Kingsport, Tennessee demographics

Kingsport, TN demographics: median age 43.0; 31.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Kingsport city, Tennessee · Incorporated city · GEOID 4739560. The survey estimates a population of 56,262 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Kingsport is 43.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.0 years. There are 25,021 households (±651). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	43.0 ±2.0	38.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 56,262
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Under 18	11,598 ±764	20.6% ±1.4 pp	22.2%	22.0%
18–34	11,055 ±747	19.6% ±1.3 pp	22.7%	22.8%
35–64	20,477 ±1,066	36.4% ±1.9 pp	38.0%	38.0%
65 and older	13,132 ±889	23.3% ±1.6 pp	17.1%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 56,262
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Male	26,050 ±704	46.3% ±1.3 pp	49.1%	49.5%
Female	30,212 ±701	53.7% ±1.2 pp	50.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 56,262
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
White alone	50,741 ±669	90.2% ±1.2 pp	72.4%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,512 ±367	2.7% ±0.7 pp	15.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	33 ±22 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	575 ±269	1.0% ±0.5 pp	1.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±33 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	402 ±212 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	2.7%	7.1%
Two or more races	2,999 ±459	5.3% ±0.8 pp	7.0%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 56,262
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	54,197 ±333	96.3% ±0.6 pp	92.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2,065 ±323	3.7% ±0.6 pp	7.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 25,021
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Married-couple family	9,700 ±683	38.8% ±2.5 pp	46.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	979 ±253	3.9% ±1.0 pp	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	3,818 ±509	15.3% ±2.0 pp	12.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	8,795 ±786	35.2% ±3.0 pp	29.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,729 ±389	6.9% ±1.5 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 25,021
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Households with people under 18	6,547 ±429	26.2% ±1.6 pp	29.3%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	18,474 ±871	73.8% ±2.9 pp	70.7%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 25,021
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	8,795 ±786	35.2% ±3.0 pp	29.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	8,974 ±685	35.9% ±2.6 pp	35.2%	33.8%
Three-person households	3,321 ±456	13.3% ±1.8 pp	15.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,368 ±292	9.5% ±1.1 pp	11.7%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,108 ±237	4.4% ±0.9 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	280 ±126	1.1% ±0.5 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	175 ±137 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 56,262
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Native	54,695 ±398	97.2% ±0.7 pp	93.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	1,567 ±390	2.8% ±0.7 pp	6.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 53,150
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
English only	51,380 ±592	96.7% ±0.9 pp	91.4%	77.7%
Spanish	1,059 ±294	2.0% ±0.6 pp	5.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	86 ±119 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	62 ±45 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	28 ±33 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	162 ±187 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	6 ±9 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	112 ±116 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±33 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	168 ±149 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	34 ±44 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	1.1%
Arabic	31 ±35 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	22 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 40,294
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,784 ±560	9.4% ±1.4 pp	10.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	11,721 ±859	29.1% ±2.0 pp	31.2%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	8,437 ±711	20.9% ±1.7 pp	19.9%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	3,675 ±450	9.1% ±1.1 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	7,841 ±657	19.5% ±1.6 pp	19.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4,836 ±513	12.0% ±1.2 pp	11.7%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 55,489
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Same house	47,974 ±1,367	86.5% ±2.4 pp	87.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	3,732 ±1,052	6.7% ±1.9 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,167 ±621	3.9% ±1.1 pp	3.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,542 ±433	2.8% ±0.8 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	74 ±56 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

8.8% of Kingsport residents (±1.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 10.0% in Tennessee and 8.4% nationally. 88.8% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Kingsport	Tennessee	U.S.	Compared with Tennessee
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.8% ±1.2 pp	10.0%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	88.8% ±1.1 pp	89.2%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	9.3% ±1.0 pp	7.3%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Kingsport . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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