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Shelby County, TN

936,611 Population
760.6 square miles 1,231.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,272 ±$646 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $30,869 ±$179
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$52,092 ±$736 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $54,833 ±$285
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

19% ±0.7% (174,362  ±6,623) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 14.6% 965,213 (±0.2% / ±13,412)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

22.9 minutes ±0.1 (9,296,525  ±114,285) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.4 73,924,345 (±0.1 / ±405,850)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

356,607 ±1,879 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,639,455 ±6,788
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (919,577  ±951) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,614,088 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.1% ±0.5% (12,003  ±1,079) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 81,129 (±0.2% / ±2,494)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

406,026 ±391 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 2,996,127 ±429
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$158,700 ±$2,510 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $177,600 ±$917
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.6% ±0.6% (135,190  ±5,622.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 14.2% 953,896 (±0.2% / ±12,438.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

89.1% ±1% (548,280  ±6,266.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 88.2% 4,102,114 (±0.4% / ±16,100.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
32.4% ±0.6% (199,289  ±3,702.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 28.2% 1,308,972 (±0.2% / ±9,870.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.5% ±0.3% (60,857  ±2,324) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 347,386 (±0.1% / ±5,644)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7% ±0.3% (49,144  ±1,861) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 8.2% 428,519 (±0.1% / ±4,622)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
49,144 Total veterans ±1,861 42,813 Male ±1,555 6,331 Female ±834

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