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Memphis, TN

621,050 Population
294.9 square miles 2,105.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,620 ±$1,392 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $35,527 ±$909
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $36,704 ±$350
$50,622 ±$1,904 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $64,008 ±$1,408
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $65,254 ±$848

21.5% ±1.6% (130,166  ±9,774) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 15.7% 204,834 (±1% / ±13,514)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 915,683 (±0.5% / ±33,636)

20.9 minutes ±1.1 (5,287,755  ±318,114) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 23.9 13,201,410 (±0.5 / ±401,913)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.5 74,269,850 (±0.2 / ±832,004)

Families

254,379 ±3,855 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 518,924 ±4,036
  • Tennessee: 2,846,684 ±11,934
2.4 ±0 (607,708  ±315) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.5 1,309,859 (±0 / ±1,679)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 † 6,904,210 (±195.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.7% ±1.2% (7,178  ±1,813) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.1% † 16,501 (±0.8% / ±2,638)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5% 82,884 (±0.3% / ±5,160)

Housing

290,535 ±3,501 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 574,616 ±837
  • Tennessee: 3,144,583 ±494

$173,400 ±$6,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $244,100 ±$6,621
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $284,800 ±$2,559

13.9% ±1.7% (85,281  ±10,351.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 12% 158,142 (±1% / ±13,456)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13% 906,588 (±0.4% / ±26,656.4)

Social

88.7% ±2.7% (364,720  ±11,660.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 90.4% 801,317 (±1.8% / ±16,213.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.4% 4,398,598 (±0.7% / ±35,322.3)
30.5% ±1.6% (125,376  ±6,852.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 31.9% 282,409 (±1.1% / ±9,524.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,513,960 (±0.4% / ±21,470.6)

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

7.2% ±0.9% (44,676  ±5,664) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.8% 77,635 (±0.5% / ±6,294)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.6% † 392,453 (±438.5% / ±15,350)

4.8% ±0.6% (22,541  ±2,729) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.2% 61,865 (±0.5% / ±4,757)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.2% 397,661 (±0.2% / ±9,591)
22,541 Total veterans ±2,729 19,672 Male ±2,508 2,869 Female ±927

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