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Shelby County, TN

910,530 Population
761.3 square miles 1,196.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,656 ±$1,706 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$64,995 ±$2,371 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19% ±1.5% (169,833  ±13,527) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.5 minutes ±0.6 (8,445,950  ±286,353) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 26.5 80,430,170 (±0.2 / ±874,887)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

359,692 ±4,101 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (896,694  ±944) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±1% (11,695  ±2,262) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

406,999 ±394 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$286,100 ±$8,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.8% ±1.1% (105,761  ±10,112.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.2% ±2.3% (536,119  ±13,696) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.2% ±1.3% (205,450  ±7,829.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • 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

8.4% (76,436  ±5,926) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.5% ±0.6% (37,353  ±3,754) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
37,353 Total veterans ±3,754 32,345 Male ±3,159 5,008 Female ±1,374

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