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Knoxville, Tennessee

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The 2000 Census showed that Knoxville had a population of 173,890 people ^<1>. This represents 3.05% of the total population of Tennessee, making it the state's 3rd 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	184,802	+6.28%	+0.68% since 2007
2007	183,546	+5.55%	+0.91% since 2006
2006	181,891	+4.6%	+0.98% since 2005
2005	180,129	+3.59%	+1.13% since 2004
2004	178,118	+2.43%	+0.29% since 2003
2003	177,595	+2.13%	+0.41% since 2002
2002	176,876	+1.72%
2001	176,781	+1.66%	+1.66% since 2000
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2000	173,890	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
1	Memphis	W	343 mi [552 km]	669,651	3.01% increase
2	Nashville-Davidson	W	157 mi [252.7 km]	---
-3-	Knoxville			184,802	6.28% increase
4	Chattanooga	SW	95 mi [152.9 km]	170,880	9.85% increase
5	Clarksville	W	193 mi [310.6 km]	119,735	15.74% increase
6	Murfreesboro	W	137 mi [220.5 km]	101,753	47.86% increase
7	Jackson	W	274 mi [441 km]	63,158	5.89% increase

Knoxville had 84,981 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Knoxville has a total area of 98.1 square miles [254 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 92.7 square miles [240 km²]5.43 square miles [14.06 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Knoxville had a 2000 population density of 1,876 people per square mile [724 people/km²], making it the state's 9th most densely populated area.

Knox County

The city of Knoxville is located in Knox County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 383,028 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 173,890 people, Knoxville contained 45.4% of the Knox County total.

In addition, where the community of Knoxville has a population density of 1,876 people per square mile [724 people/km²], Knox County averages 753 people per square mile [290.9 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Knoxville and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Knoxville. 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	184,802	6.28% increase
10 mi [16 km]	2	185,616	6.26% increase
15 mi [24 km]	7	253,545	8.04% increase
20 mi [32 km]	13	288,213	7.27% increase
25 mi [40 km]	21	327,154	9.07% increase
30 mi [48 km]	29	362,646	9.6% 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 Knoxville. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Knoxville, it also contains a comparison between Knoxville and the state of Tennessee.

Click here for the Knoxville QuickFact (QF-4740000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Knox County (QF-47093).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Knox County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Anderson	QF-47001	NW	74,169	4.12% increase
Blount	QF-47009	S	121,511	14.4% increase
Grainger	QF-47057	NE	22,708	9.5% increase
Jefferson	QF-47089	E	51,074	14.56% increase
Loudon	QF-47105	SW	46,445	18.44% increase
Roane	QF-47145	W	53,430	2.86% increase
Sevier	QF-47155	E	84,835	18.32% increase
Union	QF-47173	N	19,008	6.43% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	47 (Tennessee)
	County Code:	093 (Knox County)
	Place Code:	40000 (Knoxville)

	State & County Code:	47093 (Tennessee/Knox County)

	State & Place Code:	4740000 (Tennessee/Knoxville)

Knoxville 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 Knoxville.

The Commemorative
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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 Knoxville 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 Knoxville. 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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