Higher Education in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area

From the year 2000, the Knoxville metro area has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 2.8 percent to a total of 26.2 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the 2005 State of Tennessee percent of 21.8 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 29.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Knoxville metro area on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 29.8 percent (Men) versus 22.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma category, with 33.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In the Knoxville, TN Metro Area according the 2005 American Community Survey, 26.4 percent of the White Alone, 18 percent of Black or African American, 64.6 percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Knoxville, TN Metro Area has a moderately-educated working age population, with 26.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Knoxville MSA counted a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Tennessee's proportion of 21.8 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 27.2 percent.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 3.8 percent. In the year 2005, 29.8 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 1.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 22.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Knoxville, TN

The Knoxville metro area had a population of 655,400 in 2005. The estimated population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 617,454. This growth signifies an increase of 6.1 percent. Knoxville ranks 3 of 10 MSAs when analyzing total population change in Tennessee and the metro area ranks 71 of 361 metro areas when analyzing total MSA population change across the nation.

When calculating the total land area, the Knoxville metro area extends a total area of 1857 square miles. The MSA has a medium-high average area density of 353 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Rochester (354 per sq. mile ), Springfield (356 per sq. mile ), Oshkosh-Neenah (364 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Erie (350 per sq. mile ), Youngstown-Warren-Boardman (348 per sq. mile ), Lebanon (347 per sq. mile ).

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated the median age in the Knoxville metro area to be 38.8 years of age. The median age in Knoxville is greater than the median age for the State of Tennessee of 37.3. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 37.3 years old. With 51.8 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Knoxville can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high representation within the population, making up 65.8 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 10.4 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other metro areas in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

From 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated into the Knoxville metro area, with 3,642 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Knoxville accounts for 7.3 percent of all immigration into Tennessee. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

The Knoxville metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made of 89.3 percent White, 6.4 percent African American, 1.3 percent Asian, and 1.7 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 9.4 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Tennessee percent of 20.9. Since 2000, Knoxville has increased the level of diversity when 8.7 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.