The Chattanooga, TN-GA metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of six counties – three in southeast

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, Marion, and Sequatchie) and three in northwest

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( Catoosa, Dade, and

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) – anchored by the city of

Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...

. As of the 2020 census, the Chattanooga metropolitan area had a population of 562,647. This metropolitan area traverses two time zones.

Counties

Catoosa County, Georgia Catoosa County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2020 census, the population was 67,872. The county seat is Ringgold. The county was created on December 5, 1853. The meaning of the Cherokee la ...

(ET) * Dade County, Georgia (ET) *

Hamilton County, Tennessee Hamilton County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the southern part of East Tennessee on the border with Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, ...

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Marion County, Tennessee Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,837. Its county seat is Jasper. Marion County is part of the Chattanooga, AL– TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Marion Co ...

(CT) * Sequatchie County, Tennessee (CT) *

Walker County, Georgia Walker County is a County (United States), county in the Northwest Georgia, northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 67,654,US 2020 Census Bureau r ...

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Communities

Places with more than 150,000 inhabitants

Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...

(Principal city)

Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

East Brainerd, Tennessee East Brainerd is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 14,132 at the 2000 census and was not recorded at the 2010 census. It is part of the Chattano ...

East Ridge, Tennessee East Ridge is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 22,167. East Ridge is bordered by Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga to the west, north, and east, and ...

Middle Valley, Tennessee Middle Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 11,695 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Middle Valley is l ...

( CDP) * Red Bank, Tennessee * Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee *

Collegedale, Tennessee Collegedale is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 11,109 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Collegedale is a suburb of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga and is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan ...

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Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Fairview, Georgia (CDP) *

Harrison, Tennessee Harrison is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 7,902 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area. Harrison Bay State Park, the Hamilt ...

(CDP) * LaFayette, Georgia *

Signal Mountain, Tennessee Signal Mountain is a town in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The town is a suburb of Chattanooga and is located on Walden Ridge. "Signal Mountain" is used as a colloquial name for the part of Walden Ridge close to the town. The town po ...

* Dunlap, Tennessee

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

* Flat Top Mountain (CDP) *

Ooltewah, Tennessee Ooltewah ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. It is a community near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga. The population was 684 at the 2020 census. Ooltewah is an enclave and exclave, enclave in the ...

(CDP) * Orme, Tennessee * Ridgeside, Tennessee * Rock Spring, Georgia *

New Hope, Tennessee New Hope is a town in Marion County, Tennessee, Marion County, Tennessee, United States. The population is 987. It is part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN–Georgia (U.S. state), GA Chattanooga metropolitan area, Metropolitan St ...

* Wildwood, Georgia (CDP)

Unincorporated places

* Bakewell, Tennessee * Birchwood, Tennessee * Haletown, Tennessee * Hixson, Tennessee * Kensington, Georgia * Villanow, Georgia * Rising Fawn, Georgia * Suck Creek, Tennessee

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 528,143 people, 189,607 households, and 132,326 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 83.14%

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, 13.90%

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, 0.30% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 0.05%

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, 0.61% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.49% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $44,197, and for a family was $40,841. Males had a median income of $30,985 versus $22,305 for females. The

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for the MSA was $17,414.

Combined statistical area

The Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton, TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties in southeast Tennessee, three counties in northwest Georgia, and one county in northeast Alabama. The statistical area includes the Chattanooga metropolitan statistical area, Cleveland metropolitan statistical area, and the Athens micropolitan statistical area.

References

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