2024 population: 588,050 ( 24,742 from 2020)
Land area: 2088.8 square miles
Population density: 281.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	446,279	75.89%	2.7%
Black:	74,835	12.73%	0.1%
Indian:	1,717	0.29%	8.4%
Asian:	11,898	2.02%	19.2%
2+ races:	11,687	1.99%	19.7%
Hispanic:	41,634	7.08%	27.6%

Total non-White:	141,771	24.11%	10.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	26,467	11.7
Deaths:	29,555	13.1
Net Migration:	22,907	10.2
Net Immigration:	4,355	1.9

Change in White population:	11,846	2.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	12,896	2.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
528,143
420,172	79.56%
72,816	13.79%
1,401	0.27%
7,393	1.40%
7,139	1.35%
18,690	3.54%
107,971	20.44%

2000
476,531
392,741	82.42%
65,970	13.84%
1,325	0.28%
4,708	0.99%
4,335	0.91%
7,099	1.49%
83,790	17.58%

1990
433,210
369,000	85.18%
57,858	13.36%
1,150	0.27%
2,790	0.64%
n/a
2,412	0.56%
64,210	14.82%

1980
426,540
362,631	85.02%
59,180	13.87%
438	0.10%
1,296	0.30%
n/a
2,789	0.65%
63,909	14.98%

1970
370,016
316,440	85.52%
51,789	14.00%
190	0.05%
238	0.06%
n/a
1,183	0.32%
53,576	14.48%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
58,319	12.2
45,580	9.6
17,567	3.7
5,657	1.2

27,431	5.8
24,181	5.1

Number	Rate
1990's
60,810	14.0
44,870	10.4
14,062	3.2
2,672	0.6

23,741	5.5
19,580	4.5

Number	Rate
1980's
60,648	14.2
39,099	9.2
-13,019	-3.1
n/a

6,369	1.5
301	0.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
21,139	5.7
n/a

46,191	12.5
10,333	2.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro 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
40.5
118,434	10.3%
1,032,924	89.7%
103,882	9.0%

224,448
2.45

146,847	65.4%
108,612	74.0%
13,008	8.9%
77,601	34.6%

2010
Number	Percent
39.4
117,874	22.3%
410,269	77.7%
77,463	14.7%

210,867
2.44

141,311	67.0%
103,687	73.4%
14,214	10.1%
69,556	33.0%

2000
Number	Percent
37.2
113,100	23.7%
363,431	76.3%
64,089	13.4%

189,791
2.46

133,213	70.2%
103,196	77.5%
12,776	9.6%
56,578	29.8%

1990
Number	Percent
34.5
107,588	24.8%
325,622	75.2%
56,269	13.0%

165,970
2.56

121,833	73.4%
97,437	80.0%
10,703	8.8%
44,137	26.6%

1980
Number	Percent
30.5
121,325	28.4%
305,215	71.6%
46,143	10.8%

150,585
2.77

117,460	78.0%
97,480	83.0%
9,588	8.2%
33,125	22.0%

2022 Housing Data for Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	9,882	4.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,775	4.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	8,639	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	9,830	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	9,319	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	10,396	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	10,372	4.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	9,559	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	9,193	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	17,455	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	21,687	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	29,784	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	22,799	10.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	12,990	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	15,510	6.9%
$200,000 or more	17,258	7.7%

Median Household Income	65,846
Per Capita Income	37,523

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,765	4.8%
Public Assistance	3,972	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	25,594	11.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	242,154	71.5%
Unemployed	11,629	3.4%
In Armed Forces	264	0.1%

Total Labor Force	254,047	75.0%
Not in Labor Force	84,684	25.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	103,335	85,394	54.8%
Non-Profit	8,415	14,834	36.2%
Self-Employed	17,206	9,690	64.0%

Local Government	6,821	10,972	38.3%
State Government	3,325	4,951	40.2%
Federal Government	4,491	1,967	69.5%

Total Private + Self	120,541	95,084	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	23,052	32,724	41.3%
Total	143,593	127,808	52.9%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	43,031	15.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	58,540	21.5%
Professional, Technical	60,558	22.3%
Service Occupations	43,265	15.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	739	0.3%
All others	66,522	24.5%

