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People QuickFacts | Memphis | Tennessee
Population, 2011 estimate | 652,050 | 6,399,787
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 646,889 | 6,346,113
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.8% | 0.8%
Population, 2010 | 646,889 | 6,346,105
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.6% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 26.0% | 23.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.3% | 13.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.5% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 29.4% | 77.6%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 63.3% | 16.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.4% | 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 6.5% | 4.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 27.5% | 75.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 79.2% | 84.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.2% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.8% | 6.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 81.9% | 83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 23.1% | 23.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 38,766 | 501,665
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.4 | 24
Housing units, 2010 | 291,883 | 2,812,133
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 52.7% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 33.4% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $99,000 | $137,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 244,431 | 2,457,997
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.6 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,397 | $24,197
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $37,072 | $43,989
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.0% | 16.9%
Business QuickFacts | Memphis | Tennessee
Total number of firms, 2007 | 52,144 | 545,348
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 38.2% | 8.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.0% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.7% | 1.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.8% | 25.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 14,709,553 | 140,447,760
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 25,485,586 | 80,116,528
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,975,228 | 77,547,291
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,210 | $12,563
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,463,050 | 10,626,759
Geography QuickFacts | Memphis | Tennessee
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 315.06 | 41,234.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,053.3 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 48000 | 47
Counties | Shelby County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts