Knox County (Tennessee)

Knox County is a county located in the state of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Knoxville.

Geography

The County is located in the central northeastern Tennessee and has an area of 1362 square kilometers, of which 45 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Union County, Grainger County, Jefferson County, Sevier County, Blount County, Loudon County, Roane County and Anderson County.

History

Knox County was formed on June 11, 1792 from parts of Greene County and Hawkins County. It was named after Henry Knox, a commander of the artillery in the Continental Army and the first U.S. Secretary of War of the United States.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000, lived in Knox County 382 032 people in 157 872 households and 100 722 families. The population density was 290 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 88.10 percent White, 8.63 percent African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 1.29 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.50 percent from other races groups; 1.18 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.26 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 157 872 households out of which 28.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 49.8 percent were married couples living together, 10.9 percent were single mothers and 36.2 percent were non-families. 29.6 percent of all households and 9.1 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average household size was 2.92 people.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 11.6 percent between 18 to 24, 30.4 percent between 25 and 44, 23.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.7 percent were older than 65, the average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 37,454, and the median income for a family was $ 49,182. Males had a median income of $ 35,755, women $ 25,140. The per capita income was $ 21,875. 8.4 percent of families and 12.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.