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Memphis, TN
610,919 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4748000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Memphis ranked #337 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Memphis and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Oklahoma City OK, New Orleans LA, Tucson AZ, El Paso TX, Columbus OH, Tulsa OK, Austin TX, Fresno CA, Nashville TN, Indianapolis IN, Baltimore MD, San Antonio TX, Toledo OH · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #337 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #320 | #333 | #324 | #316 | #335 | #323 | #317 | #330 | #329 | #333 | #334 | #329 | #328 | #331 | #312 | #328 | #327 | #331 | #337 | #340 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 666,952 | 665,512 | 659,816 | 653,107 | 648,051 | 652,326 | 655,341 | 658,786 | 657,146 | 654,990 | 654,106 | 652,548 | 650,878 | 651,104 | 651,073 | 628,388 | 622,541 | 618,468 | 614,587 | 610,919 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #326 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -0.6 | -0.3 | -1.0 | -1.2 | -0.9 | — | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -1.3 | -1.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #295 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 24.6% | 25.0% | 24.6% | 24.4% | 26.1% | 25.3% | 27.0% | 28.5% | 26.1% | 28.8% | 26.9% | 26.5% | 26.3% | 27.8% | 25.3% | — | 26.8% | 26.0% | 27.4% | 28.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #302 of 304 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | 20.7 | 22.4 | 19.9 | 21.1 | 20.4 | 13.6 | 17.9 | 20.3 | 19.0 | 21.2 | 21.1 | 30.6 | 28.6 | 28.9 | 30.1 | 46.5 | 49.3 | 40.9 | 56.9 | 41.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #295 of 295 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | 371.8 | 323.5 | 312.4 | 326.7 | 306.1 | 255.2 | 241.9 | 275.5 | 268.7 | 300.8 | 307.1 | 343.4 | 391.8 | 517.1 | 516.4 | 765.5 | 900.8 | 838.4 | 927.0 | 897.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 425,402 | 394,475 | 417,440 | 422,105 | 398,384 | 398,015 | 404,655 | 415,336 | 416,296 | 419,512 | 411,541 | 417,342 | 417,217 | 414,820 | 423,003 | 401,219 | 398,253 | 408,337 | 408,525 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #203 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.9 | -2.9 | +0.7 | +0.8 | -0.2 | -0.1 | +1.1 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -2.3 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.9 | +0.9 | -1.4 | -1.2 | -1.7 | -0.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 277,988 | 279,701 | 284,813 | 287,595 | 290,940 | 291,165 | 287,737 | 290,457 | 297,579 | — | 279,303 | 289,873 | 285,442 | 275,741 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #320 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.5% | 14.1% | 13.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 8.5% | 8.5% | 9.6% | 7.5% | — | 9.8% | 6.1% | 7.4% | 7.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #149 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 7% | 8% | 3% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 14% | 18% | 13% | 23% | 28% | 28% | 24% | 33% | 25% | 21% | 25% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #167 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | $6,485 | $6,157 | $6,609 | $6,420 | $6,335 | $6,029 | $5,461 | $5,037 | $4,532 | $5,181 | $5,103 | $4,397 | $4,393 | $4,683 | $4,318 | $4,505 | $4,960 | $3,746 | $3,258 | $2,858 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Memphis. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.