Tennessee's 3rd congressional district

Tennessee's 3rd congressional district
Tennessee's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Chuck Fleischmann (R–Chattanooga)
Distribution	% urban % rural
Population (2000)	632,143
Median income	35,434
Ethnicity	85.9% White 11.1% Black 0.9% Asian 1.6% Hispanic 0.3% Native American 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+12

The 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee is a congressional district in East Tennessee. It has been represented by Republican Chuck Fleischmann since January 2011.

The district comprises two halves, joined together through a narrow tendril in Roane County near Ten Mile.

The upper half borders Kentucky to the north and is composed of Scott, Morgan, Roane, Anderson, and Union counties, as well as most of Campbell County.

The lower half borders North Carolina to the east and Georgia to the south. It is composed of Hamilton, Polk, McMinn, and Monroe, and the southern half of Bradley County.

Traditionally, the third district has centered on Chattanooga, which has been part of the district since before the Civil War.

In area, the district is sparsely populated. Almost half of the district's population lives in Hamilton County. home to Chattanooga.

The region is very mountainous, due to its location in the Appalachian Mountains. It contains many "natural wonders" such as: The Lost Sea, Frozen Head, Ocoee Whitewater Center, and perhaps most famously, Lookout Mountain, which contains both Ruby Falls an Rock City from the "See Rock City" signs dotted across the South.