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Memphis, TN

650,910 Population
297 square miles 2,191.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,704 ±$723 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $30,423 ±$507
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $30,869 ±$179
$41,864 ±$733 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $53,896 ±$575
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $54,833 ±$285

24.6% ±1% (156,564  ±6,075) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 17.3% 228,040 (±0.5% / ±6,558)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 14.6% 965,213 (±0.2% / ±13,412)

21.7 minutes ±0.2 (5,968,225  ±94,012) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.4 14,286,280 (±0.2 / ±155,399)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.4 73,924,345 (±0.1 / ±405,850)

Families

255,756 ±2,087 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 505,544 ±2,384
  • Tennessee: 2,639,455 ±6,788
2.5 ±0 (635,650  ±968) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.6 1,319,065 (±0 / ±1,164)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,614,088 (±0)

5.6% ±0.6% (9,223  ±972) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.5% 18,196 (±0.4% / ±1,236)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 81,129 (±0.2% / ±2,494)

Housing

299,599 ±1,427 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 569,954 ±519
  • Tennessee: 2,996,127 ±429

$107,100 ±$2,803 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $161,300 ±$1,654
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $177,600 ±$917

15.8% ±0.8% (101,202  ±4,932.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 14.1% 186,809 (±0.5% / ±6,399.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 14.2% 953,896 (±0.2% / ±12,438.5)

Social

86.5% ±1.2% (365,501  ±5,076.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 88.7% 786,947 (±0.8% / ±7,373.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 88.2% 4,102,114 (±0.4% / ±16,100.4)
26.6% ±0.7% (112,553  ±2,846.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 28.8% 255,775 (±0.5% / ±4,246.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 28.2% 1,308,972 (±0.2% / ±9,870.2)

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

6% ±0.3% (39,170  ±1,729) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.3% 71,475 (±0.2% / ±2,576)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 347,386 (±0.1% / ±5,644)

6.1% ±0.3% (29,644  ±1,471) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 7.4% 74,017 (±0.2% / ±2,085)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 8.2% 428,519 (±0.1% / ±4,622)
29,644 Total veterans ±1,471 25,383 Male ±1,308 4,261 Female ±566

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