Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Memphis city GEOCODE:47-0940 TN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 646,356 100.0% 610,337 100.0% -36,019 -5.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 558,629 86.4% 506,190 82.9% -52,439 -9.4 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 10,917 1.7% 15,979 2.6% 5,062 46.4 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 68 0.0% 0 0.0% -68-100.0 -0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 334,363 51.7% 268,420 44.0% -65,943 -19.7 -7.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 307,573 47.6% 334,981 54.9% 27,408 8.9 7.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,864 0.4% 4,589 0.8% 1,725 60.2 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 680 0.1% 1,146 0.2% 466 68.5 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,730 0.9% 4,011 0.7% -1,719 -30.0 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 49,708 7.7% 49,394 8.1% -314 -0.6 0.4 5-17.................. 138,924 21.5% 114,506 18.8% -24,418 -17.6 -2.7 18-24.................. 91,987 14.2% 68,385 11.2% -23,602 -25.7 -3.0 25-44.................. 175,147 27.1% 196,604 32.2% 21,457 12.3 5.1 45-64.................. 123,295 19.1% 107,000 17.5% -16,295 -13.2 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 67,295 10.4% 74,448 12.2% 7,153 10.6 1.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 188,632 29.2% 163,900 26.9% -24,732 -13.1 -2.3 40 AND OVER............ 222,883 34.5% 220,806 36.2% -2,077 -0.9 1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.4 31.6 3.2 11.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,979 $22,674 -1,305 -5.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,901 $27,178 -1,723 -6.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,044 $11,682 638 5.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 138,670 21.8% 136,123 23.0% -2,547 -1.8 1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 230,348 100.0% 229,726 100.0% -622 -0.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 164,401 71.4% 154,881 67.4% -9,520 -5.8 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 84,339 36.6% 82,186 35.8% -2,153 -2.6 -0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 116,809 50.7% 95,939 41.8% -20,870 -17.9 -8.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 55,009 23.9% 40,969 17.8% -14,040 -25.5 -6.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 40,444 17.6% 50,360 21.9% 9,916 24.5 4.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 25,721 11.2% 29,196 12.7% 3,475 13.5 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 57,232 24.8% 64,360 28.0% 7,128 12.5 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -6.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 365,737 100.0% 378,052 100.0% 12,315 3.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 122,264 33.4% 105,511 27.9% -16,753 -13.7 -5.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 53,471 14.6% 66,074 17.5% 12,603 23.6 2.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 294,178 100.0% 292,819 100.0% -1,359 -0.5 FEMALE................ 135,973 46.2% 146,613 50.1% 10,640 7.8 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 269,138 91.5% 267,179 91.2% -1,959 -0.7 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 57,929 19.7% 64,258 21.9% 6,329 10.9 2.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 38,351 13.0% 42,094 14.4% 3,743 9.8 1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 244,362 100.0% 248,573 100.0% 4,211 1.7 OCCUPIED.............. 230,474 94.3% 229,829 92.5% -645 -0.3 -1.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 129,662 56.3% 126,749 55.1% -2,913 -2.2 -1.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,146 $69,226 3,080 4.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 100,812 43.7% 103,080 44.9% 2,268 2.2 1.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $314 $373 59 18.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 158,987 65.1% 156,905 63.1% -2,082 -1.3 -1.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,602 0.7% 2,066 0.8% 464 29.0 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.8 1961.0 2.2 0.1 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis