Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

===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>