Knoxville, Tennessee Neighborhood Info

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Knoxville, Tennessee QuickFacts

	Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
Total population	173,890	281,421,906
State	Tennessee
City	knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee Population

	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
Male	82,390	47.38%	49.06%
Female	91,500	52.62%	50.94%
Median age (years)	33.4		35.3

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	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
18 years and over	139,693	80.33%	74.31%
21 years and over	126,348	72.66%	69.97%
62 years and over	28,610	16.45%	14.66%
65 years and over	24,994	14.37%	12.43%

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	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
White	138,611	79.71%	75.14%
Black or African American	28,171	16.2%	12.32%
Asian	2,525	1.45%	3.64%
Some other race	1,858	1.07%	5.46%
Two or more races	2,725	1.57%	2.43%

Knoxville, Tennessee Housing

	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
Total households	76,650		105,480,101
Family households (families)	40,193	52.44%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	36,457	47.56%	31.94%

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	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
Total housing units	84,897		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	8,331	9.81%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	76,650	90.29%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	39,208	46.18%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	37,442	44.1%	30.77%

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	Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	5,895	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	20,415	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	5,437	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,871	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	1,193	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	673	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	328	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	45	0.57%
Median (dollars)	78,000	119,600

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	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	21,395	27.91%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	21,641	28.23%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	10,302	13.44%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	8,805	11.49%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	5,782	7.54%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	8,672	11.31%	9.65%

Knoxville, Tennessee Education

	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	50,626		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	2,666	5.27%	6.47%
Kindergarten	1,901	3.75%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	15,273	30.17%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	7,185	14.19%	21.38%
College or graduate school	23,601	46.62%	22.81%

Knoxville, Tennessee Economy

	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
Population 16 years and over	142,967		217,168,077
In labor force	86,202	60.3%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	86,137	60.25%	63.39%
- - Employed	80,496	56.3%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	5,641	3.95%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	65	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	56,765	39.7%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	76,648	53.61%	51.66%
In labor force	41,059	28.72%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	41,046	28.71%	29.65%
- - Employed	38,255	26.76%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	11,369	7.95%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	6,201		12,787,501

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	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	76,550		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	14,282	18.66%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,255	9.48%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	13,643	17.82%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	10,878	14.21%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	11,958	15.62%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	10,089	13.18%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,085	5.34%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,690	3.51%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	705	0.92%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	965	1.26%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	27,492		41,994

	Knoxville, Tennessee	%, Knoxville, Tennessee	United States
With earnings	58,529	40.94%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	38,891		56,604
With Social Security income	20,552	14.38%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,759		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	4,575	3.2%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,581		6,320
With public assistance income	3,438	2.4%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,854		3,032
With retirement income	11,773	8.23%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,311		17,376

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