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Shelby County, TN

910,042 Population
761.3 square miles 1,195.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±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

$36,414 ±$832 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,413 ±$2,086 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.7% ±1.6% (158,630  ±14,205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.6 minutes ±0.5 (8,603,175  ±252,950) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 26.3 77,894,264 (±0.3 / ±957,098)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

362,776 ±3,537 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (894,905  ±310) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 † 6,978,483 (±,192.3 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6.4% ±1.1% (14,285  ±2,472) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

405,147 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$271,000 ±$8,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.2% ±1.2% (109,086  ±10,983) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.3% ±2.2% (542,359  ±13,300.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
34.8% ±1.3% (208,906  ±7,608) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)
  • a little less than 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

7.9% ±4,842.9% (72,194  ±5,270) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% † 432,020 (±,472.6% / ±14,082)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.7% ±0.5% (38,478  ±3,130) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
38,478 Total veterans ±3,130 34,075 Male ±2,865 4,403 Female ±862

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