Editing Kingsport, Tennessee (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 5692
|1930= 11914
|1940= 14404
|1950= 19571
|1960= 26314
|1970= 31938
|1980= 32027
|1990= 36365
|2000= 44905
|2010= 48205
|2020= 55442
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 57109
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kingsportcitytennessee/AFN120217 |date=May 16, 2025|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 16, 2025}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><br /><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|access-date=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Kingsport racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4739560&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 48,212
| 86.96%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 2,024
| 3.65%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 144
| 0.26%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 754
| 1.36%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 15
| 0.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 2,574
| 4.64%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 1,719
| 3.1%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 55,442 people, 23,640 households, and 14,273 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
{{Unreferenced section|date=October 2024}}
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 44,905 people, 19,662 households and 12,642 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,018.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|adj=off}}. There were 21,796 housing units at an average density of {{convert|494.6|/sqmi|/km2|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.32% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.07% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.79% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.24% [[Race (U.S. Census)|American Indian/Alaska Native]], 0.02% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander]], 0.34% [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]], and 1.06% [[Race (United States Census)|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.05% of the population.

There were 19,662 households, of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22, and the average family size was 2.80.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,524, and the median income for a family was $40,183. Males had a median income of $33,075 versus $23,217 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,549. About 14.2% of families and 17.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.9% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.