Knox County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 384,631100.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 38,37710.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 21,4645.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 12,4733.3%Two or more races
  • 9,9222.6%Asian alone
  • 1,9550.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1,3770.4%Some other race alone
  • 1140.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $262,440

Here:	$262,440
State:	$260,661

Townhouses or other attached units: $197,841

Here:	$197,841
State:	$241,796

In 2-unit structures: $234,107

Here:	$234,107
State:	$215,388

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $226,397

Here:	$226,397
State:	$189,639

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $205,221

Here:	$205,221
State:	$254,887

Mobile homes: $70,012

Here:	$70,012
State:	$90,685

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 15
• Robberies: 66
• Assaults: 437
• Burglaries: 1575
• Thefts: 3377
• Auto thefts: 442

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 4
• Rapes: 29
• Robberies: 84
• Assaults: 465
• Burglaries: 1518
• Thefts: 3669
• Auto thefts: 450

Health of residents in Knox County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

Health of residents in Knox County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,196 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,194 (0.6%)

Area name: Knoxville, TN MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Knox County is $472 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $569 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $762 a month.

Cities in this county include: Knoxville, Concord, Farragut, Hardin Valley, Powell, Karns, Gibbs, Skaggston, Corryton, Mascot.

2018 air pollution in Knox County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.027 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 17.0 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 9.5 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Alexander County, North Carolina , Chowan County, North Carolina , Grainger County , San Luis Obispo County, California , Martin County, North Carolina , Nash County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 33,984
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 37.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 24,343 (49.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 8,7022010 or later
• 7,4922000 to 2009
• 3,6171990 to 1999
• 2,1411980 to 1989
• 1,0441970 to 1979
• 1,488Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 137,906
• One, attached: 10,762
• Two: 4,275
• 3 or 4: 6,682
• 5 to 9: 12,143
• 10 to 19: 14,916
• 20 to 49: 6,604
• 50 or more: 7,778
• Mobile homes: 9,035

Housing units in Knox County with a mortgage: 78,646 (1,372 second mortgage, 4,902 home equity loan, 198 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43,135

Religion statistics for Knox County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Knox County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4514, Natural disaster type: Other
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 19, 2019 - March 30, 2019, FEMA Id: 4427, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: May 27, 2017 - May 28, 2017, FEMA Id: 4320, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: February 15, 2015 to February 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4211: April 02, 2015, FEMA Id: 4211, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 18, 2011 to June 24, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4005: July 20, 2011, FEMA Id: 4005, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 25, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1974: May 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 1974, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3217: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3217, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1464: May 08, 2003, FEMA Id: 1464, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding, Incident Period: May 23, 2000 to May 31, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1331: June 12, 2000, FEMA Id: 1331, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: April 16, 1998 to May 18, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1215: April 20, 1998, FEMA Id: 1215, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.62% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($55,358 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($316 average AGI)

Knox County:	0.04%
Tennessee average:	0.04%

3.27% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($20,960 average AGI)
3.31% relocated from other states ($34,081 average AGI)

Knox County:	3.31%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from Blount County, TN	0.52% ($41,417 average AGI)
from Anderson County, TN	0.48% ($51,501)
from Sevier County, TN	0.33% ($40,346)
from Loudon County, TN	0.22% ($58,051)
from Jefferson County, TN	0.16% ($38,117)
from Roane County, TN	0.13% ($59,667)
from Davidson County, TN	0.13% ($40,627)

6.14% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($56,522 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($274 average AGI)

Knox County:	0.03%
Tennessee average:	0.04%

3.18% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($25,689 average AGI)
2.93% relocated to other states ($30,559 average AGI)

Knox County:	2.93%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to Blount County, TN	0.51% ($58,398 average AGI)
to Anderson County, TN	0.46% ($38,648)
to Sevier County, TN	0.24% ($35,298)
to Loudon County, TN	0.24% ($65,386)
to Davidson County, TN	0.22% ($66,249)
to Hamilton County, TN	0.15% ($49,121)
to Jefferson County, TN	0.15% ($49,588)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.5
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 5.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Knox County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 95,220 (27,039 living alone), Female householders: 96,705 (32,913 living alone)

• 88,947 spouses (88,433 opposite-sex spouses), 11,133 unmarried partners, (10,530 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 120,320 children (110,285 natural, 5,989 adopted, 4,046 stepchildren), 11,692 grandchildren, 3,120 brothers or sisters, 6,166 parents, 139 foster children, 5,472 other relatives, 19,906 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 11,493

Size of family households: 54,287 2-persons, 28,583 3-persons, 22,322 4-persons, 9,112 5-persons, 2,065 6-persons, 1,791 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 59,952 1-person, 10,426 2-persons, 2,292 3-persons, 646 4-persons, 220 5-persons, 229 6-persons.

59,989 married couples with children.
26,168 single-parent households (6,557 men, 19,611 women).

93.7% of residents of Knox speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $2,833,799,000 ($7,083 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $188,148,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,006,530,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $535,465,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,956,000
Federal grants: $530,396,000
Federal procurement contracts: $469,190,000 ($91,280,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $276,262,000 ($37,697,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $17,824,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $232,468,000
Federal Government insurance: $104,178,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 62.11 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Knox County, Tennessee
• 11,1982014 or later
• 5,7412010 to 2013
• 30,8942000 to 2009
• 37,7481990 to 1999
• 28,9721980 to 1989
• 31,1921970 to 1979
• 21,8891960 to 1969
• 18,1971950 to 1959
• 11,3031940 to 1949
• 12,9671939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Knox County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Knox County, Tennessee
• 4601 room
• 1452 rooms
• 1,1683 rooms
• 9,0864 rooms
• 22,1345 rooms
• 22,6146 rooms
• 22,7737 rooms
• 16,9308 rooms
• 26,4719+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knox County, Tennessee
• 2,8281 room
• 2,8782 rooms
• 12,8783 rooms
• 19,0504 rooms
• 15,3025 rooms
• 9,6006 rooms
• 3,6767 rooms
• 2,2798 rooms
• 1,6539+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Knox County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Knox County, Tennessee
• 460no bedroom
• 8461 bedroom
• 18,8322 bedrooms
• 61,5753 bedrooms
• 32,0984 bedrooms
• 7,9705+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knox County, Tennessee
• 2,981no bedroom
• 15,7081 bedroom
• 29,4752 bedrooms
• 17,1693 bedrooms
• 4,3424 bedrooms
• 4695+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Knox County, Tennessee in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Knox County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 2,952no vehicle
• 29,2201 vehicle
• 53,9502 vehicles
• 24,5133 vehicles
• 7,7584 vehicles
• 3,3885+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Knox County in renter-occupied apartments
• 9,858no vehicle
• 31,4351 vehicle
• 21,4142 vehicles
• 5,2773 vehicles
• 1,4844 vehicles
• 6765+ vehicles

82.5% of Knox County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Tennessee.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 272,446
• Other state: 169,797
• Northeast: 25,270
• Midwest: 43,686
• South: 83,991
• West: 16,850

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 8,821
• Number of aged recipients: 686
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 8,135
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,080
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 6,128
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,613
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 3,134
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 3,970

Knox County on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #50 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #69 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant adherents"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"