2022 population: 311,272 ( 1,728 from 2010 , 3,673 from 2020)
Land area: 2010.4 square miles
Population density: 154.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	289,830	93.11%	1.4%
Black:	6,628	2.13%	13.7%
Indian:	858	0.28%	28.8%
Asian:	2,366	0.76%	51.5%
2+ races:	4,556	1.46%	43.6%
Hispanic:	7,034	2.26%	68.7%

Total non-White:	21,442	6.89%	37.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,266	10.2
Deaths:	11,685	19.0
Net Migration:	8,928	14.5
Net Immigration:	52	0.1

Change in White population:	-4,138	-1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	5,866	1.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
309,544
293,968	94.97%
5,828	1.88%
666	0.22%
1,562	0.50%
3,172	1.02%
4,169	1.35%
15,576	5.03%

2000
298,484
287,385	96.28%
5,453	1.83%
529	0.18%
1,019	0.34%
1,820	0.61%
2,097	0.70%
11,099	3.72%

1990
275,678
268,515	97.40%
4,940	1.79%
739	0.27%
819	0.30%
n/a
665	0.24%
7,163	2.60%

1980
278,316
270,470	97.18%
5,577	2.00%
356	0.13%
498	0.18%
n/a
1,366	0.49%
7,846	2.82%

1970
241,123
233,675	96.91%
6,703	2.78%
95	0.04%
131	0.05%
n/a
451	0.19%
7,448	3.09%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
30,085	10.1
32,312	10.8
9,998	3.3
1,253	0.4

6,583	2.2
4,477	1.5

Number	Rate
1990's
32,909	11.9
30,367	11.0
11,318	4.1
855	0.3

18,870	6.8
3,936	1.4

Number	Rate
1980's
32,084	11.5
25,630	9.2
-6,502	-2.3
n/a

-1,955	-0.7
-683	-0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
19,653	8.2
n/a

36,795	15.3
398	0.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
45.6
57,882	18.6%
253,390	81.4%
69,427	22.3%

128,510
2.35

82,924	64.5%
61,504	74.2%
7,397	8.9%
45,586	35.5%

2010
Number	Percent
43.3
63,920	20.6%
245,624	79.4%
56,271	18.2%

130,138
2.33

87,679	67.4%
67,494	77.0%
7,061	8.1%
42,459	32.6%

2000
Number	Percent
39.8
64,711	21.7%
233,773	78.3%
46,891	15.7%

124,163
2.36

87,972	70.9%
72,183	82.1%
6,203	7.1%
36,191	29.1%

1990
Number	Percent
36.9
62,293	22.6%
213,385	77.4%
40,193	14.6%

108,091
2.51

81,688	75.6%
68,620	84.0%
4,976	6.1%
26,403	24.4%

1980
Number	Percent
32.2
77,467	27.8%
200,849	72.2%
31,337	11.3%

99,025
2.78

80,065	80.9%
68,800	85.9%
4,166	5.2%
18,960	19.1%

2022 Housing Data for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,308	5.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,186	5.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,121	5.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	7,227	5.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,666	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,475	5.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,028	4.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,328	4.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,210	4.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,015	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	12,524	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	15,561	12.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	10,849	8.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,315	4.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,778	5.3%
$200,000 or more	5,919	4.6%

Median Household Income	53,853
Per Capita Income	32,292

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	75

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	9,011	7.0%
Public Assistance	2,552	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	18,358	14.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	119,065	64.5%
Unemployed	7,673	4.2%
In Armed Forces	278	0.2%

Total Labor Force	127,016	68.8%
Not in Labor Force	57,715	31.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	51,042	40,194	55.9%
Non-Profit	3,168	7,113	30.8%
Self-Employed	7,391	3,827	65.9%

Local Government	3,517	6,346	35.7%
State Government	2,184	2,817	43.7%
Federal Government	1,587	984	61.7%

Total Private + Self	58,433	44,021	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	10,456	17,260	37.7%
Total	68,889	61,281	52.9%

Pct. Govt.	13.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	16,877	12.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	27,688	21.2%
Professional, Technical	28,489	21.8%
Service Occupations	21,495	16.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	296	0.2%
All others	35,870	27.5%

