Memphis City, Tennessee Statistics and Demographics (US Census 2000)

By: Kristian Hamilton
Number Percent

Memphis Population: 650100 100.00%

Sex and Age

Male 307643 47.32%

Female 342457 52.68%

Under 5 years 50396 7.75%

5 to 9 years 53115 8.17%

10 to 14 years 49652 7.64%

15 to 19 years 47761 7.35%

20 to 24 years 50832 7.82%

25 to 34 years 102417 15.75%

35 to 44 years 97060 14.93%

45 to 54 years 80832 12.43%

55 to 59 years 26061 4.01%

60 to 64 years 20948 3.22%

65 to 74 years 36730 5.65%

75 to 84 years 25476 3.92%

85 years and over 8820 1.36%

Median age (years) 31.9

18 years and over 468805 72.11%

Male 215212 33.1%

Female 253593 39.01%

21 years and over 438767 67.49%

62 years and over 83153 12.79%

65 years and over 71026 10.93%

Male 26094 4.01%

Female 44932 6.91%

Race

One race 643312 98.96%

White 223728 34.41%

Black or African American 399208 61.41%

American Indian and Alaska Native 1217 0.19%

Asian 9482 1.46%

Asian indian 2216 0.34%

Chinese 1741 0.27%

Filipino 578 0.09%

Japanese 293 0.05%

Korean 659 0.1%

Vietnamese 2529 0.39%

Other Asian 1466 0.23%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 239 0.04%

Native Hawaiian 44 0.01%

Guamanian or Chamorro 95 0.01%

Samoan 49 0.01%

Other Pacific Islander 51 0.01%

Some other race 9438 1.45%

Two or more races 6788 1.04%

Hispanic or Latino and race

Total Population 650100 100.00%

Hispanic or Latino(of any race) 19317 2.97%

Mexican 14087 2.17%

Puerto Rican 742 0.11%

Cuban 521 0.08%

Other Hispanic or Latino 3967 0.61%

Not Hispanic or Latino 630783 97.03%

White alone 216174 33.25%

Relationship

Total Population 650100 100.00%

In households 632874 97.35%

Householder 250721 38.57%

Spouse 85458 13.15%

Child 202119 31.09%

Own child under 18 years 148244 22.8%

Other relatives 57758 8.88%

Under 18 years 28202 4.34%

Nonrelatives 36818 5.66%

Unmarried partner 13964 2.15%

In group quarters 17226 2.65%

Institutionalized population 11067 1.7%

Non-Institutionalized population 6159 0.95%

Households by Type

Total Households 250721 100.0 %

Family households (families) 158458 63.2%

With own children under 18 years 78564 31.34%

Married-couple family 85458 34.08%

With own children under 18 years 37081 14.79%

Female householder, no husband present 59665 23.8%

With own children under 18 years 35650 14.22%

Non Family households 92263 36.8%

Householder living alone 76574 30.54%

Householder 65 years and over 22227 8.87%

Households with individuals under 18 years 92426 36.86%

Households with individuals 65 years and over 52893 21.1%

Average Household size 2.52

Average family size 3.18

Housing Occupancy

Total housing units 271552 100.00%

Occupied housing units 250721 92.33%

Vacant housing units 20831 7.67%

For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 740 0.27%

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent) 2

Rental vacancy rate (percent) 8.4

Housing Tenure

Occupied housing units 250721 100.00%

Owner-occupied housing units. 139985 55.83%

Renter-occupied housing units. 110736 44.17%

Average household size of owner-occupied units 2.62

Average household size of renter-occupied units 2.4