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Memphis, TN--MS--AR Urban Area

1,033,394 Population
491.3 square miles 2,103.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,390 ±$759 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,014 ±$1,747 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.4% ±1.5% (177,063  ±15,078) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.6 minutes ±0.4 (9,924,535  ±278,206) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

410,096 ±4,194 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (1,017,148  ±7,563) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.3% ±1% (16,184  ±2,624) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

458,565 ±2,910 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$256,700 ±$8,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.7% ±1.2% (128,922  ±12,495.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.4% ±2% (619,799  ±14,373.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
32.8% ±1.1% (224,638  ±8,015.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.5% ±0.5% (77,857  ±5,476) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±0.5% (47,222  ±3,580) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
47,222 Total veterans ±3,580 41,314 Male ±3,266 5,908 Female ±1,110

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