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Memphis, TN

650,632 Population
317.4 square miles 2,050 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$24,187 ±$939 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $28,016 ±$675
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $29,284 ±$363
$37,199 ±$1,451 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $50,338 ±$1,102
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $52,375 ±$489

27.8% ±2.3% (176,932  ±14,652) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 18.8% 248,994 (±1.3% / ±17,133)
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 15.3% 1,011,016 (±0.4% / ±27,948)

21.9 minutes ±0.4 (6,100,560  ±190,996) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.2 14,559,450 (±0.4 / ±311,632)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.4 74,868,850 (±0.2 / ±748,090)

Families

252,517 ±4,720 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 504,141 ±4,741
  • Tennessee: 2,603,140 ±11,640
2.5 ±0.1 (635,969  ±2,261) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.6 1,325,781 (±0 / ±3,873)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,613,418 (±0)

6.4% ±1.3% (10,461  ±2,108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.9% † 19,716 (±0.8% / ±2,701)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 83,897 (±0.4% / ±5,896)

Housing

300,305 ±3,664 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 574,982 ±1,636
  • Tennessee: 2,992,412 ±287

$103,700 ±$7,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $157,700 ±$3,122
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $177,500 ±$1,856

13.9% ±1.3% (88,989  ±8,411.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 13.3% 176,833 (±0.9% / ±11,371.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 14.7% 986,724 (±0.4% / ±26,654.7)

Social

85.6% ±2.3% (360,695  ±10,358.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 88% 784,258 (±1.6% / ±14,641.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 87.8% 4,075,874 (±0.7% / ±30,480)
26.2% ±1.3% (110,552  ±5,438.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 28.5% 253,775 (±0.9% / ±7,613.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 27.5% 1,275,425 (±0.4% / ±17,233.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

5.9% ±0.7% (38,252  ±4,244) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.4% 73,320 (±0.4% / ±5,304)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 348,562 (±0.2% / ±10,711)

5.9% ±0.6% (29,021  ±2,746) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 7.4% 74,784 (±0.5% / ±5,194)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 8.2% 429,585 (±0.2% / ±9,773)
29,021 Total veterans ±2,746 25,191 Male ±2,638 3,830 Female ±1,038

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