Memphis, Tennessee

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The 2000 Census showed that Memphis had a population of 650,100 people^<1>. This represents 11.4% of the total population of Tennessee, making it the state's most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
-1-	Memphis			669,651	3.01% increase
2	Nashville-Davidson	NE	194 mi [312.2 km]	---
3	Knoxville	E	343 mi [552 km]	184,802	6.28% increase
4	Chattanooga	E	267 mi [429.7 km]	170,880	9.85% increase
5	Clarksville	NE	178 mi [286.5 km]	119,735	15.74% increase
6	Murfreesboro	E	207 mi [333.1 km]	101,753	47.86% increase
7	Jackson	NE	74 mi [119.1 km]	63,158	5.89% increase

Memphis had 271,552 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Memphis has a total area of 294.8 square miles [763 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 279.3 square miles [723 km²]15.44 square miles [40 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Memphis had a 2000 population density of 2,327 people per square mile [898 people/km²], making it the state's 4th most densely populated area.

Shelby County

The city of Memphis is located in Shelby County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 898,251 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 650,100 people, Memphis contained 72.4% of the Shelby County total.

In addition, where the community of Memphis has a population density of 2,327 people per square mile [898 people/km²], Shelby County averages 1,190 people per square mile [459.6 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Shelby County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Memphis and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Memphis. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Memphis. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Memphis, it also contains a comparison between Memphis and the state of Tennessee.

Click here for the Memphis QuickFact (QF-4748000).

The following communities are nearby Memphis and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Southaven (MS)	QF-2869280	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	44,076	52.11% increase
	Germantown	QF-4728960	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	37,251	0.26% decrease
	Bartlett	QF-4703440	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	47,501	17.16% increase
	Collierville	QF-4716420	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	39,211	23.03% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Memphis.

A Census Quickfact is available for Shelby County (QF-47157).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Shelby County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Tipton	QF-47167	NE	58,706	13.91% increase
	Fayette	QF-47047	E	38,173	31.18% increase
	Marshall (MS)	QF-28093	SE	37,102	5.85% increase
	DeSoto (MS)	QF-28033	S	154,748	42.4% increase
	Crittenden (AR)	QF-05035	W	52,554	3.09% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Memphis:

Memphis is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Memphis.

The Commemorative Quarter for Tennessee<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Memphis. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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