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	24.0 			
 	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    	2.60	2.50
 	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 Alaska Native-owned 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