, residents who were born in the United States were typically younger than those who were born abroad, who had a median age of 35. However, the population of Knoxville, Tennessee, is aging. The average age of all people living in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2019 was 33.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico was the nation of birth of 88,072 Tennessee people who were foreign-born as of the year 2020, followed by India with 23,811 and Guatemala with 14,944.

Citizenship

The percentage of US citizens living in Knoxville, Tennessee as of 2020 was 95.8%, greater than the 93.4% national average. The percentage of US citizens in Knoxville, Tennessee, was 96.1% in 2019, indicating a declining citizenship rate.

Veterans

1.33 times more military troops from Vietnam than from any other combat reside in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Economy

Knoxville, Tennessee's median household income is $41,598. With a value of $169,792, Census Tract 57.10 had Knoxville, Tennessee's highest median family income in 2020. It was followed by Census Tracts 57.01 and 58.07, which had values of $124,259 and $112,292 respectively.

In Tennessee, the average income of men is $1.37 times greater than that of women, who earn $46,310 on average. Tennessee's level of income inequality, as determined by the Gini index, is 0.463, which is lower than the national average.

93.6k persons are employed in Knoxville, Tennessee's economy. The three industries with the highest wages in Knoxville, Tennessee are mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction ($98,393), utilities ($60,669), and management of companies & enterprises ($59,423). The three industries with the largest workforces are health care & social assistance (13,386), retail trade (12,994), and educational services (11,012 people).