City profile · Mid-size City
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Chattanooga, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Tim Kelly
- Role
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 181,099
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcechattanooga.gov/government/mayors-office ↗
- Official leadership pagechattanooga.gov/government/mayors-office ↗
- City websitechattanooga.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Tim Kelly CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 181,099
- Median household income
- $57,703
- Median age
- 37
- Land area
- 142.35 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,272.2 per sq mi
- County
- Hamilton County
- Metro area
- Chattanooga, TN-GA
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