Shelby County Facts

Census Statistics

	Shelby County	Tennessee
Population, 2003 estimate	906,178	5,841,748
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.0%	2.7%
Population, 2000	897,472	5,689,283
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	8.6%	16.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.6%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.2%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	10.0%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.2%	51.3%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	47.3%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	48.6%	16.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.2%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.0%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.6%	2.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	46.2%	79.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	51.2%	53.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	3.8%	2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.5%	4.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	80.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	25.3%	19.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	168,706	1,149,693
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.7	24.5?
Housing units, 2002	374,598	2,519,825
Homeownership rate, 2000	63.1%	69.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	28.4%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$92,200	$93,000?
Households, 2000	338,366	2,232,905
Persons per household, 2000	2.60	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$39,593	$36,360
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,856	$19,393
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	16.0%	13.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	21,134	129,659
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	477,968	2,378,510
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.1%	-0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	43,270	339,361
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	11,758,677	98,503,080
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	8,959,224	50,813,221
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,359	$9,448
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	20.8%	7.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.6%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	5,336	34,273
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	5,920,281	39,275,543
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	755	41,217
Persons per square mile, 2000	1,189.4	138.0
Metropolitan Area	Memphis, TN-AR-MS MS	?
FIPS Code	157	47

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