Tennessee · Census place 4740000
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee with an estimated 198,722 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 198,722
- #3 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +3.9%
- +7,495 people
- Land area
- 98.7 sq mi
- + 5.53 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,013 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Knoxville population, 2020 to 2024
Knoxville added 7,495 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +1,259. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Knoxville is 16.4 times that size.
Knoxville covers 98.73 square miles of land and 5.53 of water, for 2,013 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Knoxville is denser than the typical town.
What county Knoxville is in
All of Knoxville's residents live in Knox County, which had 506,748 residents in 2024. Knoxville holds 39.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Knoxville
15 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Knoxville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37902, 37909, 37912, 37914, 37915, 37916, 37917, 37918, 37919, 37920, 37921, 37922, 37923, 37924, 37929. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Knoxville is
The Census internal point of Knoxville is at 35.970700, -83.949300. Nashville, the capital, is 158.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lexington-Fayette, KY (329,437 people), 145.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 96.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 280 m (919 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.970700, -83.949300
- DMS
- 35°58'14.52"N 83°56'57.48"W
- UTM
- 17N 234051.6E 3984721.2N
- Geohash
- dnkk9smbx
- Plus code
- 867RX3C2+77
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Knoxville
At 35.97° N, Knoxville gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Knoxville daylight page.
Places near Knoxville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Alcoa, 10.8 miles away, with 13,588 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Knoxville, TN?
198,722 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7,495 (3.9%) from 191,227 in July 2020.
What county is Knoxville in?
Knox County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Knoxville?
15 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37902, 37909, 37912, 37914, 37915, 37916, 37917, 37918, 37919, 37920, 37921, 37922, and more.
How far is Knoxville from Nashville?
158.9 miles (255.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Knoxville.
What is the nearest larger city to Knoxville?
Lexington-Fayette, KY, with 329,437 residents, 145.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.