Chattanooga is a relatively large city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 184,086 people and 56 associated neighborhoods, Chattanooga is the fourth largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chattanooga is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chattanooga is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chattanooga who work in office and administrative support (10.60%), sales jobs (9.61%), and management occupations (9.53%). Also of interest is that Chattanooga has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.40% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The citizens of Chattanooga are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.13% of adults in Chattanooga have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Chattanooga in 2022 was $37,983, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,932 for a family of four. However, Chattanooga contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chattanooga is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chattanooga home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chattanooga residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chattanooga include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Chattanooga is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
