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Chattanooga, TN
191,496 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4714000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Chattanooga ranked #245 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Chattanooga and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Springfield MO, Columbus GA, Savannah GA, Mobile AL, Evansville IN, Amarillo TX, Montgomery AL, Beaumont TX, Winston-Salem NC, Little Rock AR, Knoxville TN, Lafayette LA, Greensboro NC · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #245 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #229 | #182 | #230 | #253 | #187 | #229 | #277 | #184 | #217 | #202 | #196 | #209 | #200 | #189 | #186 | #286 | #204 | #122 | #245 | #262 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 159,947 | 161,330 | 162,701 | 164,308 | 165,924 | 170,574 | 172,341 | 173,972 | 175,325 | 175,321 | 176,400 | 177,746 | 179,530 | 181,918 | 182,799 | 182,271 | 181,885 | 185,030 | 188,080 | 191,496 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #34 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.5 | — | +0.7 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +1.3 | +1.0 | +0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #85 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data · 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.4 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | — | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #203 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 21.0% | 19.9% | 19.7% | 22.4% | 22.3% | 22.8% | 25.1% | 22.1% | 21.9% | 22.3% | 22.9% | 22.7% | 23.4% | 22.2% | 23.4% | — | 22.6% | 21.9% | 24.9% | 25.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #249 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 13.8 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 10.3 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 14.6 | 16.7 | 10.4 | 18.1 | 17.6 | 18.7 | 14.1 | 16.5 | 12.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #254 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 117.5 | 127.7 | 135.8 | 150.9 | 150.7 | 131.3 | 145.6 | 168.4 | 156.9 | 178.5 | 191.6 | 244.7 | 181.6 | 149.0 | 222.6 | 332.5 | 418.9 | 282.1 | 281.8 | 189.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 157,322 | 163,419 | 161,226 | 162,909 | 154,131 | 156,762 | 160,759 | 167,013 | 169,380 | 170,443 | 178,593 | 181,434 | 178,038 | 179,692 | 184,515 | 177,632 | 176,867 | 184,056 | 187,410 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #206 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.4 | +1.4 | -0.3 | +0.7 | +1.5 | +1.1 | +2.0 | +1.6 | +0.1 | -0.4 | +2.1 | -2.4 | -1.3 | +0.2 | +2.6 | -1.3 | -1.6 | +0.1 | -0.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68,502 | 76,717 | 75,749 | 81,518 | 79,064 | 81,941 | 85,063 | 87,882 | 92,729 | — | 87,223 | 95,147 | 94,946 | 96,104 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #262 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.4% | 10.0% | 10.8% | 7.6% | 8.8% | 5.7% | 4.1% | 7.3% | 6.3% | — | 6.0% | 2.7% | 5.4% | 6.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #111 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 16% | 18% | 10% | 17% | 19% | 20% | 16% | 25% | 24% | 30% | 34% | 34% | 33% | 34% | 35% | 25% | 33% | 32% | 32% | 29% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #226 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $6,387 | $6,007 | $6,279 | $7,768 | $6,632 | $6,244 | $5,948 | $5,759 | $5,350 | $5,397 | $5,100 | $5,363 | $5,036 | $4,684 | $4,270 | $4,198 | $4,527 | $3,771 | $3,553 | $3,947 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Chattanooga. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.