Census Reporter

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

1,344,910 Population
4,579.1 square miles 293.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,690 ±$722 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $25,301 ±$568
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$54,859 ±$1,898 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $45,792 ±$1,184
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

15.4% ±1.2% (202,488  ±15,498) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 19.6% 564,192 (±0.8% / ±24,018)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

24.8 minutes ±0.6 (14,875,205  ±432,783) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.1 30,073,660 (±0.5 / ±728,742)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

505,048 ±4,786 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,100,229 ±9,887
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0 (1,321,967  ±3,228) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,882,767 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5% ±0.8% (16,520  ±2,730) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 5.1% 35,965 (±0.5% / ±3,611)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

573,811 ±1,238 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,339,047 ±222
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$169,400 ±$3,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $128,200 ±$2,821
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.6% ±1% (180,967  ±13,754.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 12.2% 360,046 (±0.6% / ±17,384.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

88.2% ±1.9% (788,054  ±16,731.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 85.3% 1,688,747 (±1.1% / ±22,454.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
28.8% ±1% (257,026  ±9,149.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 22.3% 441,751 (±0.6% / ±12,010)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

5.1% ±0.4% (69,094  ±4,721) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.2% 63,917 (±0.2% / ±5,546)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.1% ±0.5% (71,591  ±4,692) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 153,873 (±0.3% / ±6,759)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
71,591 Total veterans ±4,692 62,023 Male ±4,181 9,568 Female ±2,232

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