† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
9 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupKnoxville, TNTennesseeUnited States
English14.7%13.3%9.5%
American11.7%11.3%5.3%
German11.1%9.1%12.5%
Irish10.5%9.3%9.4%
Scottish2.8%2.2%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.6%1.7%—
Italian2.4%2.2%4.8%
French1.2%1.3%1.6%
Mexican2.7%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.6%0.5%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.5%0.3%
African American†4.8%14.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.6%0.5%
Chinese0.4%0.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%0.5%1.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Knoxville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median age
40.8
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Knoxville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$72,472
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.2%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.1%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Knoxville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.6%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
3.7%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Knoxville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
3.2%
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
38.9%
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.3%
44.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.1%
6.5%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Knoxville, TN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−25.1%
1896
−39.5%
1900
−30.4%
1904
−36.0%
1908
−35.7%
1912
+10.9%
1916
−32.2%
1920
−44.3%
1924
−32.7%
1928
−53.6%
1932
−7.9%
1936
+7.7%
1940
+6.8%
1944
−15.1%
1948
−14.8%
1952
−26.0%
1956
−23.5%
1960
−23.2%
1964
−1.6%
1968
−25.8%
1972
−44.7%
1976
+0.7%
1980
−19.9%
1984
−28.0%
1988
−26.7%
1992
−2.4%
1996
−4.4%
2000
−15.7%
2004
−26.6%
2008
−29.6%
2012
−35.8%
2016
−36.2%
2020
−31.1%
2024
−35.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
31.6%Harris136,410
67.1%Trump289,889
0.7%Kennedy3,126 +4
R+35.5
R+4.5
R+34.0
432,144
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican67.1%289,889
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic31.6%136,410
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.7%3,126
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%1,245
Jay J BowmanIndependent0.2%911
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%433
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%130
R
33.5%Biden140,410
64.5%Trump270,665
2.0%
R+31.1
D+5.2
R+35.5
419,417
R
29.1%Clinton99,215
65.3%Trump222,902
5.6%
R+36.2
R+0.4
R+38.3
341,338
R
31.2%Obama101,730
67.0%Romney218,572
1.8%
R+35.8
R+6.3
R+39.7
326,258
R
34.4%Obama119,877
64.0%McCain222,750
1.6%
R+29.6
R+3.0
R+36.8
348,113
R
36.3%Kerry122,550
62.9%Bush212,374
0.8%
R+26.6
R+10.9
R+24.1
337,730
R
41.3%Gore119,031
57.0%Bush164,296
1.7%
R+15.7
R+11.3
R+16.2
288,357
R
44.4%Clinton118,070
48.8%Dole129,746
6.8%
R+4.4
R+2.0
R+12.9
265,979
R
43.1%Clinton117,731
45.5%Bush124,272
11.4%
R+2.4
D+24.3
R+8.0
273,269
R
36.4%Dukakis80,018
63.1%Bush138,795
0.5%
R+26.7
D+1.2
R+19.0
219,961
R
35.7%Mondale82,774
63.7%Reagan147,515
0.5%
R+28.0
R+8.0
R+9.7
231,551
R
38.0%Carter85,188
57.9%Reagan129,892
4.1%
R+19.9
R+20.7
R+10.2
224,287
D
49.8%Carter104,292
49.1%Ford102,769
1.1%
D+0.7
D+45.4
R+1.3
209,431
R
26.7%McGovern45,240
71.4%Nixon120,998
1.9%
R+44.7
R+18.9
R+21.5
169,485
R
26.6%Humphrey46,265
52.4%Nixon91,091
20.9%
R+25.8
R+24.2
R+25.1
173,697
R
49.2%Johnson81,310
50.8%Goldwater83,894
0.0%
R+1.6
D+21.6
R+24.1
165,204
R
38.1%Kennedy62,057
61.2%Nixon99,831
0.7%
R+23.2
D+0.3
R+23.3
163,082
R
37.5%Stevenson57,042
61.0%Eisenhower92,753
1.4%
R+23.5
D+2.5
R+8.1
151,955
R
36.9%Stevenson52,065
62.9%Eisenhower88,688
0.2%
R+26.0
R+11.1
R+15.2
141,049
R
40.4%Truman33,905
55.2%Dewey46,358
4.4%
R+14.8
D+0.3
R+19.3
83,975
R
42.2%Roosevelt32,838
57.3%Dewey44,566
0.4%
R+15.1
R+21.9
R+22.6
77,743
D
53.1%Roosevelt36,245
46.3%Willkie31,590
0.5%
D+6.8
R+0.9
R+3.1
68,206
D
53.7%Roosevelt35,964
46.0%Landon30,785
0.4%
D+7.7
D+15.6
R+16.5
66,996
R
45.3%Roosevelt21,219
53.2%Hoover24,920
1.5%
R+7.9
D+45.7
R+25.7
46,833
R
23.1%Smith10,209
76.7%Hoover33,909
0.2%
R+53.6
R+20.9
R+36.1
44,222
R
30.7%Davis12,027
63.4%Coolidge24,853
5.9%
R+32.7
D+11.6
R+7.5
39,198
R
27.7%Cox13,407
72.0%Harding34,899
0.4%
R+44.3
R+12.1
R+18.1
48,482
R
33.3%Wilson9,136
65.6%Hughes17,976
1.1%
R+32.2
R+43.1
R+35.4
27,419
O
32.9%Wilson8,752
22.0%Taft5,859
45.1%
Roosevelt +12.3
D+46.6
R+8.7
26,635
R
31.0%Bryan8,803
66.7%Taft18,952
2.4%
R+35.7
D+0.3
R+26.1
28,433
R
30.6%Parker6,797
66.6%Roosevelt14,801
2.8%
R+36.0
R+5.6
R+16.3
22,228
R
33.8%Bryan9,624
64.2%McKinley18,270
2.0%
R+30.4
D+9.1
R+22.8
28,465
R
29.5%Bryan9,774
69.0%McKinley22,846
1.5%
R+39.5
R+14.4
R+33.4
33,107
R
34.8%Cleveland8,864
59.9%Harrison15,264
5.3%
R+25.1
—
R+26.8
25,477
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
32.3%138,377
66.0%282,999
428,475
2020
R
31.4%128,753
66.6%272,790
409,469
2018
R
40.9%125,942
57.4%176,685
307,722
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Knoxville, TN
Year
Total registered
2016
563,997
2018
575,619
2020
585,102
2022
596,927
2024
638,382
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+8,855 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +109,178 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Knoxville, TN in Knoxville, TN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+3,301
2012
+2,888
2013
+3,110
2014
+3,522
2015
+3,967
2016
+6,502
2017
+8,265
2018
+7,114
2019
+7,339
2021
+13,377
2022
+18,030
2023
+13,427
2024
+9,481
2025
+8,855
Knoxville's metro has delivered Republican presidential margins above 30 points in recent cycles, anchored by a white working-class and college-educated suburban base that has shown little of the ticket-splitting volatility seen in Nashville or Memphis.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 10.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 53.6 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.5 points.
A population of 932,241, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,472 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chattanooga, TN-GA and Tulsa, OK.
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In 2024, Knoxville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 35.5 points (R+35.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 432,144 votes cast, 136,410 went Democratic and 289,889 went Republican.
When did Knoxville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Knoxville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Knoxville, TN, Tennessee?
Knoxville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 932,241 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Knoxville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Knoxville, TN, Tennessee is $72,472 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Knoxville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Knoxville, TN, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
