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Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

1,336,438 Population
4,575.2 square miles 292.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,778 ±$898 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $26,941 ±$502
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$55,840 ±$1,460 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $48,716 ±$1,242
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

16.9% ±1.1% (221,628  ±14,787) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 19.4% 554,152 (±0.6% / ±18,347)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

23.8 minutes ±0.3 (12,561,520  ±316,273) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.2 28,668,950 (±0.4 / ±607,535)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

520,309 ±4,384 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,129,611 ±8,212
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (1,315,349  ±6,270) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,865,632 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.2% ±0.7% (13,682  ±2,242) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.3% † 36,472 (±0.6% / ±3,806)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

570,888 ±2,340 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,332,041 ±222
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$212,800 ±$5,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $145,600 ±$3,278
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

11.3% ±0.9% (149,892  ±11,877.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 311,090 (±0.6% / ±17,072.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.5% ±1.7% (795,101  ±15,380.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.5% 1,702,178 (±1.1% / ±22,542.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
31% ±1% (274,974  ±8,960.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.8% 487,663 (±0.6% / ±12,449)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

5.7% ±0.5% (75,470  ±5,982) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.1% 62,859 (±0.2% / ±4,621)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.6% ±0.5% (66,637  ±5,331) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,272 (±0.3% / ±7,247)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
66,637 Total veterans ±5,331 60,001 Male ±4,852 6,636 Female ±1,779

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