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Memphis, TN

628,118 Population
294.9 square miles 2,129.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,571 ±$1,688 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $32,778 ±$898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $33,904 ±$458
$44,317 ±$2,553 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $55,840 ±$1,460
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $59,695 ±$788

22.6% ±2% (138,762  ±12,611) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.9% 221,628 (±1.1% / ±14,787)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.6% 927,587 (±0.4% / ±26,005)

21.5 minutes ±0.4 (5,259,280  ±225,238) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 23.8 12,561,520 (±0.3 / ±316,273)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.2 69,192,330 (±0.2 / ±898,223)

Families

256,968 ±4,780 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 520,309 ±4,384
  • Tennessee: 2,770,395 ±8,851
2.4 ±0.1 (614,696  ±5,245) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.5 1,315,349 (±0 / ±6,270)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,824,960 (±0)

4.3% ±0.9% (6,936  ±1,493) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 4.2% † 13,682 (±0.7% / ±2,242)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 86,681 (±0.4% / ±5,697)

Housing

288,491 ±4,648 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 570,888 ±2,340
  • Tennessee: 3,087,992 ±386

$142,800 ±$8,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $212,800 ±$5,654
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $235,200 ±$2,297

12.3% ±1.3% (76,458  ±8,200.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 11.3% 149,892 (±0.9% / ±11,877.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.7% 943,307 (±0.4% / ±27,850.4)

Social

87.2% ±2.4% (358,138  ±10,864.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.5% 795,101 (±1.7% / ±15,380.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 89.7% 4,320,485 (±0.7% / ±34,141.9)
28.3% ±1.5% (116,145  ±6,485.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 31% 274,974 (±1% / ±8,960.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 30.5% 1,467,481 (±0.4% / ±19,576)

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

6.7% ±0.8% (42,010  ±4,887) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.7% 75,470 (±0.5% / ±5,982)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 370,765 (±0.2% / ±14,125)

6.1% ±0.7% (28,694  ±3,422) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.6% 66,637 (±0.5% / ±5,331)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 394,604 (±0.2% / ±11,380)
28,694 Total veterans ±3,422 25,654 Male ±3,290 3,040 Female ±1,350

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