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Knoxville Metro Area Historical Language Spoken at Home Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
Total population: 847,765
| Knoxville Area | % | Tennessee | U.S. | |
| English | 321,357 | 94.25%, see rank | 92.96% | 79.39% |
| Spanish | 9,274 | 2.72%, see rank | 3.77% | 11.75% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 5,839 | 1.71%, see rank | 1.62% | 4.52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 3,319 | 0.97%, see rank | 1.09% | 3.36% |
| Other | 1,191 | 0.35%, see rank | 0.55% | 0.99% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
Total population: 699,097
| Knoxville Area | % | Tennessee | U.S. | |
| English | 271,359 | 94.30%, see rank | 93.11% | 79.64% |
| Spanish | 7,645 | 2.66%, see rank | 3.73% | 11.57% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 4,973 | 1.73%, see rank | 1.62% | 4.61% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 3,008 | 1.05%, see rank | 1.07% | 3.24% |
| Other | 766 | 0.27%, see rank | 0.48% | 0.94% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
Total population: 685,335
| Knoxville Area | % | Tennessee | U.S. | |
| English | 267,555 | 94.28%, see rank | 93.32% | 79.95% |
| Spanish | 7,571 | 2.67%, see rank | 3.67% | 11.42% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 4,879 | 1.72%, see rank | 1.56% | 4.60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 2,914 | 1.03%, see rank | 1.00% | 3.14% |
| Other | 857 | 0.30%, see rank | 0.44% | 0.89% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
Total population: 680,629
| Knoxville Area | % | Tennessee | U.S. | |
| English | 265,821 | 94.74%, see rank | 93.55% | 80.35% |
| Spanish | 6,060 | 2.16%, see rank | 3.46% | 11.21% |
| Other Indo-European Languages | 5,039 | 1.80%, see rank | 1.58% | 4.62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander Languages | 2,725 | 0.97%, see rank | 0.96% | 2.95% |
| Other | 923 | 0.33%, see rank | 0.45% | 0.87% |
* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.