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Knox County, Tennessee

40,360 Black residents · 8.4% of the county · ranked 6 of 95 in Tennessee by Black population

The gazetteer enters Knox County, Tennessee, on its published figures: a total population of 478,971 in 2020, with 40,360 Black residents counted alone — 8.4% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.

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Black share of state population — Tennessee highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 2020478,971
Black residents (alone), 202040,360
Black share of the county, 20208.4%
Rank by Black population among Tennessee counties6 of 95

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.

Population Trend

The published record across two censuses for Knox County: 38,045 Black residents in 2010, 40,360 in 2020 — grew by 6.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 8.8% to 8.4%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.

The Record

The state's Black population of 1.1 million is spread across 95 counties and county equivalents; Knox County holds 40,360 of it, rank 6 in the state's order. The county page for Knox County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

Black Knox County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Knox County page holds the frame around them — 478,971 people in all, 40,360 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.