Memphis, Tennessee Neighborhood Info

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Memphis, Tennessee QuickFacts

	Memphis, Tennessee	United States
Total population	650,100	281,421,906
State	Tennessee
City	memphis

Memphis, Tennessee Population

	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
Male	307,643	47.32%	49.06%
Female	342,457	52.68%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.9		35.3

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	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
18 years and over	468,805	72.11%	74.31%
21 years and over	438,767	67.49%	69.97%
62 years and over	83,153	12.79%	14.66%
65 years and over	71,026	10.93%	12.43%

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	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
White	223,728	34.41%	75.14%
Black or African American	399,208	61.41%	12.32%
Asian	9,482	1.46%	3.64%
Some other race	10,894	1.68%	5.46%
Two or more races	6,788	1.04%	2.43%

Memphis, Tennessee Housing

	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
Total households	250,721		105,480,101
Family households (families)	158,458	63.2%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	92,263	36.8%	31.94%

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	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
Total housing units	271,723		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	20,831	7.67%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	250,721	92.27%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	139,985	51.52%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	110,736	40.75%	30.77%

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	Memphis, Tennessee	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	27,399	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	68,286	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	17,668	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,556	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	5,313	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	2,911	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	1,263	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	299	0.57%
Median (dollars)	72,800	119,600

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	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	59,035	23.55%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	73,301	29.24%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	35,569	14.19%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	32,866	13.11%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	24,307	9.69%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	25,732	10.26%	9.65%

Memphis, Tennessee Education

	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	185,720		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	13,353	7.19%	6.47%
Kindergarten	9,833	5.29%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	85,402	45.98%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	39,403	21.22%	21.38%
College or graduate school	37,729	20.31%	22.81%

Memphis, Tennessee Economy

	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
Population 16 years and over	487,758		217,168,077
In labor force	307,045	62.95%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	306,442	62.83%	63.39%
- - Employed	280,121	57.43%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	26,321	5.4%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	8.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	603	0.12%	0.53%
Not in labor force	180,713	37.05%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	263,164	53.95%	51.66%
In labor force	153,718	31.52%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	153,567	31.48%	29.65%
- - Employed	140,440	28.79%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	54,510	11.18%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	34,901		12,787,501

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	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	250,907		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	37,061	14.77%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	19,816	7.9%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	39,227	15.63%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	37,471	14.93%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	41,547	16.56%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	40,510	16.15%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,841	6.71%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	10,811	4.31%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,194	1.27%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	4,429	1.77%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	32,285		41,994

	Memphis, Tennessee	%, Memphis, Tennessee	United States
With earnings	201,288	41.27%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	46,202		56,604
With Social Security income	57,810	11.85%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,234		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	15,516	3.18%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,930		6,320
With public assistance income	14,275	2.93%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,042		3,032
With retirement income	34,519	7.08%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,349		17,376

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