Tri-Cities, Tennessee
- For the area in Washington State, see Tri-Cities, Washington.
The Tri-Cities is the area with the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol. It also includes the smaller towns and communities around it in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. All three cities are located in Northeast Tennessee, while Bristol has a twin city of the same name in Virginia. It is the 6th biggest Combined Statistical Area (CSA) in Tennessee by the number of people living in it.
Images, from top to bottom, Kingsport, Johnson City, downtown Bristol, TN-VA | |||||
 The Tri-Cities in Tennessee-Virginia. The red dot is Kingsport, the blue is Bristol, the green is Johnson City | |||||
| State | Tennessee, Virginia | ||||
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| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) | ||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) | ||||
Counties
- Tennessee
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Hawkins County
- Johnson County
- Sullivan County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Virginia
- City of Bristol (Independent City)
- Scott County
- Washington County
Communities
Places with more than 50,000 people living in it
- Johnson City, Tennessee (principal city)
- Kingsport, Tennessee (principal city)
Places with 10,000 to 50,000 people living in it
- Bristol, Tennessee (principal city)
- Bristol, Virginia (principal city)
- Bloomingdale, Tennessee (CDP)
- Elizabethton, Tennessee
- Greeneville, Tennessee