Total Population in Knox County, TN

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
494,148
Rank #148 of 3,222
95th percentile

How Knox County Compares

Knox County
494,148
Tennessee Average
494,148
Rank #3 of 95 in state
National
330M
99.9% below

National Distribution

Where Knox County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Knox County: 494,148

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#145 Lake County, IN 500,379
#146 Washoe County, NV 497,200
#147 Richmond County, NY 494,956
#148 Knox County, TN 494,148
#149 Prince William County, VA 488,880
#150 Sonoma County, CA 485,040
#151 Seminole County, FL 481,470
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Total Population in Knox County, Tennessee

Knox County, Tennessee has a total population of 494,148, which ranks #148 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.9% below the national value of 330M.

Within Tennessee, Knox County ranks #3 of 95 out of 95 counties. This places it in the 95th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.