Alcoa, Tennessee

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The 2000 Census showed that Alcoa had a population of 7,734 people^<1>. This represents 0.14% of the total population of Tennessee, making it the state's 60th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
57	Pulaski	W	177 mi [284.9 km]	7,847	0.3% decrease
58	Ripley	W	311 mi [500 km]	7,636	2.65% decrease
59	Jefferson City	NE	34 mi [54.7 km]	8,156	5.1% increase
-60-	Alcoa			8,606	11.27% increase
61	Spring Hill	W	165 mi [265.5 km]	26,230	239.99% increase
62	Milan	W	267 mi [429.7 km]	7,934	3.52% increase
63	Signal Mountain	SW	89 mi [143.2 km]	7,109	4.31% decrease

Alcoa had 3,857 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Alcoa has an area^<4> of 13.79 square miles [35.72 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Alcoa had a 2000 population density of 560 people per square mile [216.5 people/km²], making it the state's 173rd most densely populated area.

Blount County

The city of Alcoa is located in Blount County.

The county had a population of 106,217 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 7,734 people, Alcoa contained 7.28% of the Blount County total.

In addition, where the community of Alcoa has a population density of 560 people per square mile [216.5 people/km²], Blount County averages 190.2 people per square mile [73.4 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Blount County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Alcoa and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Alcoa. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Alcoa.

A Census Quickfact is available for Blount County (QF-47009).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Blount County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Knox	QF-47093	N	430,019	12.27% increase
	Sevier	QF-47155	E	84,835	18.32% increase
	Monroe	QF-47123	SW	45,648	16.52% increase
	Loudon	QF-47105	W	46,445	18.44% increase
	Swain (NC)	QF-37173	SE	13,512	3.69% increase
	Graham (NC)	QF-37075	S	7,825	2.14% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Alcoa:

Alcoa is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Alcoa.

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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Alcoa. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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