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People QuickFacts | Shelby County | Tennessee
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 6,495,978
Population, 2012 estimate | 940,764 | 6,454,914
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 927,640 | 6,346,113
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 2.4%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.7%
Population, 2010 | 927,644 | 6,346,105
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.3% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.8% | 23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 10.8% | 14.2%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 52.3% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 42.9% | 79.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 52.8% | 17.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.5% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 5.9% | 4.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 37.9% | 75.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 82.3% | 84.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 6.1% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 8.9% | 6.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 85.9% | 83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 28.7% | 23.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 59,746 | 493,980
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 22.4 | 24.1
Housing units, 2012 | 399,771 | 2,834,620
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 60.2% | 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 27.5% | 18.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $135,500 | $138,700
Households, 2008-2012 | 341,948 | 2,468,841
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.66 | 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $25,465 | $24,294
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $46,251 | $44,140
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 20.2% | 17.3%
Business QuickFacts | Shelby County | Tennessee
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 19,487 | 129,489
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 418,711 | 2,300,542
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -0.2% | 1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 80,869 | 473,451
Total number of firms, 2007 | 76,350 | 545,348
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.9% | 8.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.4% | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.7% | 1.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.8% | 25.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 17,969,681 | 140,447,760
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 29,636,012 | 80,116,528
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 11,932,863 | 77,547,291
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,971 | $12,563
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,787,964 | 10,626,759
Building permits, 2012 | 2,325 | 20,147
Geography QuickFacts | Shelby County | Tennessee
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 763.17 | 41,234.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,215.5 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 157 | 47
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area
(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