| People QuickFacts | Knoxville | Tennessee |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 180,761 | 6,399,787 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 178,874 | 6,346,113 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 1.1% | 0.8% |
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Population, 2010 | 178,874 | 6,346,105 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.2% | 6.4% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 19.1% | 23.6% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 12.6% | 13.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.0% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 76.1% | 77.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 17.1% | 16.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.5% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 4.6% | 4.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 74.2% | 75.6% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.9% | 84.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.6% | 4.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.2% | 6.4% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.3% | 83.2% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 29.7% | 23.0% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 10,912 | 501,665 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.0 | 24.0 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 88,009 | 2,812,133 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 51.0% | 69.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 38.5% | 18.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $114,500 | $137,200 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 82,829 | 2,457,997 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.04 | 2.50 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,655 | $24,197 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $33,467 | $43,989 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 23.4% | 16.9% |
| Business QuickFacts | Knoxville | Tennessee |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 19,873 | 545,348 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.9% | 8.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.3% | 2.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.0% | 1.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.0% | 25.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 140,447,760 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,106,489 | 80,116,528 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,470,529 | 77,547,291 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $35,264 | $12,563 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 780,270 | 10,626,759 |