Knox County, Tennessee

• White (non-Hispanic) 390,789 79.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31,276 6.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 39,459 8.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 11,413 2.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 18,381 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 333 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 375 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,122 0.4%

• Under 18 103,518 20.9%
• 18–24 58,807 11.9%
• 25–44 132,632 26.8%
• 45–64 118,799 24.0%
• 65 and over 80,392 16.3%

Median household income

$75,465

90% interval $72,769–$78,161

+$3,458 vs TN · 18th of 95

Below poverty line

12.8%

90% interval 11.7%–13.9%

−0.5 pp vs TN · 68th of 95

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.63 pp vs. state

County GDP

$43.6B

7.77% of state

Avg. annual pay

$67,249

Establishments

16,042

• Education & health services 66,656 25.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 60,507 23.0%
• Professional & business services 40,625 15.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 31,997 12.2%
• Construction 15,244 5.8%
• Financial activities 14,147 5.4%
• Manufacturing 12,849 4.9%
• Other services 8,208 3.1%
• Public administration 8,155 3.1%
• Information 3,915 1.5%
• Natural resources & mining 299 0.1%
• Unclassified 100 0.0%

Home ownership

65.2%

−1.7 pp vs TN · 83rd of 95

Median gross rent

$1,261

+$72 vs TN · 9th of 95

Owner-occupied

131,117

Renter-occupied

70,029

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $115,669/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,736/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 130,815 59.0%
• Democratic 87,516 39.4%
• Other / third-party 3,533 1.6%

• Spanish 20,833 4.5%
• Arabic 3,015 0.6%
• Chinese 2,439 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,523 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,396 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 1,266 0.3%
• Vietnamese 977 0.2%
• Tagalog 651 0.1%
• Korean 646 0.1%

Households

201,146

Family households

121,469

60.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

35,478

29.2% of families

Single-mother families

10,912

9.0% of families

Veterans

26,234

6.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 177,286 37.0%
• Mainline Protestant 46,277 9.7%
• Catholic 20,061 4.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,977 2.9%
• Black Protestant 12,880 2.7%
• Orthodox 872 0.2%

Health insured

91.7%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

8.3%

±0.5 pp

75th of 95

With a disability

12.1%

±0.4 pp

87th of 95

Bachelor's or higher

41.0%

±0.9 pp

+9.9 pp vs TN · 3rd of 95

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 9.1%–10.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

6th Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

6 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)

Court seats

Knoxville

Traffic fatalities

82

20.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

73