Demographics Information and statistics for Chattanooga

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Chattanooga Demographics Information

Population (year 2000): 155,554
Males: 73,370 (47.2%), Females: 82,184 (52.8%)

Elevation: 685 feet

County: Hamilton

Land area: 135.2 square miles

Zip codes: 37401..37412, 37414..37416, 37499, 37450, 37424, 37422, 37421, 37419.

Median resident age: 36.8 years
Median household income: $32,006 (year 2000)
Median house value: $83,500 (year 2000)

Races in Chattanooga:

White Non-Hispanic (58.9%)
Black (36.1%)
Hispanic (2.1%)
Two or more races (1.3%)
Other race (1.0%)
American Indian (0.7%)
Asian Indian (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: United States (12.3%), English (7.9%), Irish (7.5%), German (6.4%), Scotch-Irish (2.2%), Scottish (1.9%).

For population 25 years and over in Chattanooga

High school or higher: 77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 7.5%
Unemployed: 7.7%
Mean travel time to work: 19.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Chattanooga city

Never married: 28.3%
Now married: 46.1%
Separated: 2.6%
Widowed: 9.4%
Divorced: 13.6%

3.4% Foreign born (1.5% Asia, 1.1% Latin America, 0.6% Europe).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Atlanta, GA (106.9 miles, pop. 416,474).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (498.3 miles, pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Ridgeside, TN (1.5 miles), East Ridge, TN (3.9 miles), Lakeview, GA (4.7 miles), Red Bank, TN (4.9 miles), Rossville, GA (5.0 miles), Lookout Mountain, TN (6.7 miles), Fort Oglethorpe, GA (7.1 miles), Lookout Mountain, GA (7.7 miles).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 466 buildings, average cost: $115,500
1997: 413 buildings, average cost: $121,600
1998: 394 buildings, average cost: $124,600
1999: 405 buildings, average cost: $134,600
2000: 480 buildings, average cost: $144,200
2001: 533 buildings, average cost: $135,700
2002: 549 buildings, average cost: $140,300

Area code: 423

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (21.1%), Manufacturing (16.5%), Retail trade (10.7%).

Crime in Chattanooga (2001):

26 murders (16.7 per 100,000)
86 rapes (55.3 per 100,000)
765 robberies (491.8 per 100,000)
1,929 assaults (1240.1 per 100,000)
3,270 burglaries (2102.2 per 100,000)
11,042 larceny counts (7098.5 per 100,000)
2,202 auto thefts (1415.6 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 978.7 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)