2024 population: 1,111,752 ( 45,076 from 2020)
Land area: 7115.5 square miles
Population density: 156.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	865,698	77.87%	2.3%
Black:	91,840	8.26%	1.2%
Indian:	4,434	0.40%	9.1%
Asian:	17,463	1.57%	20.1%
2+ races:	21,538	1.94%	17.7%
Hispanic:	110,779	9.96%	19.7%

Total non-White:	246,054	22.13%	11.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	49,386	11.6
Deaths:	59,678	14.0
Net Migration:	47,188	11.1
Net Immigration:	7,352	1.7

Change in White population:	19,256	1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	25,820	2.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,066,676
846,442	79.35%
90,786	8.51%
4,063	0.38%
14,541	1.36%
18,292	1.71%
92,552	8.68%
220,234	20.65%

2010
1,012,918
830,640	82.00%
86,249	8.51%
3,520	0.35%
10,724	1.06%
14,022	1.38%
66,883	6.60%
182,278	18.00%

2000
913,799
783,253	85.71%
78,482	8.59%
3,603	0.39%
6,832	0.75%
8,858	0.97%
32,206	3.52%
130,546	14.29%

1990
800,923
718,185	89.67%
69,355	8.66%
3,576	0.45%
3,746	0.47%
n/a
6,061	0.76%
82,738	10.33%

1980
775,060
696,218	89.83%
70,052	9.04%
1,648	0.21%
1,922	0.25%
n/a
4,925	0.64%
78,842	10.17%

1970
645,511
579,652	89.80%
62,818	9.73%
552	0.09%
386	0.06%
n/a
1,884	0.29%
65,859	10.20%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
110,012	10.9
100,576	9.9
40,435	4.0
6,438	0.6

15,802	1.6
37,956	3.7

Number	Rate
2000's
118,027	12.9
87,420	9.6
28,192	3.1
15,550	1.7

47,387	5.2
51,732	5.7

Number	Rate
1990's
117,327	14.6
82,533	10.3
49,671	6.2
6,378	0.8

65,068	8.1
47,808	6.0

Number	Rate
1980's
109,256	14.1
69,819	9.0
-10,432	-1.3
n/a

21,967	2.8
3,896	0.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
64,354	10.0
n/a

116,566	18.1
12,983	2.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.1
216,421	19.5%
895,331	80.5%
188,474	17.0%

396,618
2.50

267,043	67.3%
198,390	74.3%
23,090	8.6%
129,575	32.7%

2010
Number	Percent
39.5
233,782	23.1%
779,136	76.9%
150,391	14.8%

396,109
2.50

273,850	69.1%
204,579	74.7%
25,449	9.3%
122,259	30.9%

2000
Number	Percent
36.9
220,274	24.1%
693,525	75.9%
119,606	13.1%

358,693
2.50

258,020	71.9%
204,437	79.2%
22,021	8.5%
100,673	28.1%

1990
Number	Percent
34.3
200,323	25.0%
600,600	75.0%
101,933	12.7%

303,938
2.59

228,765	75.3%
187,289	81.9%
17,519	7.7%
75,173	24.7%

1980
Number	Percent
30.2
227,300	29.3%
547,760	70.7%
82,077	10.6%

270,101
2.82

215,110	79.6%
182,087	84.6%
15,042	7.0%
54,991	20.4%

2022 Housing Data for Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	18,257	4.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	19,430	4.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	16,276	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	17,684	4.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	18,155	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	19,398	4.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	18,750	4.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	17,781	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	15,950	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	32,560	8.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	40,073	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	53,476	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	37,805	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	22,146	5.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	24,321	6.1%
$200,000 or more	24,556	6.2%

Median Household Income	62,259
Per Capita Income	34,027

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	80

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	21,817	5.5%
Public Assistance	6,835	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	48,987	12.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	399,877	68.7%
Unemployed	22,057	3.8%
In Armed Forces	396	0.1%

Total Labor Force	422,330	72.6%
Not in Labor Force	159,381	27.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	183,456	146,742	55.6%
Non-Profit	13,278	22,918	36.7%
Self-Employed	28,674	16,397	63.6%

Local Government	12,724	19,446	39.6%
State Government	5,834	8,919	39.5%
Federal Government	6,327	3,170	66.6%

Total Private + Self	212,130	163,139	56.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	38,163	54,453	41.2%
Total	250,293	217,592	53.5%

Pct. Govt.	12.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	66,081	14.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	98,299	21.0%
Professional, Technical	94,665	20.2%
Service Occupations	73,484	15.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,073	0.4%
All others	136,310	29.1%

