General Demographic Characteristics
Selected Social Characteristics
Selected Economic Characteristics
Selected Housing Characteristics

 

Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

(Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, and Union Counties)

Subject
Number Percent
Subject
Number Percent
 

Total population

616,079 100.0%   HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE    
            Total population 616,079 100.0%
SEX AND AGE       Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 7,744 1.3%
Male 297,717 48.3%     Mexican 4,175 0.7%
Female 318,362 51.7%     Puerto Rican 799 0.1%
          Cuban 326 0.1%
Under 5 years 36,916 6.0%     Other Hispanic or Latino 2,444 0.4%
5 to 9 years 39,227 6.4%   Not Hispanic or Latino 608,335 98.7%
10 to 14 years 39,620 6.4%     White alone 554,349 90.0%
15 to 19 years 41,897 6.8%        
20 to 24 years 44,087 7.2%   RELATIONSHIP    
25 to 34 years 85,285 13.8%       Total population 616,079 100.0%
35 to 44 years 97,496 15.8%   In households 599,669 97.3%
45 to 54 years 88,095 14.3%     Householder 253,005 41.1%
55 to 59 years 33,171 5.4%     Spouse 133,561 21.7%
60 to 64 years 26,866 4.4%     Child 162,979 26.5%
65 to 74 years 44,711 7.3%       Own child under 18 years 126,099 20.5%
75 to 84 years 29,215 4.7%     Other relatives 24,539 4.0%
85 years and over 9,493 1.5%       Under 18 years 9,685 1.6%
          Nonrelatives 25,585 4.2%
Median age (years) 37.2 (X)       Unmarried partner 9,561 1.6%
        In group quarters 16,410 2.7%
18 years and over 477,185 77.5%     Institutionalized population 5,980 1.0%
  Male 226,301 36.7%     Noninstitutionalized population 10,430 1.7%
  Female 250,884 40.7%        
21 years and over 448,669 72.8%   HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE    
62 years and over 99,094 16.1%       Total households 253,005 100.0%
65 years and over 83,419 13.5%   Family households (families) 168,877 66.7%
  Male 33,119 5.4%       With own children under 18 years 73,699 29.1%
  Female 50,300 8.2%     Married couple family 133,561 52.8%
            With own children under 18 years 54,394 21.5%
RACE         Female householder, no husband present 27,035 10.7%
One race 609,109 98.9%       With own children under 18 years 15,253 6.0%
  White 558,421 90.6%   Nonfamily households 84,128 33.3%
  Black or African American 39,295 6.4%     Householder living alone 70,303 27.8%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 1,708 0.3%       Householder 65 years and over 24,141 9.5%
  Asian 6,402 1.0%        
    Asian Indian 1,401 0.2%   Households with individuals under 18 years 80,376 31.8%
    Chinese 1,510 0.2%   Households with individuals 65 years and over 59,136 23.4%
    Filipino 543 0.1%        
    Japanese 865 0.1%   Average household size 2.37 (X)
    Korean 815 0.1%   Average family size 2.90 (X)
    Vietnamese 584 0.1%        
    Other Asian1 684 0.1%   HOUSING OCCUPANCY    
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 156 0.0%       Total housing units 276,142 100.0%
    Native Hawaiian 45 0.0%   Occupied housing units 253,005 91.6%
    Guamanian or Chamorro 38 0.0%   Vacant housing units 23,137 8.4%
    Samoan 33 0.0%     For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 2,555 0.9%
    Other Pacific Islander2 40 0.0%        
  Some other race 3,127 0.5%   Homeowner vacancy rate (percent) 2.3% (X)
Two or more races 6,970 1.1%   Rental vacancy rate (percent) 10.3% (X)
             
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3       HOUSING TENURE    
White 564,751 91.7%       Occupied housing units 253,005 100.0%
Black or African American 41,474 6.7%   Owner-occupied housing units 177,605 70.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4,746 0.8%   Renter-occupied housing units 75,400 29.8%
Asian 7,625 1.2%        
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 367 0.1%   Average household size of owner-occupied unit 2.49 (X)
Some other race 4,532 0.7%   Average household size of renter-occupied unit 2.12 (X)

Date: July 29, 2004
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.

