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Shelby County, TN

916,371 Population
760.6 square miles 1,204.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$36,515 ±$1,147 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $36,704 ±$350
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$61,516 ±$1,977 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $65,254 ±$848
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

16.5% ±1.3% (148,682  ±11,345) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 915,683 (±0.5% / ±33,636)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22 minutes ±0.7 (8,261,265  ±348,091) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.5 74,269,850 (±0.2 / ±832,004)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

362,643 ±3,644 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,846,684 ±11,934
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (901,030  ±216) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 † 6,904,210 (±195.2 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.5% ±0.9% (10,174  ±1,957) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5% 82,884 (±0.3% / ±5,160)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

402,687 ±150 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,144,583 ±494
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$250,900 ±$8,157 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $284,800 ±$2,559
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13% ±1.3% (117,272  ±11,681.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 13% 906,588 (±0.4% / ±26,656.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

91% ±2.2% (551,743  ±13,419.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.4% 4,398,598 (±0.7% / ±35,322.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
35.6% ±1.4% (215,710  ±8,374.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,513,960 (±0.4% / ±21,470.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

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

7.2% ±4,351.1% (65,768  ±5,935) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.6% † 392,453 (±438.5% / ±15,350)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

5.7% ±0.6% (38,885  ±3,989) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.2% 397,661 (±0.2% / ±9,591)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
38,885 Total veterans ±3,989 34,193 Male ±3,664 4,692 Female ±1,160

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