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Shelby County, TN

935,764 Population
763.6 square miles 1,225.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,145 ±$863 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $29,284 ±$363
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$47,500 ±$2,160 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $52,375 ±$489
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

21.7% ±1.7% (199,494  ±15,850) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 15.3% 1,011,016 (±0.4% / ±27,948)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

22.8 minutes ±0.5 (9,435,295  ±256,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.4 74,868,850 (±0.2 / ±748,090)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

352,648 ±3,767 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,603,140 ±11,640
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.6 ±0 (919,194  ±2,206) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,613,418 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

6.2% ±1% (14,460  ±2,416) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 83,897 (±0.4% / ±5,896)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

406,236 ±842 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 2,992,412 ±287
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$157,700 ±$4,499 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $177,500 ±$1,856
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

13.2% ±1% (121,561  ±9,642.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 14.7% 986,724 (±0.4% / ±26,654.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

88.1% ±2% (542,874  ±12,537.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 87.8% 4,075,874 (±0.7% / ±30,480)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
31.5% ±1.1% (193,984  ±6,774.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 27.5% 1,275,425 (±0.4% / ±17,233.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

6.6% ±0.5% (62,016  ±5,011) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 348,562 (±0.2% / ±10,711)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

7% ±0.5% (48,916  ±3,751) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 8.2% 429,585 (±0.2% / ±9,773)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
48,916 Total veterans ±3,751 43,220 Male ±3,494 5,696 Female ±1,242

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