White Collar		56.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	21,171	16.2%
Health care and social assistance	19,652	15.1%
Retail trade	17,143	13.1%
Educational services	10,464	8.0%
Accommodation and food services	10,163	7.8%
Construction	9,169	7.0%
Other services	6,291	4.8%
Transportation and warehousing	5,513	4.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,181	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,914	3.8%
Public administration	4,867	3.7%
Finance and insurance	4,717	3.6%
Wholesale trade	3,144	2.4%
Information	2,190	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,568	1.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,549	1.2%
Utilities	1,115	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	667	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	584	0.4%
Management	357	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,914	1.27%
Puerto Rican	792	0.26%
Cuban	167	0.05%
Dominican	79	0.03%

Total Central American	485	0.16%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	136	0.04%
Honduran	56	0.02%
Nicaraguan	79	0.03%
Panamanian	102	0.03%
Salvadoran	93	0.03%
Other Central American	19	0.01%

Total South American	278	0.09%
Argentinean	14	0.00%
Bolivian	33	0.01%
Chilean	5	0.00%
Colombian	24	0.01%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	20	0.01%
Peruvian	161	0.05%
Uruguayan	15	0.00%
Venezuelan	6	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	482	0.16%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	739	0.24%
Chinese	360	0.12%
Filipino	189	0.06%
Korean	173	0.06%
Vietnamese	88	0.03%
Japanese	77	0.02%
Cambodian	56	0.02%
Thai	53	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	287,931	97.8%
Spanish	3,989	1.4%
Other Indo-European	703	0.2%
Chinese	267	0.1%
Other Asian	245	0.1%
Arabic	242	0.1%
German, other Germanic	240	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	221	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	168	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	63,411	20.6%
English	49,964	16.2%
Irish	34,387	11.2%
German	30,456	9.9%
Scotch-Irish	9,392	3.0%
Scottish	7,342	2.4%
Italian	4,949	1.6%
European	4,745	1.5%
French	3,351	1.1%
Dutch	2,952	1.0%
British	1,972	0.6%
Polish	1,768	0.6%
Swedish	1,404	0.5%
Welsh	1,380	0.4%
Norwegian	1,013	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	306,315	99.3%
Not a citizen	2,071	0.7%

Native	304,161	98.6%
Foreign-born	4,225	1.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
9,696	4.3%	17,219	7.6%	79,910	35.3%	67,143	29.7%	34,142	15.1%	18,322	8.1%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	9,696	4.3%
9-12 Years	17,219	7.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	79,910	35.3%
Some College	67,143	29.7%
Bach. Degree	34,142	15.1%
Grad Degree	18,322	8.1%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	263,980	249,684	14,296	5.4%
1991	267,670	252,166	15,504	5.8%
1992	276,514	259,580	16,934	6.1%
1993	278,352	262,334	16,018	5.8%
1994	283,170	267,118	16,052	5.7%
1995	289,818	273,698	16,120	5.6%
1996	289,736	275,046	14,690	5.1%
1997	287,106	273,552	13,554	4.7%
1998	283,502	270,706	12,796	4.5%
1999	283,182	270,666	12,516	4.4%

2000	279,376	269,038	10,338	3.7%
2001	282,532	269,686	12,846	4.5%
2002	285,642	270,124	15,518	5.4%
2003	287,254	270,528	16,726	5.8%
2004	281,120	265,178	15,942	5.7%
2005	280,392	265,340	15,052	5.4%
2006	288,928	274,802	14,126	4.9%
2007	288,748	276,060	12,688	4.4%
2008	295,046	278,544	16,502	5.6%
2009	294,088	267,118	26,970	9.2%

2010	289,594	262,738	26,856	9.3%
2011	292,394	267,922	24,472	8.4%
2012	287,360	265,410	21,950	7.6%
2013	284,408	263,322	21,086	7.4%
2014	278,410	260,324	18,086	6.5%
2015	274,074	258,806	15,268	5.6%
2016	274,620	260,770	13,850	5.0%
2017	274,312	263,066	11,246	4.1%
2018	274,240	264,302	9,938	3.6%
2019	275,184	265,252	9,932	3.6%

2020	270,094	251,448	18,646	6.9%
2021	267,360	255,904	11,456	4.3%
2022	270,376	261,092	9,284	3.4%
2023	272,640	263,282	9,358	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	148,797
Median Value	$165,797

Occupied	128,510	86.4%
Vacant	20,287	13.6%

Owned	94,925	73.9%
Rented	33,585	26.1%
Median Rent	$769

Single-Family Units	107,703	72.4%
Detached	104,057	69.9%
Attached	3,646	2.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	12,798	8.6%
Mobile Homes	20,125	13.5%

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area