Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 2076
|1870= 8682
|1880= 9693
|1890= 22535
|1900= 32637
|1910= 36346
|1920= 77818
|1930= 105802
|1940= 111580
|1950= 124769
|1960= 111827
|1970= 174587
|1980= 175045
|1990= 165121
|2000= 173890
|2010= 178874
|2020= 190740
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 198772
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses}} Note: the 1860 census did not include a population estimate for Knoxville. See p. 467.</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

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|-
! Historical racial composition !! 1970<ref name=historicaldemographics/> !! 1990<ref name=historicaldemographics>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/TNtab.pdf |title=Table 43. Tennessee—Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Large Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |date=July 13, 2005 |access-date=April 27, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917171933/https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/TNtab.pdf|archive-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref>!! 2000<ref name=censussite>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=Knoxville city, Tennessee|author=<!--Not stated-->|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 29, 2019}}</ref>!! 2010<ref name=censussite/> !! 2018 est.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Knoxville city, Tennessee |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/knoxvillecitytennessee |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[White Americans|White]] || 87.0% || 82.7% || 79.9% || 76.1% || 76.1%
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]] || 12.7% || 15.8% || 16.0% || 17.1% || 17.0%
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 0.2% || 1.0% || 1.5% || 1.7% || 1.8%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 0.1% || 0.2% || 0.3% || 0.4% || 0.4%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and {{nowrap|other [[Pacific Islander]]}} || – || – || 0.0% || 0.2% || 0.1%
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 0.1% || 0.2% || 0.7% || 2.2% || 1.5%
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]] || – || – || 1.6% || 2.5% || 3.1%
|}

===2020 census===
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|+'''Knoxville, Tennessee – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Knoxville city, Tennessee |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4740000&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Knoxville city, Tennessee |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4740000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Knoxville city, Tennessee |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4740000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|137,336
|132,641
|style='background: #ffffe6; |130,036
|78.98%
|74.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68.17%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|28,015
|30,257
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30,123
|16.11%
|16.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.79%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|504
|496
|style='background: #ffffe6; |547
|0.29%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,516
|2,875
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,323
|1.45%
|1.61%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.27%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|45
|198
|style='background: #ffffe6; |105
|0.03%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|276
|315
|style='background: #ffffe6; |830
|0.16%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.44%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2,447
|3,886
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,616
|1.41%
|2.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.04%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,751
|8,206
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15,160
|1.58%
|4.59%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.95%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''173,890'''
|'''178,874'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''190,740'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 190,740 people, 83,492 households, and 40,405 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, the population of Knoxville was 178,874, a 2.9% increase from 2000.<ref name=quickfacts>U.S. Census Bureau, [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/4740000.html QuickFacts sheet for Knoxville (city), Tennessee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608140339/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/4740000.html |date=June 8, 2007 }}. Retrieved: December 20, 2011.</ref> The median age was 32.7,<ref>Jack Neely, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130725140937/http://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/jun/29/knoxville-census-numbers/ Knoxville By the (Census) Numbers]", ''Metro Pulse'', June 29, 2011. Accessed at the Internet Archive, October 1, 2015.</ref> with 19.1% of the population under the age of 18, and 12.6% over the age of 65.<ref name=quickfacts/> The population was 48% male and 52% female. The population density was 1,815 persons per square mile.<ref name=quickfacts/>

The racial and ethnic composition of the city was 76.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 17.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|black]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.2% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]].<ref name=quickfacts/> [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.6% of the population.<ref name=quickfacts/> People reporting more than one race formed 2.5% of the population.<ref name=quickfacts/>

Data collected by the Census from 2005 to 2009 reported 83,151 households in Knoxville, with an average of 2.07 persons per household.<ref name=quickfacts/> The home ownership rate was 51%, and 74.7% of residents had been living in the same house for more than one year.<ref name=quickfacts/> The median household income was $32,609, and the per capita income was $21,528.<ref name=quickfacts/> High school graduates were 83.8% of persons 25 and older, and 28.3% had earned a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref name=quickfacts/> The city's poverty rate was 25%, compared with 16.1% in Tennessee and 15.1% nationwide.<ref name=quickfacts/><ref>U.S. Census Bureau, "[https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/about/overview/index.html Poverty—Highlights] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224151147/http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/about/overview/index.html |date=December 24, 2011 }}, September 13, 2011. Retrieved: December 21, 2011.</ref>

According to the opinion of the Economic Research Institute in a 2006 study, Knoxville was identified as the most affordable U.S. city for new college graduates, based on the ratio of typical salary to cost of living.<ref>Economic Research Institute, Inc., [http://www.erieri.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.Dsp_Release&PressReleaseID=119&trkid=723-49 ERI Economic Research Institute Releases Survey on Best and Worst Cities for College Grads—Based on salary/cost of living, Knoxville, TN rated best] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190344/http://www.erieri.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.Dsp_Release&PressReleaseID=119&trkid=723-49 |date=September 27, 2007 }}, press release, July 6, 2006</ref>

===Crime===
[[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] [[Uniform Crime Reports]] for Knoxville for 2017:<ref name="FBI_UCR">{{cite web|title=Crime in the United States by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2017|url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/tables/table-6|publisher=[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]|access-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206073538/https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/tables/table-6|archive-date=February 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! City of Knoxville only !! Knoxville [[Metropolitan Statistical Area|MSA]] !! Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants
|-
| Violent Crime || 1,676 || 3,852 || 440.1
|-
| Murder & Nonnegligent Manslaughter || 33 || 60 || 6.9
|-
| Rape || 145 || 311 || 35.5
|-
| Robbery || 371 || 528 || 60.3
|-
| Aggravated Assault || 1,127 || 2,953 || 337.4
|-
| Property Crime || 10,211 || 22,730 || 2,596.9
|-
| Burglary || 1,665 || 4,387 || 501.2
|-
| Larceny/Theft || 7,510 || 15,953 || 1,822.6
|-
| Motor Vehicle Theft || 1,036 || 2,390 || 273.1
|}