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Chattanooga, Tennessee
52,690 Black residents · 29.1% of the place
In the published counts, Chattanooga, Tennessee, holds 52,690 Black residents among 181,099 people in all — a Black share of 29.1%, against the statewide 15.8%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 181,099 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 52,690 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 29.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee places | 3 of 504 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The published record across two censuses for Chattanooga: 58,507 Black residents in 2010, 52,690 in 2020 — declined by 9.9% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 34.9% to 29.1%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Chattanooga stands in the gazetteer as one of the 504 places the Census Bureau counts in Tennessee. Chattanooga's Black population of 52,690 ranks 3 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Chattanooga as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In Chattanooga, a place of 181,099, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Chattanooga itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.