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Memphis, TN

618,655 Population
296.2 square miles 2,088.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 37 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,208 ±$1,220 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $35,441 ±$692
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
$51,399 ±$1,390 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $64,025 ±$1,951
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865

22.6% ±2.2% (136,805  ±13,250) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.5% 217,425 (±1.3% / ±17,110)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)

20.9 minutes ±0.6 (5,338,145  ±212,318) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.7 13,935,665 (±0.4 / ±309,263)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 26.3 77,894,264 (±0.3 / ±957,098)

Families

257,188 ±3,957 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 523,295 ±4,020
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
2.4 ±0 (605,896  ±327) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.5 1,315,131 (±0 / ±2,760)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 † 6,978,483 (±,192.3 / ±-555,555,600)

7.1% ±1.5% (11,222  ±2,391) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.8% † 18,747 (±0.9% / ±2,794)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)

Housing

294,382 ±3,330 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 583,684 ±1,261
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237

$200,900 ±$12,629 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $265,200 ±$7,126
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458

13.9% ±1.6% (84,892  ±9,998.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 11.6% 152,799 (±1% / ±13,687.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)

Social

88.1% ±2.6% (355,348  ±11,335.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 90.1% 802,602 (±1.8% / ±15,786.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
28.8% ±1.4% (116,224  ±5,946.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 31.5% 280,057 (±1% / ±8,753.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)

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

8.3% ±0.8% (51,159  ±5,169) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.4% 85,613 (±0.4% / ±5,614)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% † 432,020 (±,472.6% / ±14,082)

5.1% ±0.6% (23,420  ±2,695) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.2% 62,540 (±0.4% / ±3,970)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
23,420 Total veterans ±2,695 20,720 Male ±2,568 2,700 Female ±861

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