White Collar		59.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	38,730	14.2%
Health care and social assistance	37,741	13.9%
Retail trade	29,263	10.8%
Educational services	22,185	8.2%
Construction	19,717	7.3%
Accommodation and food services	19,586	7.2%
Finance and insurance	17,121	6.3%
Transportation and warehousing	14,896	5.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	14,854	5.5%
Other services	13,775	5.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	10,643	3.9%
Public administration	8,374	3.1%
Wholesale trade	5,718	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,141	1.9%
Utilities	4,754	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,509	1.7%
Information	2,758	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,555	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	321	0.1%
Management	275	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	12,257	2.17%
Puerto Rican	2,939	0.52%
Cuban	700	0.12%
Dominican	413	0.07%

Total Central American	8,223	1.46%
Costa Rican	23	0.00%
Guatemalan	6,185	1.10%
Honduran	807	0.14%
Nicaraguan	231	0.04%
Panamanian	190	0.03%
Salvadoran	787	0.14%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,238	0.40%
Argentinean	191	0.03%
Bolivian	93	0.02%
Chilean	77	0.01%
Colombian	444	0.08%
Ecuadorian	220	0.04%
Paraguayan	18	0.00%
Peruvian	748	0.13%
Uruguayan	30	0.01%
Venezuelan	417	0.07%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,902	0.34%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,530	0.45%
Korean	1,401	0.25%
Chinese	1,032	0.18%
Vietnamese	927	0.16%
Filipino	925	0.16%
Japanese	341	0.06%
Cambodian	161	0.03%
Indonesian	131	0.02%
Thai	84	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	498,592	93.5%
Spanish	20,591	3.9%
Other Indo-European	2,771	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,945	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,674	0.3%
Other Asian	1,302	0.2%
Arabic	1,301	0.2%
German, other Germanic	1,180	0.2%
Korean	895	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	75,486	13.4%
American	65,223	11.6%
Irish	62,633	11.1%
German	55,217	9.8%
Scottish	14,716	2.6%
Italian	11,920	2.1%
European	10,967	1.9%
Scotch-Irish	9,422	1.7%
French	8,453	1.5%
Polish	7,125	1.3%
Dutch	5,604	1.0%
Welsh	4,552	0.8%
British	4,002	0.7%
African	2,621	0.5%
Norwegian	2,602	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	550,518	97.5%
Not a citizen	13,948	2.5%

Native	540,009	95.7%
Foreign-born	24,457	4.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
15,826	4.0%	27,801	7.0%	110,382	27.7%	124,214	31.2%	75,922	19.1%	44,044	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	15,826	4.0%
9-12 Years	27,801	7.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	110,382	27.7%
Some College	124,214	31.2%
Bach. Degree	75,922	19.1%
Grad Degree	44,044	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	424,740	405,518	19,222	4.5%
1991	431,430	405,536	25,894	6.0%
1992	435,018	408,116	26,902	6.2%
1993	444,828	422,142	22,686	5.1%
1994	452,912	432,638	20,274	4.5%
1995	455,644	433,864	21,780	4.8%
1996	461,288	440,216	21,072	4.6%
1997	460,334	437,496	22,838	5.0%
1998	461,028	442,136	18,892	4.1%
1999	473,326	457,244	16,082	3.4%

2000	490,544	474,472	16,072	3.3%
2001	491,594	473,544	18,050	3.7%
2002	498,804	477,102	21,702	4.4%
2003	499,002	476,984	22,018	4.4%
2004	499,716	477,222	22,494	4.5%
2005	502,022	477,494	24,528	4.9%
2006	520,722	496,994	23,728	4.6%
2007	527,460	505,466	21,994	4.2%
2008	529,964	498,426	31,538	6.0%
2009	514,258	465,954	48,304	9.4%

2010	517,302	470,884	46,418	9.0%
2011	522,356	478,908	43,448	8.3%
2012	520,582	481,908	38,674	7.4%
2013	513,580	475,852	37,728	7.3%
2014	501,352	469,056	32,296	6.4%
2015	506,112	478,426	27,686	5.5%
2016	519,988	494,532	25,456	4.9%
2017	533,552	512,590	20,962	3.9%
2018	544,366	525,142	19,224	3.5%
2019	553,926	535,488	18,438	3.3%

2020	543,828	508,496	35,332	6.5%
2021	543,418	521,894	21,524	4.0%
2022	548,092	529,988	18,104	3.3%
2023	565,118	547,374	17,744	3.1%
2024	583,166	564,542	18,624	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	248,863
Median Value	$222,257

Occupied	224,448	90.2%
Vacant	24,415	9.8%

Owned	153,120	68.2%
Rented	71,328	31.8%
Median Rent	$1,005

Single-Family Units	183,065	73.6%
Detached	175,061	70.3%
Attached	8,004	3.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	30,733	12.3%
Mobile Homes	17,120	6.9%

Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area