 

 

Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

(Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, and Union Counties)

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
             
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
     Population 3 years and over      Total population 616,079 100.0
      enrolled in school 154,421 100.0 Native 602,734 97.8
Nursery school, preschool 9,408 6.1     Born in United States 599,438 97.3
Kindergarten 7,736 5.0         State of residence 408,503 66.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 64,277 41.6         Different state 190,935 31.0
High school (grades 9-12) 30,775 19.9     Born outside United States 3,296 0.5
College or graduate school 42,225 27.3 Foreign born 13,345 2.2
        Entered 1990 to March 2000 6,770 1.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT     Naturalized citizen 5,535 0.9
  Population 25 years and over 414,498 100.0     Not a citizen 7,810 1.3
Less than 9th grade 30,983 7.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 51,171 12.3 REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 123,463 29.8   Total (excluding born at sea) 13,345 100.0
Some college, no degree 84,282 20.3 Europe 3,780 28.3
Associate degree 22,467 5.4 Asia 5,477 41.0
Bachelor's degree 63,916 15.4 Africa 414 3.1
Graduate or professional degree 38,216 9.2 Oceania 119 0.9
Latin America 2,757 20.7
Percent high school graduate or higher 80.2 (X) Northern America 798 6.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 24.6 (X)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
MARITAL STATUS           Population 5 years and over 579,227 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 500,162 100.0 English only 556,256 96.0
Never married 115,881 23.2 Language other than English 22,971 3.9
Now married, except separated 284,662 56.9         Speak English less than '"very well"' 7,898 1.4
Separated 7,457 1.5 Spanish 9,573 1.7
Widowed 35,321 7.1         Speak English less than '"very well"' 3,434 0.6
 Female 29,372 5.9 Other Indo-European languages 7,755 1.3
Divorced 56,841 11.4         Speak English less than '"very well"' 2,005 0.3
 Female 32,480 6.5 Asian and Pacific Island languages 4,284 0.7
        Speak English less than '"very well"' 2,045 0.4
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
          Grandparent living in household ANCESTRY (single and multiple)
           with one or more own grandchildren           Total population 616,079 100.0
           under 18 years 10,159 100.0   Total ancestries reported 522,372 84.8
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 4,920 48.4 Arab 1,619 0.3
Czech¹ 977 0.2
VETERAN STATUS Danish 1,013 0.2
          Civilian population 18 years and over 476,800 100.0 Dutch 12,278 2.0
Civilian veterans 65,645 13.8 English 71,191 11.6
French (except Basque)¹ 11,668 1.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN French Canadian¹ 1,746 0.3
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION German 68,956 11.2
     Population 5 to 20 years 129,449 100.0 Greek 1,248 0.2
With a disability 11,652 9.0 Hungarian 1,158 0.2
     Population 21 to 64 years 363,946 100.0 Irish¹ 66,589 10.8
With a disability 73,486 20.2 Italian 11,015 1.8
 Percent employed 52.0 (X) Lithuanian 516 0.1
No disability 290,460 79.8 Norwegian 2,822 0.5
 Percent employed 77.9 (X) Polish 6,450 1.0
     Population 65 years and over 79,507 100.0 Portuguese 486 0.1
With a disability 36,156 45.5 Russian 1,485 0.2
Scotch-Irish 25,360 4.1
Scottish 15,875 2.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995 Slovak 318 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 579,227 100.0 Subsaharan African 1,817 0.3
Same house in 1995 315,149 54.4 Swedish 3,442 0.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 257,716 44.5 Swiss 1,525 0.2
 Same county 143,985 24.9 Ukrainian 513 0.1
 Different county 113,731 19.6 United States or American 105,045 17.1
  Same state 55,517 9.6 Welsh 4,267 0.7
  Different state 58,214 10.1 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 713 0.1
Elsewhere in 1995 6,362 1.1 Other ancestries 102,280 16.6
Date: July 29, 2004
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
 

 

 

Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

(Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, and Union Counties)

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
             
EMPLOYMENT STATUS       INCOME IN 1999    
          Population 16 years and over 492,612 100.0             Households 253,030 100.0
In labor force 309,756 62.9   Less than $10,000 29,559 11.7
     Civilian labor force 309,296 62.8   $10,000 to $14,999 18,079 7.1
          Employed 294,630 59.8   $15,000 to $24,999 36,946 14.6
          Unemployed 14,666 3.0   $25,000 to $34,999 34,548 13.7
               Percent of civilian labor force 4.7 (X)   $35,000 to $49,999 42,955 17.0
     Armed Forces 460 0.1   $50,000 to $74,999 45,875 18.1
Not in labor force 182,856 37.1   $75,000 to $99,999 21,620 8.5
        $100,000 to $149,999 15,102 6.0
           Females 16 years and over 258,491 100.0   $150,000 to $199,999 3,925 1.6
In labor force 143,341 55.5   $200,000 or more 4,421 1.7
     Civilian labor force 143,281 55.4   Median household income (dollars) 37,186 (X)
          Employed 136,153 52.7        
             
          Own children under 6 years 42,777 100.0   With earnings 198,620 78.5
All parents in family in labor force 24,541 57.4        Mean earnings (dollars)¹ 49,290 (X)
        With Social Security income 70,130 27.7
COMMUTING TO WORK            Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹ 11,340 (X)
          Workers 16 years and over 289,735 100.0   With Supplemental Security Income 11,914 4.7
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone 245,229 84.6        Mean Supplemental Security Income    
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled 28,006 9.7          (dollars) 5,735 (X)
Public transportation (including taxicab) 1,528 0.5   With public assistance income 7,813 3.1
Walked 5,442 1.9        Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹ 1,959 (X)
Other means 1,926 0.7   With retirement income 46,827 18.5
Worked at home 7,604 2.6        Mean retirement income (dollars)¹ 18,467 (X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹ 23.0 (X)        
                  Families 169,464 100.0
           Employed civilian population       Less than $10,000 9,991 5.9
           16 years and over 294,630 100.0   $10,000 to $14,999 7,724 4.6
OCCUPATION       $15,000 to $24,999 20,022 11.8
Management, professional, and related       $25,000 to $34,999 21,882 12.9
 occupations 99,089 33.6   $35,000 to $49,999 31,600 18.6
Service occupations 42,742 14.5   $50,000 to $74,999 38,411 22.7
Sales and office occupations 81,395 27.6   $75,000 to $99,999 18,980 11.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 884 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 13,586 8.0
Construction, extraction, and maintenance       150,000 to $199,999 3,487 2.1
  occupations 27,958 9.5   $200,000 or more 3,781 2.2
Production, transportation, and material       Median family income (dollars) 47,037 (X)
 moving occupations 42,562 14.4        
        Per capita income (dollars)¹ 20,823 (X)
INDUSTRY       Median earnings (dollars):    
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting       Male full-time, year-round workers 34,444 (X)
 and mining 2,003 0.7   Female full-time, year-round workers 24,267 (X)
Construction 20,193 6.9   ______________________ _______ _______
Manufacturing 39,655 13.5     Number Percent
Wholesale trade 12,264 4.2     below below
Retail trade 38,713 13.1     poverty poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 15,578 5.3   Subject level level
Information 6,512 2.2   ______________________ _______ _______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental       POVERTY STATUS IN 1999    
 and leasing 16,339 5.5             Families 14,488 8.5
Professional, scientific, management, admini-       With related children under 18 years 10,525 13.2
 strative, and waste management services 32,889 11.2        With related children under 5 years 4,869 16.6
Educational, health and social services 62,069 21.1        
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation                 Families with female householder,    
 and food services 23,252 7.9               no husband present 7,566 28.5
Other services (except public administration) 14,297 4.9   With related children under 18 years 6,565 38.0
Public administration 10,866 3.7        With related children under 5 years 3,062 53.2
CLASS OF WORKER                 Individuals 73,225 12.2
Private wage and salary workers 226,465 76.9   18 years and over 52,472 11.3
Government workers 46,376 15.7        65 years and over 7,802 9.8
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated       Related children under 18 years 20,206 14.9
 business 20,976 7.1        Related children 5 to 17 years 13,805 13.9
Unpaid family workers 811 0.3   Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 28,801 26.7
 
