Knoxville Metropolitan Area

[Image:Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette CSA.png|thumb|right|300px|Location of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette CSA (as of 2010) and its components: ]] The Knoxville metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on Knoxville, Tennessee, the third largest city in Tennessee and the largest city in East Tennessee. In 2014, the KMSA had an estimated population of 857,585. The KMSA is, in turn, the central component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette Combined Statistical Area, which, in 2013, had a population of 1,096,961.