Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Chattanooga city GEOCODE:47-0245 TN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 169,550 100.0% 152,488 100.0% -17,062 -10.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 143,722 84.8% 123,176 80.8% -20,546 -14.3 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 6,089 3.6% 4,953 3.2% -1,136 -18.7 -0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 114,523 67.5% 98,960 64.9% -15,563 -13.6 -2.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 53,792 31.7% 51,360 33.7% -2,432 -4.5 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 765 0.5% 1,374 0.9% 609 79.6 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 277 0.2% 534 0.4% 257 92.8 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,274 0.8% 925 0.6% -349 -27.4 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 11,920 7.0% 10,374 6.8% -1,546 -13.0 -0.2 5-17.................. 33,540 19.8% 25,114 16.5% -8,426 -25.1 -3.3 18-24.................. 23,122 13.6% 16,500 10.8% -6,622 -28.6 -2.8 25-44.................. 44,260 26.1% 46,630 30.6% 2,370 5.4 4.5 45-64.................. 35,179 20.7% 30,680 20.1% -4,499 -12.8 -0.6 65 AND OVER............ 21,529 12.7% 23,190 15.2% 1,661 7.7 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 45,460 26.8% 35,488 23.3% -9,972 -21.9 -3.5 40 AND OVER............ 65,157 38.4% 64,074 42.0% -1,083 -1.7 3.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.3 34.6 4.3 14.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,167 $22,197 -970 -4.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,534 $27,487 -1,047 -3.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,808 $12,332 1,524 14.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 29,226 17.9% 26,803 18.2% -2,423 -8.3 0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 61,978 100.0% 62,050 100.0% 72 0.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 44,431 71.7% 40,509 65.3% -3,922 -8.8 -6.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 23,028 37.2% 21,413 34.5% -1,615 -7.0 -2.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 33,472 54.0% 28,478 45.9% -4,994 -14.9 -8.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 14,976 24.2% 11,237 18.1% -3,739 -25.0 -6.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 9,467 15.3% 10,194 16.4% 727 7.7 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 5,578 9.0% 5,688 9.2% 110 2.0 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 15,827 25.5% 19,217 31.0% 3,390 21.4 5.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.3 -9.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 100,968 100.0% 100,500 100.0% -468 -0.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 32,003 31.7% 26,996 26.9% -5,007 -15.6 -4.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 14,245 14.1% 18,331 18.2% 4,086 28.7 4.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 77,730 100.0% 72,918 100.0% -4,812 -6.2 FEMALE................ 35,339 45.5% 35,394 48.5% 55 0.2 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 71,921 92.5% 67,875 93.1% -4,046 -5.6 0.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 15,688 20.2% 16,769 23.0% 1,081 6.9 2.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 11,133 14.3% 10,781 14.8% -352 -3.2 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 66,599 100.0% 69,593 100.0% 2,994 4.5 OCCUPIED.............. 62,140 93.3% 62,176 89.3% 36 0.1 -4.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 34,921 56.2% 33,715 54.2% -1,206 -3.5 -2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,246 $65,503 4,256 6.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 27,219 43.8% 28,461 45.8% 1,242 4.6 2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $333 $360 27 8.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 43,798 65.8% 41,752 60.0% -2,046 -4.7 -5.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,023 1.5% 1,320 1.9% 297 29.0 0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.3 1961.0 4.7 0.2 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis