East Tennessee

===Cities and metropolitan areas===
The major cities of East Tennessee are Knoxville, which is near the geographic center of the region; Chattanooga, which is in southeastern Tennessee at the Georgia border; and the "Tri-Cities" of [[Bristol, Tennessee|Bristol]], [[Johnson City, Tennessee|Johnson City]], and [[Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport]], located in the extreme northeastern part of the state. Of the ten [[List of metropolitan areas of Tennessee|metropolitan statistical areas in Tennessee]], six are in East Tennessee. [[Combined statistical area]]s include Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville, [[Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area|Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton]], and Tri-Cities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Bulletin-18-04.pdf|title=OMB Bulletin No. 18-04: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas|publisher=[[United States Office of Management and Budget]]|date=September 14, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref>

Knoxville, with about 190,000 residents, is the state's third largest city and contains the state's third largest metropolitan area, with about 1 million residents.<ref name=PopEstCities/><ref name=metro>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html |title= Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010–2019 |website= U.S. Census Bureau |date= June 18, 2020 |access-date= June 29, 2020}}</ref> Chattanooga, with a population of more than 180,000, is the state's fourth largest city and anchors a metropolitan area with more than 500,000 residents, of whom approximately one-third live in Georgia.<ref name=PopEstCities/><ref name=metro/> The Tri-Cities, while defined by the [[Office of Management and Budget]] as the [[Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol metropolitan area|Kingsport-Bristol]] and [[Johnson City metropolitan area, Tennessee|Johnson City]] metropolitan areas, are usually considered one population center, which is the third-most populous in East Tennessee and the fifth-largest statewide. 

Most of East Tennessee's population is found in the Ridge-and Valley region, including that of its major cities. Other important cities in the Ridge and Valley region include [[Cleveland, Tennessee|Cleveland]], [[Athens, Tennessee|Athens]], [[Maryville, Tennessee|Maryville]], [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee|Oak Ridge]], [[Sevierville, Tennessee|Sevierville]], [[Morristown, Tennessee|Morristown]], and [[Greeneville, Tennessee|Greeneville]]. The region also includes the [[Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee|Cleveland]] and [[Morristown metropolitan area, Tennessee|Morristown]] metropolitan areas, each of which contain more than 100,000 residents. The Blue Ridge section of the state is much more sparsely populated, its main cities being [[Elizabethton, Tennessee|Elizabethton]], [[Pigeon Forge, Tennessee|Pigeon Forge]], and [[Gatlinburg, Tennessee|Gatlinburg]]. [[Crossville, Tennessee|Crossville]] is the largest city in the plateau region, which is also sparsely populated.

Most residents of the East Tennessee region commute by car with the lack of alternative modes of transportation such as commuter rail or regional bus systems. Residents of the metropolitan areas for Knoxville, Morristown, Chattanooga, and the Tri-Cities region have an estimated one-way commute of 23 minutes.<ref name="commute2017">{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=East Tennessee cities ranks in top 5 for longest commute times |url=https://www.wate.com/news/local-news/east-tennessee-cities-ranks-in-top-5-for-longest-commute-times/ |website=[[WATE-TV]] |access-date=January 4, 2022 |date=December 13, 2017}}</ref>

{{Largest cities
| country = East Tennessee
| stat_ref = Source:<ref name=PopEstCities>{{cite web|url= https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-cities-and-towns.html|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2010–2019|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>
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| city_2 = Chattanooga, Tennessee{{!}}Chattanooga
| div_2 = Hamilton County, Tennessee{{!}}Hamilton
| pop_2 = 181,099
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| city_3 = Johnson City, Tennessee{{!}}Johnson City
| div_3 = Washington County, Tennessee{{!}}Washington
| pop_3 = 71,046
| img_3 = Johnson_City.jpg
| city_4 = Kingsport, Tennessee{{!}}Kingsport
| div_4 = Sullivan County, Tennessee{{!}}Sullivan
| pop_4 = 55,442
| img_4 = Fun Fest Balloons Kings View.jpg
| city_5 = Cleveland, Tennessee{{!}}Cleveland
| div_5 = Bradley County, Tennessee{{!}}Bradley
| pop_5 = 47,356
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| city_6 = Maryville, Tennessee{{!}}Maryville
| div_6 = Blount County, Tennessee{{!}}Blount
| pop_6 = 31,907
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| city_7 = Oak Ridge, Tennessee{{!}}Oak Ridge
| div_7 = Anderson County, Tennessee{{!}}Anderson
| pop_7 = 31,402
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| city_8 = Morristown, Tennessee{{!}}Morristown
| div_8 = Hamblen County, Tennessee{{!}}Hamblen
| pop_8 = 30,431
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| city_9 = Bristol, Tennessee{{!}}Bristol
| div_9 = Sullivan County, Tennessee{{!}}Sullivan
| pop_9 = 27,147
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| city_10 = Farragut, Tennessee{{!}}Farragut
| div_10 = Knox County, Tennessee{{!}}Knox
| pop_10 = 23,506
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