Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

===Metropolitan area===
{{Main|Knoxville Metropolitan Area}}
Knoxville is the central city in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area, an [[Office of Management and Budget]] (OMB) designated [[metropolitan statistical area]] (MSA) that covers Knox, [[Anderson County, Tennessee|Anderson]], [[Blount County, Tennessee|Blount]], [[Campbell County, Tennessee|Campbell]], [[Grainger County, Tennessee|Grainger]], [[Loudon County, Tennessee|Loudon]], [[Morgan County, Tennessee|Morgan]], [[Roane County, Tennessee|Roane]] and [[Union County, Tennessee|Union]] counties.<ref name=Censusmetro/> Researchers have mapped the Knoxville Metropolitan area as one of the 18 major cities in the [[Piedmont Atlantic megaregion]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cqgrd.gatech.edu/program_areas/megaregions/pam.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200447/http://www.cqgrd.gatech.edu/program_areas/megaregions/pam.php|url-status=dead|title=Georgia Institute of Technology :: CQGRD : Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM)|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>

The Knoxville Metropolitan area includes unincorporated communities such as [[Halls Crossroads, Tennessee|Halls Crossroads]], [[Powell, Tennessee|Powell]], [[Karns, Tennessee|Karns]], [[Corryton, Tennessee|Corryton]], [[Concord, Tennessee|Concord]], and [[Mascot, Tennessee|Mascot]], which are located in Knox County outside of Knoxville's city limits. Along with Knoxville, municipalities in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area include [[Alcoa, Tennessee|Alcoa]], [[Blaine, Tennessee|Blaine]], [[Maryville, Tennessee|Maryville]], [[Lenoir City, Tennessee|Lenoir City]], [[Loudon, Tennessee|Loudon]], [[Farragut, Tennessee|Farragut]], [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee|Oak Ridge]], [[Rutledge, Tennessee|Rutledge]], [[Clinton, Tennessee|Clinton]], [[Bean Station, Tennessee|Bean Station]], and [[Maynardville, Tennessee|Maynardville]]. As of 2012, the population of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area was 837,571.<ref name=Censusmetro>[https://www.census.gov/population/www/metroareas/metroarea.html Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923210008/http://www.census.gov/population/www/metroareas/metroarea.html |date=September 23, 2011 }}, U.S. Census Bureau</ref>

The Knoxville MSA is the chief component of the OMB-designated Knoxville-[[Sevierville]]-[[LaFollette, Tennessee|La Follette]] larger [[Combined statistical area|Combined Statistical Area]] (CSA). The CSA also includes the [[Morristown metropolitan area]] ([[Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen]], [[Grainger County, Tennessee|Grainger]], and [[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson]] counties) and the Sevierville ([[Sevier County, Tennessee|Sevier County]]), La Follette (Campbell County), [[Harriman, Tennessee|Harriman]] (Roane County), and [[Newport, Tennessee|Newport]] ([[Cocke County, Tennessee|Cocke County]]) [[micropolitan statistical area]]s. Municipalities in the CSA but not the Knoxville MSA, include Morristown, Rutledge, [[Dandridge, Tennessee|Dandridge]], [[Jefferson City, Tennessee|Jefferson City]], Sevierville, [[Gatlinburg, Tennessee|Gatlinburg]], [[Pigeon Forge, Tennessee|Pigeon Forge]], LaFollette, [[Jacksboro, Tennessee|Jacksboro]], Harriman, [[Kingston, Tennessee|Kingston]], [[Rockwood, Tennessee|Rockwood]], and Newport. The combined population of the CSA as of the 2000 Census was 935,659. Its estimated 2008 population was 1,041,955.<ref name=Censusmetro/>