Profile for Chattanooga, Tennessee, TN
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Chattanooga is a city in Hamilton County.
It is the county seat.
The community name means "rock rising to a point."
The latitude of Chattanooga is 35.045N. The longitude is -85.309W.
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 676 feet.The estimated population, in 2003, was 154,887.
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$32,006National
$41,994
Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census BureauFor more census details and comparisons, see our Chattanooga demographic reports
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Site of the first Coca-Cola bottling plant
· Samuel L. Jackson, actor
· Bessie Smith, blues singer
· Usher Raymond, R&B singer
· Reggie White, football player
· Venus Lacey, Olympic athlete
- Riverbend Music Festival - June 8-16, 2007
- Culture Fest - Sept. 29, 2007
- Rocktoberfest - Oct. 6-28, 2007
- TaleSpin Festival - May 10-13, 2007
- Three Sisters Music Festival - Oct. 5-6, 2007
· "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
· "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy"
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7% of Chattanooga residents report German ancestry, and 9% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Chattanooga ancestry & family history guide.
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Chattanooga was $19,689, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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22% of Chattanooga residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
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- Riverbend Music Festival - June 8-16, 2007
- Culture Fest - Sept. 29, 2007
- Rocktoberfest - Oct. 6-28, 2007
- TaleSpin Festival - May 10-13, 2007
- Three Sisters Music Festival - Oct. 5-6, 2007
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Historic districts in Chattanooga include Ferger Place Historic District, Fort Wood Historic District, Fountain Square, Glenwood Historic District, Market Square - Patten Parkway, Market Street Warehouse Historic District, Martin Luther King Boulevard Historic District, St. Elmo Historic District ... View historic districts
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- Post history questions in Hamilton County genealogy forum
Median rent in Chattanooga, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $401. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $803.
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Libraries in Chattanooga include Eastgate Branch Library, Main Library, Northgate Branch Library, South Chattanooga Branch Library ... View libraries
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Newspapers in Chattanooga include Chattanooga Times Free Press
TV stations in Chattanooga include WDEF, WDSI, WOOT-LP, WRCB, WTCI, WTVC.
National Public Radio programming is carried locally by WUTC.
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Hamilton County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Chattanooga political report.
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The average commute time for Chattanooga workers is 20 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
A total of 63 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Chattanooga between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
This is a rate of 4.1 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was slightly lower than the national norm.
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