The Knoxville metropolitan area, commonly known as Greater Knoxville, is a metropolitan statistical area centered on Knoxville, Tennessee, the third largest city in Tennessee and the largest city in East Tennessee. It is the third largest metropolitan area in Tennessee. In 2019, the metro area had an estimated population of 1,045,111. The KMSA is, in turn, the central component of the Knoxville–Morristown–Sevierville Combined Statistical Area, which, in 2019, had a population of 1,146,049.