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Shelby County, TN

924,454 Population
760.6 square miles 1,215.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,374 ±$1,272 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $33,904 ±$458
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$54,841 ±$2,034 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $59,695 ±$788
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

17.9% ±1.5% (162,280  ±13,743) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.6% 927,587 (±0.4% / ±26,005)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.3 minutes ±0.5 (8,136,705  ±300,375) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.2 69,192,330 (±0.2 / ±898,223)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

366,593 ±3,470 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,770,395 ±8,851
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (909,770  ±5,260) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,824,960 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.2% ±0.8% (9,679  ±1,927) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 86,681 (±0.4% / ±5,697)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

401,377 ±2,111 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,087,992 ±386
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$213,300 ±$7,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $235,200 ±$2,297
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12.3% ±1.2% (112,666  ±11,100.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.7% 943,307 (±0.4% / ±27,850.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.6% ±2.2% (547,973  ±13,225.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.7% 4,320,485 (±0.7% / ±34,141.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
34.3% ±1.3% (209,851  ±8,093.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 30.5% 1,467,481 (±0.4% / ±19,576)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7.1% ±0.6% (65,443  ±5,738) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 370,765 (±0.2% / ±14,125)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.4% ±0.6% (44,478  ±4,232) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 394,604 (±0.2% / ±11,380)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
44,478 Total veterans ±4,232 39,872 Male ±4,056 4,606 Female ±1,535

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