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Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Oakridge
(Montgomery County)

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(Williamson County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Oak Ridge had a population of 27,387 people ^<1>. This represents 0.48% of the total population of Tennessee, making it the state's 17th most populous community.

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

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	27,677	+1.06%	+0.89% since 2007
2007	27,434	+0.17%	+0.33% since 2006
2006	27,345	-0.15%	+1.11% since 2005
2005	27,045	-1.25%	+0.27% since 2004
2004	26,973	-1.51%	-0.43% since 2003
2003	27,089	-1.09%
2002	27,073	-1.15%	-0.35% since 2001
2001	27,169	-0.8%	-0.8% since 2000
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2000	27,387	The Last Census

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
14	Cleveland	SW	62 mi [99.8 km]	39,753	6.89% increase
15	Columbia	W	156 mi [251.1 km]	34,402	4.08% increase
16	Collierville	W	309 mi [497.3 km]	39,211	23.03% increase
-17-	Oak Ridge			27,677	1.06% increase
18	Smyrna	W	124 mi [199.6 km]	37,867	48.1% increase
19	Morristown	E	57 mi [91.7 km]	27,636	10.7% increase
20	Bristol	E	122 mi [196.3 km]	25,817	4.01% increase

Oak Ridge had 13,417 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Oak Ridge has a total area of 89.9 square miles [232.9 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 85.5 square miles [221.6 km²]4.37 square miles [11.32 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Oak Ridge had a 2000 population density of 320.1 people per square mile [123.6 people/km²].

Anderson County

The city of Oak Ridge is primarily located in Anderson County. A portion of Oak Ridge extends into Roane County.

The county had a population of 71,232 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 27,387 people, Oak Ridge contained 38.45% of the Anderson County total.

In addition, where the community of Oak Ridge has a population density of 320.1 people per square mile [123.6 people/km²], Anderson County averages 211.1 people per square mile [81.5 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	2	31,003	1.02% increase
10 mi [16 km]	4	59,363	7.49% increase
15 mi [24 km]	9	86,409	6.2% increase
20 mi [32 km]	16	286,308	6.36% increase
25 mi [40 km]	23	326,283	7.09% increase
30 mi [48 km]	28	348,535	7.37% increase

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 Oak Ridge.

A Census Quickfact is available for Anderson County (QF-47001).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Anderson County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Campbell	QF-47013	N	40,936	2.69% increase
Knox	QF-47093	SE	430,019	12.27% increase
Loudon	QF-47105	S	46,445	18.44% increase
Morgan	QF-47129	W	20,404	3.18% increase
Roane	QF-47145	SW	53,430	2.86% increase
Scott	QF-47151	NW	22,039	4.1% increase
Union	QF-47173	NE	19,008	6.43% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	47 (Tennessee)
	County Code:	001 (Anderson County)
	Place Code:	55120 (Oak Ridge)

	State & County Code:	47001 (Tennessee/Anderson County)

	State & Place Code:	4755120 (Tennessee/Oak Ridge)

Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Tennessee ^<6>

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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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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Oak Ridge and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Oak Ridge. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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