Knoxville Population 2025

Knoxville is a city in U.S state of eastern Tennessee, located on on the Tennessee River. Knoxville population in 2025 is estimated to be 195,175, covers city area of 104.25 sq mi (270.01 sq km), ranks third largest city in Tennessee State and one-hundred-thirty-fifth populous city in the United States. Knoxville ranks thirty-fifth most dangerous cities in Tennessee in 2022.

• Contents
• Population by Age
• Population by Race
• Nativity by Place of Birth

Below is the Knoxville population by year:

Knoxville Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, Total Knoxville population is 187,610, out of these 87,684 are male, 99,926 are female, The sex ratio of Knoxville is 88. The median age of the Knoxville population is 34.2, Knoxville population by age are, under 18 years is 32,811, 16 years and over is 158,056, 18 years and over is 154,799, 21 years and over is 141,178, 65 years and over is 33,980. 46.7% are male, 53.3% are female, Population of Knoxville by age percent is, 17.5% are under 18 years old, 84.2% are 16 years and over, 82.5% are 18 years and over, 75.3% are 21 years and over, 15.2% are 65 years and over. There are total 93,470 housing units, The voting population of Knoxville are 149,826, out of these 68,846 are male voters, 80,980 are female voters, 46.0% are male, 54.0% are female. Knoxville population in 2023 is estimated to be 194,507, population in 2022 is estimated to be 194,145, and in 2021 is estimated to be 192,657.

Knoxville Population by Race

White Population

White population in Knoxville, Tennessee are 145,784, percentage wise 77.7 percent are whites.

Black Population

Black population in Knoxville, Tennessee are 28,611, percentage wise 15.3 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Knoxville, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Knoxville are 2,944, percentage wise 1.6 percent are asians, out of these are Asian Indians, are Chinese, are Filipinos, are Japanese, are Korean, are Vietnamese and are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Knoxville, Tennessee are 8,008. Percentage wise 4.3 percent are hispanics, out of these 3,336 are Mexican people, 559 are Puerto Ricans, 120 are Cubans, and 3,993 are other Hispanic or Latinos.

Nativity by Place of Birth

According to 2019 estimates, Knoxville native population is 177,564, out of these 108,751 born in the Tennessee state and 67,144 born in other state in the United States. Foreign born or Population born outside the US are 10,046, out of these 4,790 are Naturalized US citizen, 1,633 are in Europe, 1,783 in Asia, 242 in Africa, 1,132 in Latin America and 0 in Northern America. Non-US Citizens, Total Foreigners living in Knoxville are 5,256, out of these 187 are from Europe, 1,681 are from Asia, 695 from Africa, 2,636 are from Latin America and 57 are from Northern America.