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Memphis, TN

610,936 Population
289.8 square miles 2,108.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,449 ±$1,598 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $38,828 ±$1,264
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,679 ±$2,423 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $68,124 ±$2,210
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

24% ±2.1% (143,661  ±12,244) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 17.4% 228,597 (±1.1% / ±15,025)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.4 minutes ±0.6 (5,319,240  ±235,826) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.4 13,863,830 (±0.5 / ±400,305)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 26.5 80,430,170 (±0.2 / ±874,887)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

250,830 ±4,397 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 527,810 ±4,600
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (599,077  ±903) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.5 1,318,466 (±0 / ±3,217)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±1.2% (8,680  ±1,984) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.1% † 19,880 (±0.9% / ±2,895)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

291,759 ±3,489 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 586,553 ±1,214
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$209,800 ±$10,746 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $282,900 ±$6,026
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.1% ±1.5% (78,864  ±9,110.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 11.4% 150,719 (±0.9% / ±11,978.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.8% ±2.7% (347,193  ±11,458) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.6% 800,498 (±1.8% / ±16,298.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.6% ±1.6% (114,225  ±6,356.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 31.9% 285,374 (±1% / ±9,071)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.7% ±0.8% (47,203  ±5,127) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.6% 87,705 (±0.5% / ±6,208)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.7% (21,845  ±3,070) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.9% 59,486 (±0.4% / ±4,418)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
21,845 Total veterans ±3,070 18,378 Male ±2,618 3,467 Female ±1,179

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