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Shelby County, TN

937,166 Population
763.6 square miles 1,227.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,515 ±$923 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $31,224 ±$306
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$52,614 ±$2,477 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $56,071 ±$658
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

16.8% ±1.5% (154,922  ±14,106) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.9% 922,176 (±0.4% / ±25,901)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

23.1 minutes ±0.7 (9,716,580  ±348,265) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.9 77,566,850 (±0.2 / ±847,153)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

353,950 ±4,012 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,654,737 ±12,964
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0 (921,504  ±2,080) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,671,097 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.4% ±1.1% (10,318  ±2,603) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 4.9% 78,042 (±0.3% / ±4,501)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

407,303 ±814 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,028,437 ±636
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$170,900 ±$5,751 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $191,900 ±$1,785
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.8% ±1.3% (127,979  ±11,600.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 14.4% 972,316 (±0.4% / ±28,981.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

88.4% ±2.3% (547,837  ±14,279.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 88% 4,131,145 (±0.7% / ±32,833.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
31.7% ±1.3% (196,609  ±8,272.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 28.7% 1,348,224 (±0.4% / ±18,556.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

6.3% ±0.5% (59,399  ±4,183) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.5% 373,472 (±0.2% / ±13,588)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7% ±0.6% (49,045  ±4,108) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 8% 422,161 (±0.2% / ±8,822)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
49,045 Total veterans ±4,108 41,866 Male ±3,528 7,179 Female ±1,960

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