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Memphis, TN

651,088 Population
317.4 square miles 2,051.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$27,224 ±$1,156 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $30,690 ±$722
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $31,224 ±$306
$43,794 ±$2,177 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $54,859 ±$1,898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $56,071 ±$658

21.7% ±2% (137,977  ±12,533) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 15.4% 202,488 (±1.2% / ±15,498)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.9% 922,176 (±0.4% / ±25,901)

22.2 minutes ±0.8 (6,264,970  ±291,160) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.8 14,875,205 (±0.6 / ±432,783)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.9 77,566,850 (±0.2 / ±847,153)

Families

254,423 ±4,870 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 505,048 ±4,786
  • Tennessee: 2,654,737 ±12,964
2.5 ±0.1 (636,941  ±2,231) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.6 1,321,967 (±0 / ±3,228)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,671,097 (±0)

4.7% ±1.2% (7,761  ±1,917) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5% † 16,520 (±0.8% / ±2,730)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 4.9% 78,042 (±0.3% / ±4,501)

Housing

301,473 ±4,146 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 573,811 ±1,238
  • Tennessee: 3,028,437 ±636

$115,900 ±$5,537 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $169,400 ±$3,839
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $191,900 ±$1,785

14.3% ±1.5% (92,283  ±9,930) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 13.6% 180,967 (±1% / ±13,754.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 14.4% 972,316 (±0.4% / ±28,981.4)

Social

86.2% ±2.3% (371,160  ±10,947.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 88.2% 788,054 (±1.9% / ±16,731.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 88% 4,131,145 (±0.7% / ±32,833.9)
25.6% ±1.3% (110,195  ±5,898.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 28.8% 257,026 (±1% / ±9,149.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 28.7% 1,348,224 (±0.4% / ±18,556.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

6.1% ±0.6% (39,505  ±3,928) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.1% 69,094 (±0.4% / ±4,721)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.5% 373,472 (±0.2% / ±13,588)

6.5% ±0.7% (32,010  ±3,382) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 7.1% 71,591 (±0.5% / ±4,692)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 8% 422,161 (±0.2% / ±8,822)
32,010 Total veterans ±3,382 26,300 Male ±2,691 5,710 Female ±1,821

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