Census Reporter

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

1,343,150 Population
4,575.2 square miles 293.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 37.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,423 ±$507 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $25,444 ±$208
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$53,896 ±$575 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $46,511 ±$373
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

17.3% ±0.5% (228,040  ±6,558) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 19.6% 564,439 (±0.4% / ±10,503)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

24.4 minutes ±0.2 (14,286,280  ±155,399) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.2 30,072,720 (±0.2 / ±336,381)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

505,544 ±2,384 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,116,649 ±4,463
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (1,319,065  ±1,164) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,887,405 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.5% ±0.4% (18,196  ±1,236) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,786 (±0.3% / ±1,732)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

569,954 ±519 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,330,867 ±236
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$161,300 ±$1,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $125,500 ±$1,286
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.1% ±0.5% (186,809  ±6,399.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 12.5% 369,237 (±0.3% / ±7,840)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

88.7% ±0.8% (786,947  ±7,373.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 85.3% 1,692,077 (±0.5% / ±10,631)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
28.8% ±0.5% (255,775  ±4,246.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 22.8% 451,199 (±0.3% / ±5,701.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

5.3% ±0.2% (71,475  ±2,576) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 69,211 (±0.1% / ±2,258)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.4% ±0.2% (74,017  ±2,085) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 7.3% 164,687 (±0.1% / ±2,533)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
74,017 Total veterans ±2,085 65,294 Male ±1,838 8,723 Female ±915

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