The Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, is an area consisting of three counties in eastern

East Tennessee

East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. East Tennessee consists of 33 counties, 30 located within the Eastern Time Zone and three counties in the Central Time Zone, namely...

 Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

, anchored by the city of Johnson City

Johnson City, Tennessee

Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with most of the city being in Washington County...

. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the MSA had a population of 181,607 (though a July 1, 2008 estimate placed the population at 195,849).

Counties

• Carter
  Carter County, Tennessee
  Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 57,424. Its county seat is Elizabethton.Carter County is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined...
  
  
• Unicoi
• Washington

Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants

• Johnson City
  Johnson City, Tennessee
  Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with most of the city being in Washington County...
  
   (Principal city; partial)

Places with 2,500 to 5,000 inhabitants

• Central
  Central, Tennessee
  Central is a census-designated place in western Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,717 at the 2000 census and 2,279 at the 2010 census...
  
   (census-designated place
  Census-designated place
  A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
  
  )
• Jonesborough
  Jonesborough, Tennessee
  Jonesborough is a town in and the county seat of Washington County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The population was 4,168 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Oak Grove
  Oak Grove, Tennessee
  Oak Grove is a census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 4,072 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Pine Crest
  Pine Crest, Tennessee
  Pine Crest is a census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,872 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Spurgeon
  Spurgeon, Tennessee
  Spurgeon is a census-designated place in Sullivan and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 3,460 at the 2000 census....
  
   (census-designated place; partial)
• Unicoi
  Unicoi, Tennessee
  Unicoi is a town in Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,519 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as...
  
  

Places with 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants

• Banner Hill
  Banner Hill, Tennessee
  Banner Hill is a census-designated place in Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,053 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Fall Branch
  Fall Branch, Tennessee
  Fall Branch is a census-designated place in Washington and Greene counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 1,313 at the 2000 census....
  
   (census-designated place; partial)
• Gray
  Gray, Tennessee
  Gray is a census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee, United States and a rural suburb of Johnson City. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area –...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Hunter
  Hunter, Tennessee
  Hunter is a census-designated place located southeast of Elizabethton in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was enumerated at 1,566 during the 2000 U.S. Decennial Census...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Midway
  Midway, Tennessee
  Midway is a census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,491 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Roan Mountain
  Roan Mountain, Tennessee
  Roan Mountain is a census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,360 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area...
  
   (census-designated place)

Unincorporated places

• Flag Pond
  Flag Pond, Tennessee
  Flag Pond is an unincorporated community in Unicoi County, Tennessee. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.The...
  
  
• Hampton
• Limestone
  Limestone, Tennessee
  Limestone is an unincorporated community on the western border of Washington County and the eastern border of Greene County in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its zip code is 37681...
  
   (partial)
• Telford
  Telford, Tennessee
  Telford is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Tennessee, United States, between Jonesborough and Limestone. Originally, Millwood was the name of the Telford area, according to the map of Washington County, Tennessee Post Offices ....
  
  

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 181,607 people, 75,197 households, and 51,047 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 95.31% White, 2.57% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.48% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.28% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $30,117, and the median income for a family was $37,286. Males had a median income of $29,158 versus $20,517 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the MSA was $16,458.

Combined Statistical Area

The Johnson City–Kingsport

Kingsport, Tennessee

Kingsport is a city located mainly in Sullivan County with some western portions in Hawkins County in the US state of Tennessee. The majority of the city lies in Sullivan County...

–Bristol

Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 26,702 at the 2010 census. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. The boundaries of both cities run parallel to each other along State...

 Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is made up of five counties in Eastern Tennessee as well as two counties and an independent city in Southwestern Virginia

Southwest Virginia

Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Southwest Virginia has been defined alternatively as all Virginia counties on the Appalachian Plateau, all Virginia counties west of the Eastern Continental Divide, or...

. The statistical area includes two metropolitan areas

United States metropolitan area

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. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 480,091 (though a July 1, 2008 estimate placed the population at 500,538).

Components

• Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
  • Johnson City (Carter County, TN; Unicoi County, TN; Washington, TN)
  • Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol
    Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA
    The Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget...
    
     (Hawkins County, TN
    Hawkins County, Tennessee
    Hawkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 56,833. Its county seat is Rogersville, Tennessee's second-oldest town....
    
    ; Sullivan County, TN; Scott County, VA
    Scott County, Virginia
    As of the census of 2000, there were 23,403 people, 9,795 households, and 7,023 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 11,355 housing units at an average density of 21 per square mile...
    
    ; Washington County, VA
    Washington County, Virginia
    As of the census of 2000, there were 51,103 people, 21,056 households, and 14,949 families residing in the county. The population density was 91 people per square mile . There were 22,985 housing units at an average density of 41 per square mile...
    
    ; City of Bristol, VA
    Bristol, Virginia
    Bristol is an independent city in Virginia, United States, bounded by Washington County, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee, and Sullivan County, Tennessee....
    
    )