combined metro areaChattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+27.6
2008R+29.5
2012R+33.4
2016R+41.1
2020R+38.2
2024R+41.7
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 60.3% of 747,864 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
129,205
317,279
4,803
451,287
747,864
60.3%
2020
129,214
293,255
6,955
429,424
728,113
59.0%
2016
96,863
243,657
16,660
357,180
704,568
50.7%
2012
109,799
223,192
6,768
339,759
682,887
49.8%
2008
122,758
227,540
4,500
354,798
660,512
53.7%
2004
119,369
211,397
2,497
333,263
638,137†
52.2%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
14 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupChattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-ALUnited States
English16.2%9.5%
Irish10.8%9.4%
American10.4%5.3%
German8.9%12.5%
Scottish2.4%1.3%
Italian2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.5%—
French1.1%1.6%
Mexican5.7%11.3%
Guatemalan1.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.7%
Salvadoran0.2%0.7%
African American†7.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%
Asian Indian0.4%1.4%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL
United States
Median age
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL
United States
Median household income
$68,510
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.7%
22.3%
Spanish
7.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL
United States
Catholic
4.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
41.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
43.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+18.4%
1896
+5.8%
1900
−5.4%
1904
−2.7%
1908
−4.0%
1912
+31.5%
1916
+17.4%
1920
−5.6%
1924
+4.3%
1928
−25.5%
1932
+32.3%
1936
+34.1%
1940
+34.8%
1944
+33.3%
1948
+20.3%
1952
+1.3%
1956
−3.8%
1960
−7.4%
1964
+0.5%
1968
−10.9%
1972
−49.3%
1976
+12.8%
1980
−5.5%
1984
−27.1%
1988
−27.6%
1992
−5.6%
1996
−7.7%
2000
−19.8%
2004
−27.6%
2008
−29.5%
2012
−33.4%
2016
−41.1%
2020
−38.2%
2024
−41.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.6%Harris129,205
70.3%Trump317,279
1.1%
R+41.7
R+3.5
R+40.2
451,287
R
30.1%Biden129,214
68.3%Trump293,255
1.6%
R+38.2
D+2.9
R+42.7
429,424
R
27.1%Clinton96,863
68.2%Trump243,657
4.7%
R+41.1
R+7.7
R+43.2
357,180
R
32.3%Obama109,799
65.7%Romney223,192
2.0%
R+33.4
R+3.8
R+37.2
339,759
R
34.6%Obama122,758
64.1%McCain227,540
1.3%
R+29.5
R+1.9
R+36.8
354,798
R
35.8%Kerry119,369
63.4%Bush211,397
0.7%
R+27.6
R+7.8
R+25.2
333,263
R
39.3%Gore112,788
59.1%Bush169,649
1.7%
R+19.8
R+12.1
R+20.3
287,265
R
42.0%Clinton109,261
49.6%Dole129,202
8.4%
R+7.7
R+2.1
R+16.2
260,300
R
40.6%Clinton111,459
46.2%Bush126,727
13.2%
R+5.6
D+22.0
R+11.1
274,288
R
36.0%Dukakis85,554
63.5%Bush151,129
0.5%
R+27.6
R+0.5
R+19.8
237,870
R
36.2%Mondale87,362
63.3%Reagan152,587
0.4%
R+27.1
R+21.6
R+8.8
241,025
R
46.1%Carter103,917
51.6%Reagan116,324
2.3%
R+5.5
R+18.3
D+4.2
225,316
D
56.0%Carter117,981
43.1%Ford90,964
0.9%
D+12.8
D+62.1
D+10.7
210,840
R
23.9%McGovern39,950
73.2%Nixon122,148
2.9%
R+49.3
R+38.3
R+26.1
166,899
O
23.0%Humphrey42,180
33.9%Nixon62,187
43.0%
Wallace +9.1
R+11.4
R+10.2
183,194
D
49.3%Johnson80,657
48.8%Goldwater79,858
1.9%
D+0.5
D+7.8
R+22.1
163,689
R
45.8%Kennedy65,755
53.2%Nixon76,316
1.0%
R+7.4
R+3.5
R+7.5
143,520
R
47.1%Stevenson62,777
51.0%Eisenhower67,852
1.9%
R+3.8
R+5.1
D+11.6
133,162
D
50.5%Stevenson57,996
49.1%Eisenhower56,477
0.4%
D+1.3
R+19.0
D+12.1
114,913
D
55.4%Truman42,106
35.1%Dewey26,659
9.5%
D+20.3
R+12.9
D+15.8
75,994
D
66.3%Roosevelt47,173
33.1%Dewey23,519
0.6%
D+33.3
R+1.5
D+25.8
71,102
D
67.3%Roosevelt49,069
32.5%Willkie23,695
0.3%
D+34.8
D+0.7
D+24.8
72,956
D
66.9%Roosevelt44,947
32.8%Landon22,049
0.3%
D+34.1
D+1.8
D+9.8
67,224
D
65.5%Roosevelt35,343
33.3%Hoover17,941
1.2%
D+32.3
D+57.7
D+14.5
53,927
R
37.1%Smith20,536
62.6%Hoover34,607
0.3%
R+25.5
R+29.8
R+8.0
55,288
D
50.2%Davis21,817
45.9%Coolidge19,931
3.9%
D+4.3
D+9.9
D+29.5
43,464
R
46.7%Cox23,296
52.3%Harding26,089
1.0%
R+5.6
R+23.0
D+20.6
49,872
D
55.7%Wilson19,019
38.3%Hughes13,076
5.9%
D+17.4
R+14.1
D+14.3
34,124
D
50.8%Wilson13,303
19.3%Taft5,054
29.8%
D+31.5
D+35.5
D+12.0
26,168
R
46.6%Bryan12,812
50.6%Taft13,905
2.8%
R+4.0
R+1.3
D+5.6
27,478
R
46.4%Parker11,857
49.0%Roosevelt12,536
4.6%
R+2.7
D+2.8
D+17.0
25,575
R
45.7%Bryan13,584
51.2%McKinley15,192
3.1%
R+5.4
R+11.2
D+2.1
29,692
D
51.6%Bryan17,485
45.9%McKinley15,537
2.5%
D+5.8
R+12.7
D+11.8
33,862
D
53.3%Cleveland16,932
34.8%Harrison11,073
11.9%
D+18.4
—
D+16.8
31,775
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
574,826
2018
622,237
2020
650,239
2022
669,727
2024
711,997
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+7,619 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +75,178 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL in Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+2,359
2012
+2,883
2013
+1,551
2014
+1,310
2015
+2,578
2016
+3,962
2017
+4,170
2018
+5,619
2019
+5,033
2021
+7,256
2022
+11,270
2023
+10,793
2024
+8,775
2025
+7,619
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.8 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 49.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.7 points.
A population of 995,251, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,510 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville, TN and Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
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How did Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee voted Republican by 41.7 points (R+41.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 451,287 votes cast, 129,205 went Democratic and 317,279 went Republican.
When did Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee?
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee has a population of 995,251 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee?
Median household income in Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee is $68,510 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
