Chattanooga MSA

• Single-Family Permits
• Labor Force since 2000
• Unemployment Rate
• Sales Tax Collections
• Nonfarm Employment
• Nonfarm Employment Growth

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Summary

• Summary Table of Indicators
• Indicator History (.xls, since Jan. 2004)

Employment

• Employment Growth by Industry Summary Table
• Jobs Heat Chart

Housing

• Tennessee Housing Market Newsletter
• Housing Price Index Summary Table
• Chattanooga MSA Graph

Export Data

• Global Commerce Newsletter
  (exports by MSA and county)
  
  

Area Comparison

• Sales Tax
• Construction: Single-Family Housing Permits
• Construction: Total Housing Permits
• Labor Force
• Nonfarm Employment
• Total Employment
• Unemployment
• Unemployment Rate

Population

• Tennessee's Business: Census 2010: Detailed maps by county
  
  • population growth
  • race
  • age
  • married / single
• Population Tables

News

• Chattanooga Could Begin Producing VW SUV in 2015
  (Times Free Press, May 8, 2013)
  
• Convergys Corp. Adding Nearly 500 Jobs in Chattanooga
  (Times Free Press, May 3, 2013)
  
• Carpet Mill Could Add 2,000 Jobs in Northwest Georgia
  (Times Free Press, April 30, 2013)
• Woodbridge Adding New Plant to Manufacture Automotive Industry Products
  (Times Free Press, April 28, 2013)
  
• Chattanooga Has Bigger Share of Workers in Central City
  (Times Free Press, April 27, 2013)
  
• Dalton Jobless Rate Drops to 10.3 Percent
  (Times Free Press, April 26, 2013)
• Stuller Inc. Shutting Its Bonny Oaks Drive Plant
  (Times Free Press, April 25, 2013)
  
• Local Home Sales Rise in March
  (Times Free Press, April 23, 2013)
• Volkswagen to Eliminate 500 Temp Jobs
  (News Sentinel, April 18, 2013)
• Coca-Cola Expands: Chattanooga Bottling Parent Grows 45 Percent
  (Times Free Press, April 17, 2013)
• Whatever Happened to ... Marion Co. Nuclear Vessel Plant Still Planned
  (Times Free Press, April 14, 2013)
• Five Highest Unemployment Rates by Demographic
  (Times Free Press, April 9, 2013)
  
• Auto Sales Up in U.S., Fall in Hamilton County
  (Times Free Press, April 3, 2013)
• Jobs Gap Hits Chattanooga Region amid Slow Recovery
  (Times Free Press, March 30, 2013)
• Jobless Rate Dips, but Unemployed Still Struggle
  (Times Free Press, March 29, 2013)
  
• Erlanger Emergency Room Coming to Dunlap, Tennessee
  (Times Free Press, March 25, 2013)
• Global Green Lighting Plans to Multiply Jobs in Chattanooga
  (Times Free Press, March 20, 2013)
• Metropolitan Chattanooga Jobless Rates Up in January from December
  (Times Free Press, March 15, 2013)
• Former Bowater Paper Mill in Calhoun, TN, Idles Last Newsprint Machine
  (Times Free Press, March 12, 2013)
• Apartments on the Rise in Chattanooga
  (Times Free Press, March 10, 2013)
  
• Less Energy for Greater Chattanooga Area Economy
  (Times Free Press, March 9, 2013)
• Alstom Cutting 80 Jobs at New Chattanooga Turbine Power Plant
  (Times Free Press, March 8, 2013)
  
• Southeast Tennessee Leads in Job Expansion
  (Times Free Press, March 5, 2013)
• Alexander: Chattanooga's Volkswagen Plant Could Gain by Trade Pact
  (Times Free Press, February 21, 2013)
  
• Biz Briefs: New Chick-fil-A to Bring 70 Jobs
  (Times Free Press, February 20, 2013)
• Business Briefs: Answer Financial Is Hiring 115
  (Times Free Press, February 16, 2013)
• U.S., Chattanooga Area Home Prices Rise in 2012
  (Times Free Press, February 12, 2013)
• Merger Raises Job Concerns about Chattanooga T-Mobile Call Center
  (Times Free Press, February 9, 2013)
  
• More Suppliers Called Key to VW Making SUV in Chattanooga
  (Times Free Press, January 31, 2013)
  
• Chattanooga Adds 2,400 Jobs; Beats State, U.S. Jobless Rates
  (Times Free Press, January 25, 2013)
  
• Home Sales Rise to Five-Year High in Chattanooga Area
  (Times Free Press, January 23, 2013)
  
• Officials Expected to Push for VW SUV in Chattanooga
  (Times Free Press, January 12, 2013)
  
• Survey: Half of Chattanooga Companies Planning Expansion
  (Times Free Press, January 10, 2013)
  
• Hamilton County Foreclosures Rise in 2012
  (Times Free Press, January 8, 2013)
  
• 2012 Auto Sales Best in Hamilton County since Recession
  (Times Free Press, January 3, 2013)
• Recession Rebound: Chattanooga Leads State in Job Growth during 2012
  (Times Free Press, January 1, 2013)
• Chattanooga Region's Joblessness at 4-Year Low
  (Times Free Press, December 28, 2012)
  
• Eastgate Adding Companies, Jobs in Chattanooga
  (Times Free Press, December 16, 2012)
  
• Lodge Manufacturing Cooking Up Expansion in South Pittsburg, Tenn.
  (Times Free Press, December 15, 2012)
  
• Panel Eyes Plans for Future of 16-County Chattanooga Region
  (Times Free Press, December 14, 2012)
  
• Access America Transport to Bring 450 New Jobs to Chattanooga
  (Times Free Press, December 11, 2012)
  
• Propex Cuts Work Force at Plants amid Uncertainty about Fiscal Cliff
  (Times Free Press, December 9, 2012)
• Georgia Pacific Closing Chattanooga Plant with 60 Employees
  (Times Free Press, December 4, 2012)
  
• Amazon Expands Chattanooga Operation for Christmas Season
  (Times Free Press, November 28, 2012)
  
• Chattanooga Jobless Rate Remains below U.S., State Averages
  (Times Free Press, November 28, 2012)
  
• TVA Development Program Helps Keep or Add 48,000 Jobs
  (Times Free Press, November 15, 2012)
  
• Home Sales Up in Third Quarter
  (Times Free Press, November 9, 2012)
  
• Volkswagen Calls for More Educated Workforce
  (Times Free Press, November 3, 2012)
  

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