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Memphis, TN--MS--AR Urban Area

1,037,125 Population
491.1 square miles 2,111.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,164 ±$1,254 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,091 ±$2,135 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.3% ±1.4% (186,761  ±14,468) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.6 minutes ±0.5 (9,880,840  ±323,088) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

412,772 ±5,009 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (1,022,169  ±8,632) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.4% ±1.1% (16,788  ±2,950) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

461,692 ±3,122 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$274,800 ±$7,409 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.6% ±1.1% (129,248  ±11,225.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.5% ±2.1% (614,347  ±14,968.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.4% ±1.2% (228,965  ±8,640.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.5% ±0.6% (77,504  ±6,367) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.5% ±0.5% (43,064  ±4,049) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
43,064 Total veterans ±4,049 37,633 Male ±3,590 5,431 Female ±1,512

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