Shelby County, Tennessee Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Shelby County is 47th out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

Shelby County is 49th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Shelby County is 50th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Shelby County is 50th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Shelby County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Current population (2012)

Shelby County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Households

Shelby County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Housing units

Shelby County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Shelby County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Shelby County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Shelby County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail sales

Shelby County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Size in square miles

Shelby County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Shelby County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	940,764	1st	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	763.2	1st	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,215.5	2nd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	3rd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.8%	5th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.8%	91st	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.5%	9th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.3%	4th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	42.9%	95th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	52.8%	1st	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	85th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.5%	4th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	31st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	43rd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	11th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	37.9%	95th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	52.3%	4th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.0%	6th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	397,976	1st	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.7%	2nd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	340,394	1st	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	60.8%	93rd	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$136,200	19th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	13th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,325	2nd	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$25,470	9th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$46,102	15th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.1%	34th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	19,487	1st	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	418,711	1st	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	76,350	1st	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$11,932,863	1st	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,971	13th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,787,964	2nd	$10,626,759	$613,795,732