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Kingsport, Tennessee

Kings Point
(Hamilton County)

Kingsport North
(Sullivan County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Kingsport had a population of 44,905 people ^<1>. This represents 0.79% of the total population of Tennessee, making it the state's 9th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	44,473	-0.96%	+0.19% since 2007
2007	44,387	-1.15%	+0.69% since 2006
2006	44,081	-1.83%
2005	44,077	-1.84%
2004	44,051	-1.9%	-0.76% since 2003
2003	44,387	-1.15%	-0.38% since 2002
2002	44,556	-0.78%	-0.4% since 2001
2001	44,736	-0.38%	-0.38% since 2000
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2000	44,905	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
6	Murfreesboro	W	220 mi [354.1 km]	101,753	47.86% increase
7	Jackson	W	355 mi [571 km]	63,158	5.89% increase
8	Johnson City	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	61,990	11.76% increase
-9-	Kingsport			44,473	0.96% decrease
10	Franklin	W	243 mi [391.1 km]	58,481	39.77% increase
11	Hendersonville	W	225 mi [362.1 km]	47,725	17.49% increase
12	Bartlett	W	416 mi [669 km]	47,501	17.16% increase

Kingsport had 21,796 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Kingsport has an area ^<4> of 44.07 square miles [114.1 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Kingsport had a 2000 population density of 1,018 people per square mile [393.4 people/km²], making it the state's 62nd most densely populated area.

Hawkins County

The city of Kingsport is primarily located in Hawkins County. A portion of Kingsport extends into Sullivan County.

The county had a population of 53,690 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 44,905 people, Kingsport contained 83.6% of the Hawkins County total.

In addition, where the community of Kingsport has a population density of 1,018 people per square mile [393.4 people/km²], Hawkins County averages 110.3 people per square mile [42.6 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Hawkins County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Kingsport and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Kingsport. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	44,473	0.96% decrease
10 mi [16 km]	3	56,700	1.95% increase
15 mi [24 km]	4	58,353	2.06% increase
20 mi [32 km]	9	153,617	7.04% increase
25 mi [40 km]	12	171,668	6.68% increase
30 mi [48 km]	16	199,533	6.15% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Kingsport. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Kingsport, it also contains a comparison between Kingsport and the state of Tennessee.

Click here for the Kingsport QuickFact (QF-4739560).

A Census Quickfact is available for Hawkins County (QF-47073).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Hawkins County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Sullivan	QF-47163	E	153,900	0.64% increase
Greene	QF-47059	S	66,157	4.95% increase
Hamblen	QF-47063	SW	62,132	6.68% increase
Grainger	QF-47057	W	22,708	9.5% increase
Hancock	QF-47067	W	6,693	1.3% decrease
Washington	QF-47179	E	118,639	10.37% increase
Lee (VA)	QF-51105	NW	23,448	0.38% decrease
Scott (VA)	QF-51169	NE	22,850	2.2% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Kingsport:

	State Code:	47 (Tennessee)
	County Code:	073 (Hawkins County)
	Place Code:	39560 (Kingsport)

	State & County Code:	47073 (Tennessee/Hawkins County)

	State & Place Code:	4739560 (Tennessee/Kingsport)

Kingsport is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Kingsport.

The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Kingsport. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Kingsport and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Kingsport. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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