Knox County, Tennessee Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Current population (2012)

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Households

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Housing units

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Knox County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	441,311	3rd	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	508.2	36th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	850.5	3rd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	31st	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	58th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.7%	85th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.0%	3rd	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	34.0%	3rd	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	86.5%	79th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	9.1%	22nd	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	51st	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.1%	6th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	10th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	5th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	25th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.3%	77th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	51.3%	22nd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.3%	15th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	195,694	3rd	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	23.3%	4th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	179,705	3rd	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.6%	84th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$154,900	11th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	87th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,299	6th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$28,042	6th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$47,277	12th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.7%	85th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Knox County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	10,980	3rd	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	199,285	3rd	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	40,476	3rd	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$8,209,407	3rd	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,329	3rd	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$919,247	3rd	$10,626,759	$613,795,732