Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Knoxville city GEOCODE:47-0760 TN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 175,030 100.0% 165,121 100.0% -9,909 -5.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 134,365 76.8% 119,879 72.6% -14,486 -10.8 -4.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 10,781 6.2% 11,055 6.7% 274 2.5 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 147,892 84.5% 136,789 82.8% -11,103 -7.5 -1.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 25,438 14.5% 25,770 15.6% 332 1.3 1.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 907 0.5% 1,653 1.0% 746 82.2 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 475 0.3% 592 0.4% 117 24.6 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,317 0.8% 986 0.6% -331 -25.1 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 9,931 5.7% 9,808 5.9% -123 -1.2 0.3 5-17.................. 28,503 16.3% 22,927 13.9% -5,576 -19.6 -2.4 18-24.................. 33,724 19.3% 27,163 16.5% -6,561 -19.5 -2.8 25-44.................. 44,276 25.3% 51,314 31.1% 7,038 15.9 5.8 45-64.................. 34,427 19.7% 28,473 17.2% -5,954 -17.3 -2.4 65 AND OVER............ 24,169 13.8% 25,436 15.4% 1,267 5.2 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 38,434 22.0% 32,735 19.8% -5,699 -14.8 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 66,176 37.8% 63,702 38.6% -2,474 -3.7 0.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.6 32.5 2.9 9.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,446 $19,923 -523 -2.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,775 $26,131 -644 -2.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,894 $12,108 1,214 11.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 32,191 19.6% 32,189 20.8% -2 -0.0 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 68,481 100.0% 69,973 100.0% 1,492 2.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 44,230 64.6% 41,229 58.9% -3,001 -6.8 -5.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 22,982 33.6% 21,809 31.2% -1,173 -5.1 -2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 34,061 49.7% 29,976 42.8% -4,085 -12.0 -6.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 14,002 20.4% 11,773 16.8% -2,229 -15.9 -3.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 8,832 12.9% 9,563 13.7% 731 8.3 0.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 4,900 7.2% 4,981 7.1% 81 1.7 -0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 20,206 29.5% 24,525 35.0% 4,319 21.4 5.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -8.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 102,872 100.0% 105,223 100.0% 2,351 2.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 30,666 29.8% 28,053 26.7% -2,613 -8.5 -3.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 17,947 17.4% 22,868 21.7% 4,921 27.4 4.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 80,405 100.0% 81,096 100.0% 691 0.9 FEMALE................ 36,969 46.0% 38,882 47.9% 1,913 5.2 2.0 EMPLOYED.............. 74,746 93.0% 75,323 92.9% 577 0.8 -0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 17,666 22.0% 20,788 25.6% 3,122 17.7 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 11,968 14.9% 12,170 15.0% 202 1.7 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 73,235 100.0% 76,453 100.0% 3,218 4.4 OCCUPIED.............. 68,574 93.6% 69,973 91.5% 1,399 2.0 -2.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 35,071 51.1% 34,806 49.7% -265 -0.8 -1.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,084 $62,686 2,602 4.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 33,503 48.9% 35,167 50.3% 1,664 5.0 1.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $322 $332 10 3.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 44,515 60.8% 44,217 57.8% -298 -0.7 -2.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 660 0.9% 783 1.0% 123 18.6 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.4 1960.0 4.6 0.2 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis