The Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, is an area consisting of two counties in northwestern Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, anchored by the city of Dalton

Dalton, Georgia

Dalton is a city in Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is the county seat of Whitfield County and the principal city of the Dalton, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of both Murray and Whitfield counties. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 33,128...

. As of the 2010 census

United States Census, 2010

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, the MSA had a population of 142,227.

Communities

• Carters (unincorporated)
• Chatsworth
  Chatsworth, Georgia
  Chatsworth is a city in Murray County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Dalton, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,531 at the 2000 census, but was estimated around 3,890 as of the 2005 census. The city is the county seat of Murray County...
  
  
• Cisco (unincorporated)
• Cohutta
  Cohutta, Georgia
  Cohutta is a town in Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Dalton, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 582 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cohutta is located at ....
  
  
• Crandall (unincorporated)
• Dalton
  Dalton, Georgia
  Dalton is a city in Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is the county seat of Whitfield County and the principal city of the Dalton, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of both Murray and Whitfield counties. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 33,128...
  
   (Principal city)
• Eton
  Eton, Georgia
  Eton is a town in Murray County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Dalton, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 319 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Eton is located at ....
  
  
• Rocky Face (unincorporated)
• Tilton (unincorporated)
• Tunnel Hill
  Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  Tunnel Hill is a town in northwest Whitfield County, Georgia, United States,and southern Catoosa County, Georgia, United States . It is part of the Dalton, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,209 at the 2000 census.-History:...
  
  
• Varnell
  Varnell, Georgia
  Varnell is a city in Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Dalton, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,491 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Varnell is located at ....
  
  

Demographics

As of the census

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of 2000, there were 120,031 people, 42,671 households, and 32,412 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 85.30% White, 2.87% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 9.16% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 1.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.02% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $38,187, and the median income for a family was $43,404. Males had a median income of $29,967 versus $23,372 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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for the MSA was $17,373.