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Knoxville, TN
198,722 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4740000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Knoxville ranked #253 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Knoxville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Jackson MS, Shreveport LA, Augusta GA, Savannah GA, Mobile AL, Baton Rouge LA, Akron OH, Birmingham AL, Beaumont TX, Dayton OH, Chattanooga TN, Waco TX, Columbia SC · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #253 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #191 | #223 | #273 | #251 | #171 | #234 | #214 | #208 | #247 | #222 | #213 | #194 | #197 | #210 | #227 | #223 | #214 | #156 | #253 | #157 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 174,764 | 176,334 | 177,783 | 178,750 | 178,909 | 178,258 | 179,955 | 181,093 | 181,779 | 182,631 | 184,046 | 184,986 | 186,905 | 187,362 | 187,603 | 191,227 | 192,158 | 196,210 | 197,463 | 198,722 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #43 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | +1.0 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.0 | +0.6 | — | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +1.2 | +1.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #30 of 271 cities with data · 2nd of 8 in its peer group with data | 6.3 | 6.0 | — | — | 2.3 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.6 | — | 10.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #260 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 21.2% | 22.6% | 22.4% | 23.9% | 24.8% | 26.9% | 25.1% | 27.6% | 26.0% | 28.2% | 24.9% | 25.6% | 25.9% | 25.0% | 25.3% | — | 25.4% | 24.4% | 28.5% | 27.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #240 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data | 13.7 | 10.2 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 12.3 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 12.0 | 9.7 | 17.7 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 19.3 | 20.8 | 17.3 | 12.2 | 11.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #230 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | 115.0 | 170.7 | 174.4 | 152.7 | 139.7 | 103.2 | 121.1 | 130.3 | 99.0 | 97.5 | 112.5 | 120.5 | 120.9 | 142.0 | 130.6 | 198.7 | 217.0 | 190.1 | 183.3 | 138.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 173,010 | 178,527 | 174,662 | 177,596 | 169,310 | 169,484 | 175,179 | 177,729 | 175,232 | 176,328 | 182,688 | 185,376 | 187,178 | 186,631 | 182,550 | 176,950 | 176,313 | 184,858 | 192,843 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #147 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -1.6 | -0.1 | +1.7 | -0.7 | +0.1 | +1.4 | -2.5 | -0.5 | +1.0 | -1.2 | +0.1 | -1.4 | -2.1 | -1.8 | -1.9 | +0.1 | +0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88,505 | 85,404 | 88,826 | 83,088 | 96,457 | 96,753 | 92,891 | 96,085 | 93,683 | — | 96,500 | 106,621 | 103,085 | 110,073 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #141 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.0% | 7.5% | 8.8% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 4.4% | — | 5.4% | 2.3% | 3.9% | 4.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #100 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 31% | 41% | 27% | 38% | 40% | 37% | 33% | 32% | 36% | 31% | 34% | 47% | 51% | 53% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 34% | 32% | 30% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #203 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $5,092 | $5,966 | $5,553 | $6,038 | $6,564 | $6,752 | $7,152 | $6,946 | $7,468 | $7,431 | $7,120 | $4,347 | $3,714 | $3,131 | $7,848 | $8,067 | $6,884 | $5,088 | $4,206 | $3,433 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Knoxville. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.