Chattanooga, Tennessee

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The 2000 Census showed that Chattanooga had a population of 155,554 people^<1>. This represents 2.73% of the total population of Tennessee, making it the state's 4th 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
1	Memphis	W	267 mi [429.7 km]	669,651	3.01% increase
2	Nashville-Davidson	NW	113 mi [181.9 km]	---
3	Knoxville	NE	95 mi [152.9 km]	184,802	6.28% increase
-4-	Chattanooga			170,880	9.85% increase
5	Clarksville	NW	156 mi [251.1 km]	119,735	15.74% increase
6	Murfreesboro	NW	84 mi [135.2 km]	101,753	47.86% increase
7	Jackson	W	205 mi [329.9 km]	63,158	5.89% increase

Chattanooga had 72,108 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Chattanooga has a total area of 143.2 square miles [370.8 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 135.2 square miles [350.2 km²]7.96 square miles [20.61 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Chattanooga had a 2000 population density of 1,150 people per square mile [444.2 people/km²], making it the state's 41st most densely populated area.

Hamilton County

The city of Chattanooga is primarily located in Hamilton County and is the county seat. A portion of Chattanooga extends into Marion County.

The county had a population of 308,083 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 155,554 people, Chattanooga contained 50.5% of the Hamilton County total.

In addition, where the community of Chattanooga has a population density of 1,150 people per square mile [444.2 people/km²], Hamilton County averages 567 people per square mile [219.3 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Chattanooga and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Chattanooga. 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. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Chattanooga. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Chattanooga, it also contains a comparison between Chattanooga and the state of Tennessee.

Click here for the Chattanooga QuickFact (QF-4714000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Hamilton County (QF-47065).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Hamilton County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bledsoe	QF-47007	N	13,142	5.86% increase
	Rhea	QF-47143	NE	30,781	8.26% increase
	Meigs	QF-47121	NE	11,790	5.99% increase
	Bradley	QF-47011	E	96,472	9.38% increase
	Whitfield (GA)	QF-13313	SE	93,835	11.59% increase
	Catoosa (GA)	QF-13047	S	62,825	17.14% increase
	Walker (GA)	QF-13295	S	64,799	6.03% increase
	Dade (GA)	QF-13083	SW	16,142	6.37% increase
	Marion	QF-47115	W	28,247	1.73% increase
	Sequatchie	QF-47153	NW	13,580	18.89% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Chattanooga 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 Chattanooga.

The Commemorative Quarter for Tennessee<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Chattanooga. 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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