Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area

Location of the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens CSA and its components:

  Chattanooga Metropolitan Statistical Area

  Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area

  Cleveland Metropolitan Statistical Area

The Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area covers a total of Twelve counties – six in southeast Tennessee, five in northwest Georgia and one in northeast Alabama. The combined statistical area consists of three metropolitan statistical areas – Chattanooga, Cleveland and Dalton – as well as the Athens micropolitan statistical area. At the 2000 census, the CSA had a population of 629,561 (though a July 1, 2009, estimate placed the population at 690,400).

Counties

• Bradley County, Tennessee
• Catoosa County, Georgia
• Dade County, Georgia
• Hamilton County, Tennessee
• Jackson County, Alabama
• Marion County, Tennessee
• McMinn County, Tennessee
• Murray County, Georgia
• Polk County, Tennessee
• Sequatchie County, Tennessee
• Walker County, Georgia
• Whitfield County, Georgia

Communities

Places with more than 150,000 inhabitants

• Chattanooga, Tennessee (Principal city)

Places with 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

• Athens, Tennessee (Principal city)
• Cleveland, Tennessee (Principal city)
• Dalton, Georgia (Principal City)
• East Brainerd, Tennessee
• East Ridge, Tennessee
• Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
• Middle Valley, Tennessee
• Red Bank, Tennessee
• Scottsboro, Alabama
• Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee

Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Collegedale, Tennessee
• Fairview, Georgia
• Harrison, Tennessee
• LaFayette, Georgia
• Signal Mountain, Tennessee
• South Cleveland, Tennessee

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

Apison, Tennessee Benton, Tennessee Bridgeport, Alabama Chattanooga Valley, Georgia Chatsworth, Georgia Chickamauga, Georgia Dunlap, Tennessee East Cleveland, Tennessee Englewood, Tennessee Etowah, Tennessee Fairmount, Tennessee Falling Water, Tennessee Hopewell, Tennessee Hollywood, Alabama Indian Springs, Georgia Jasper, Tennessee Kimball, Tennessee

Lakesite, Tennessee Lakeview, Georgia Lookout Mountain, Georgia Lookout Mountain, Tennessee Monteagle, Tennessee (partial) New Hope, Tennessee Powells Crossroads, Tennessee Ringgold, Georgia Rossville, Georgia Stevenson, Alabama South Pittsburg, Tennessee Trenton, Georgia Tunnel Hill, Georgia Varnell, Georgia Walden, Tennessee Whitwell, Tennessee Wildwood Lake, Tennessee

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

• Calhoun, Tennessee
• Charleston, Tennessee
• Cohutta, Georgia
• Copperhill, Tennessee
• Ducktown, Tennessee
• Eton, Georgia
• Niota, Tennessee
• Ooltewah, Tennessee
• Orme, Tennessee
• Ridgeside, Tennessee

Unincorporated places

• Apison, Tennessee
• Bakewell, Tennessee
• Birchwood, Tennessee
• Carters, Georgia
• Cisco, Georgia
• Crandall, Georgia
• Delano, Tennessee
• Dennis, Georgia
• Falling Water, Tennessee
• Farner, Tennessee
• Georgetown, Tennessee (partial)
• Hixson, Tennessee
• Kensington, Georgia
• Ocoee, Tennessee
• Old Fort, Tennessee
• Reliance, Tennessee
• Rocky Face, Georgia
• Rising Fawn, Georgia
• Tennga, Georgia
• Tilton, Georgia
• Turtletown, Tennessee
• Wildwood, Georgia

Demographics

At the 2000 census, there were 629,561 people, 250,057 households and 176,043 families residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of the population was 85.65% White, 11.43% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.87% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.58% of the population.

The median household income was $33,952 and the median family income was $40,243. Males had a median income of $30,591 versus $21,864 for females. The per capita income was $17,260.

See also

• Tennessee census statistical areas
• List of cities and towns in Tennessee
• Georgia statistical areas
• List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)