White Collar		55.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	88,661	18.9%
Health care and social assistance	58,057	12.4%
Retail trade	51,482	11.0%
Educational services	38,420	8.2%
Construction	33,663	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	31,841	6.8%
Other services	25,512	5.4%
Transportation and warehousing	23,439	5.0%
Finance and insurance	22,703	4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	20,884	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	18,643	4.0%
Public administration	14,689	3.1%
Wholesale trade	9,180	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	7,720	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,242	1.5%
Utilities	6,994	1.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	4,356	0.9%
Information	4,301	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	651	0.1%
Management	401	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	56,160	5.53%
Puerto Rican	6,114	0.60%
Cuban	2,618	0.26%
Dominican	1,215	0.12%

Total Central American	14,813	1.46%
Costa Rican	234	0.02%
Guatemalan	8,938	0.88%
Honduran	1,872	0.18%
Nicaraguan	626	0.06%
Panamanian	225	0.02%
Salvadoran	2,858	0.28%
Other Central American	60	0.01%

Total South American	3,533	0.35%
Argentinean	221	0.02%
Bolivian	93	0.01%
Chilean	89	0.01%
Colombian	864	0.09%
Ecuadorian	347	0.03%
Paraguayan	18	0.00%
Peruvian	975	0.10%
Uruguayan	30	0.00%
Venezuelan	896	0.09%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,210	0.32%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	3,788	0.37%
Korean	1,812	0.18%
Filipino	1,703	0.17%
Vietnamese	1,549	0.15%
Chinese	1,382	0.14%
Japanese	554	0.05%
Laotian	172	0.02%
Cambodian	161	0.02%
Thai	134	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	877,151	91.4%
Spanish	62,011	6.5%
Other Indo-European	4,351	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3,527	0.4%
German, other Germanic	2,080	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,016	0.2%
Other Asian	1,913	0.2%
Arabic	1,400	0.1%
Other	1,267	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	147,364	14.5%
Irish	110,261	10.9%
American	109,645	10.8%
German	93,581	9.2%
Scottish	24,030	2.4%
Italian	20,745	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	16,801	1.7%
European	16,624	1.6%
French	14,825	1.5%
Polish	10,205	1.0%
Dutch	9,939	1.0%
Welsh	6,924	0.7%
British	6,527	0.6%
Swedish	4,771	0.5%
African	4,439	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	983,814	96.8%
Not a citizen	32,299	3.2%

Native	960,510	94.5%
Foreign-born	55,603	5.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
38,232	5.4%	59,288	8.3%	220,627	31.0%	215,650	30.3%	112,410	15.8%	66,506	9.3%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	38,232	5.4%
9-12 Years	59,288	8.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	220,627	31.0%
Some College	215,650	30.3%
Bach. Degree	112,410	15.8%
Grad Degree	66,506	9.3%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	373,005	352,730	20,275	5.4%
1991	376,531	350,239	26,292	7.0%
1992	380,779	354,236	26,543	7.0%
1993	388,507	365,825	22,682	5.8%
1994	399,664	380,166	19,498	4.9%
1995	405,011	383,297	21,714	5.4%
1996	411,338	389,632	21,706	5.3%
1997	412,761	390,235	22,526	5.5%
1998	415,629	397,344	18,285	4.4%
1999	422,383	406,674	15,709	3.7%

2000	433,988	418,386	15,602	3.6%
2001	431,946	413,544	18,402	4.3%
2002	439,087	417,457	21,630	4.9%
2003	439,918	418,152	21,766	4.9%
2004	440,707	419,250	21,457	4.9%
2005	443,503	420,344	23,159	5.2%
2006	459,362	436,903	22,459	4.9%
2007	461,713	440,685	21,028	4.6%
2008	460,609	429,733	30,876	6.7%
2009	449,120	401,239	47,881	10.7%

2010	451,026	405,078	45,948	10.2%
2011	454,003	410,760	43,243	9.5%
2012	451,870	413,858	38,012	8.4%
2013	446,563	410,598	35,965	8.1%
2014	438,867	408,498	30,369	6.9%
2015	441,839	416,021	25,818	5.8%
2016	450,148	426,485	23,663	5.3%
2017	458,445	438,604	19,841	4.3%
2018	463,585	445,507	18,078	3.9%
2019	470,632	453,298	17,334	3.7%

2020	463,657	431,879	31,778	6.9%
2021	460,820	441,770	19,050	4.1%
2022	462,741	446,462	16,279	3.5%
2023	471,110	454,907	16,203	3.4%
2024	488,840	471,738	17,102	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	450,850
Median Value	$205,148

Occupied	396,618	88.0%
Vacant	54,232	12.0%

Owned	278,383	70.2%
Rented	118,235	29.8%
Median Rent	$926

Single-Family Units	327,253	72.6%
Detached	315,417	70.0%
Attached	11,836	2.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	42,023	9.3%
Mobile Homes	51,149	11.3%

Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area