Date: August 13, 2004
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
¹ If the denominator of a mean value or per capita value is less than 30, then that value is calculated using a rounded aggregate in the numerator. See text.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
 

 

 

Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

(Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, and Union Counties)

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
 
          Total housing units 276,142 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 253,005 100.0
1-unit, detached 187,370 67.9   1.00 or less 249,103 98.5
1-unit, attached 9,206 3.3   1.01 to 1.50 2,824 1.1
2 units 6,360 2.3   1.51 or more 1,078 0.4
3 or 4 units 9,105 3.3        
5 to 9 units 13,522 4.9             Specified owner-occupied units 145,549 100.0
10 to 19 units 11,568 4.2   VALUE    
20 or more units 13,641 4.9   Less than $50,000 13,749 9.4
Mobile home 25,054 9.1   $50,000 to $99,999 62,146 42.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 316 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 36,969 25.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 15,607 10.7
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 10,766 7.4
1999 to March 2000 8,233 3.0   $300,000 to $499,999 4,751 3.3
1995 to 1998 28,641 10.4   $500,000 to $999,999 1,382 0.9
1990 to 1994 27,702 10.0   $1,000,000 or more 179 0.1
1980 to 1989 44,489 16.1   Median (dollars) 97,494 (X)
1970 to 1979 51,537 18.7        
1960 to 1969 36,908 13.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 56,710 20.5    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 21,922 7.9   With a mortgage 93,017 63.9
             Less than $300 707 0.5
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 6,488 4.5
1 room 2,913 1.1        $500 to $699 17,559 12.1
2 rooms 7,544 2.7        $700 to $999 31,053 21.3
3 rooms 19,493 7.1        $1,000 to $1,499 24,529 16.9
4 rooms 47,208 17.1        $1,500 to $1,999 7,461 5.1
5 rooms 63,032 22.8        $2,000 or more 5,220 3.6
6 rooms 51,821 18.8        Median (dollars) 896 (X)
7 rooms 35,016 12.7   Not mortgaged 52,532 36.1
8 rooms 23,463 8.5        Median (dollars) 250 (X)
9 rooms 25,652 9.3        
Median (rooms) 5.5 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 253,005 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 62,584 43.0
1999 to March 2000 52,120 20.6   15 to 19 percent 24,975 17.2
1995 to 1998 72,337 28.6   20 to 24 percent 18,326 12.6
1990 to 1994 40,816 16.1   25 to 29 percent 12,268 8.4
1980 to 1989 36,530 14.4   30 to 34 percent 6,964 4.8
1970 to 1979 23,580 9.3   35 percent or more 19,315 13.3
1969 or earlier 27,622 10.9   Not completed 1,117 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 74,403 100.0
None 17,607 7.0   GROSS RENT    
1 81,198 32.1   Less than $200 6,312 8.5
2 103,434 40.9   $200 to $299 5,012 6.7
3 or more 50,766 20.1   $300 to $499 26,015 35.0
        $500 to $749 22,994 30.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 6,068 8.2
Utility Gas 86,594 34.2   $1,000 to $1,499 1,639 2.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 11,818 4.7   $1,500 or more 519 0.7
Electricity 144,074 56.9   No cash rent 5,844 7.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 5,123 2.0   Median (dollars) 476 (X)
Coal or coke 371 0.1        
Wood 3,996 1.6   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 53 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 470 0.2   Less than 15 percent 13,592 18.3
No fuel used 506 0.2   15 to 19 percent 9,970 13.4
        20 to 24 percent 9,236 12.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 7,743 10.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 932 0.4   30 to 34 percent 4,631 6.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 1,091 0.4   35 percent or more 21,336 28.7
No telephone service 5,434 2.1   Not computed 7,895 10.6
 
Date: July 29, 2004
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.