Over the past decade, the economy of the Chattanooga metro area has outperformed that of the country as a whole. Between January 2014 and December 2023, the number of nonfarm jobs (also called payroll employment) rose by 18.8 percent in the Chattanooga metro area, but by only 14 percent in the United States. The COVID…
3/21/2024: Chattanooga and Its Regional Economy
The Chattanooga metro economy does not exist in a vacuum. Like every other metro area in the United States, it is subject to the ups and downs of the national economy. If the U.S. economy is doing well then Chattanooga’s probably is, too. Given its location, geography also plays a role. Chattanooga lies at the…