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Population (year 2000): 650,100. Estimated
population in July 2005: 672,277 (+3.4% change)
Males: 307,643 (47.3%), Females: 342,457 (52.7%)
Shelby County
Zip codes:
38103,
38104,
38105,
38106,
38107,
38108,
38109,
38111,
38112,
38114,
38115,
38116,
38117,
38118,
38119,
38120,
38122,
38125,
38126,
38127,
38128,
38131,
38132,
38133,
38134,
38135,
38141,
38157.
Median resident age: 31.9 years
Median household income: $32,285 (year 2000)
Median house value: $72,800 (year 2000)
Races in Memphis:
- Black (61.4%)
- White Non-Hispanic (33.3%)
- Hispanic (3.0%)
- Other race (1.5%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
Ancestries: English (5.2%), Irish (4.9%), United
States (4.5%), German (4.2%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%), Subsaharan
African (1.7%).
Elevation: 254 feet
Land area: 279.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Memphis
- High school or higher: 76.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.7%
- Unemployed: 8.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Memphis city
- Never married: 36.1%
- Now married: 39.2%
- Separated: 4.8%
- Widowed: 7.9%
- Divorced: 12.0%
4.0% Foreign born (1.8% Latin America, 1.4%
Asia, 0.4% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +30,704 (+5.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Memphis:
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (6019 WALNUT GROVE
ROAD)
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN (6225
HUMPHREYS BOULEVARD)
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL RESTORATIVE CARE HOSP (6019
WALNUT GROVE ROAD 1 WEST)
- DELTA MEDICAL CENTER (3000 GETWELL RD)
- HEALTHSOUTH REHAB HOSP NORTH (4100 AUSTIN
PEAY HIGHWAY)
- HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (1282
UNION AVENUE)
- LAKESIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM (2911
BRUNSWICK RD)
- MEMPHIS MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE (865 POPLAR
AVE)
- METHODIST ALLIANCE EXTENDED CARE HOSP (225
SOUTH CLAYBROOK)
- METHODIST HEALTHCARE MEMPHIS HOSPITALS (1265
UNION AVE)
- REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AT MEMPHIS (877
JEFFERSON AVENUE)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS (5959 PARK
AVENUE)
- ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (5959 PARK AVE)
- ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSP (332 NORTH
LAUDERDALE ST)
- UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE BOWLD HOSPITAL (951
COURT AV)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Memphis:
- MEMPHIS INTL (about 6 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; ID: MEM)
- MILLINGTON MUNI (about 18 miles; MILLINGTON, TN; ID:
NQA)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 59 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Memphis:
- GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN (about 8 miles; MEMPHIS, TN;
ID: M01)
- CHARLES W. BAKER (about 11 miles; MILLINGTON, TN;
ID: 2M8)
- OLIVE BRANCH (about 17 miles; OLIVE BRANCH, MS; ID:
OLV)
Amtrak station:
MEMPHIS (545 S. MAIN ST.). Services: ticket office,
partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area,
public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
Biggest Colleges/Universities in Memphis:
- UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (Full-time enrollment:
15,831; Location: CENTRAL and PATTERSON; Public;
Website: www.memphis.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-UNION
CAMPUS (FT enrollment: 6,979; Location: 737 UNION
AVE; Public; Website: www.stcc.cc.tn.us)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON
CAMPUS (FT enrollment: 6,979; Location: 5983 MACON
COVE; Public; Website: www.stcc.cc.tn.us)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
(FT enrollment: 2,019; Location: 800 MADISON AVE;
Public; Offers Doctor's degree)
- CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment:
1,801; Location: 650 E PARKWAY S; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.cbu.edu; Offers Master's
degree)
- RHODES COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,538;
Location: 2000 North Parkway; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.rhodes.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- LE MOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 915;
Location: 807 WALKER AVE; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.lemoyne-owen.edu)
- CRICHTON COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 839;
Location: 6655 WINCHESTER RD; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.crichton.edu)
- CONCORDE CAREER INSTITUTE (FT enrollment:
755; Location: 5100 POPLAR AVE STE 132; Private,
for-profit; Website: concordecareercolleges.com)
- SOUTHEAST COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (FT
enrollment: 534; Location: 2731 S NONCONNAH BLVD;
Private, for-profit)
- TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER AT MEMPHIS (FT
enrollment: 516; Location: 550 ALABAMA AVE; Public;
Website: www.memphis.tec.tn.us)
- SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY (FT enrollment:
481; Location: 1245 MADISON AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.sco.edu)
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
(FT enrollment: 359; Location: 1003 MONROE AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.bchs.edu)
- NEW WAVE HAIR ACADEMY (FT enrollment: 334;
Location: 804 S HIGHLAND; Private, for-profit)
- MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART (FT enrollment: 270;
Location: 1930 POPLAR AVE; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.mca.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (FT enrollment: 236;
Location: 1255 LYNNFIELD RD; Private, for-profit;
Website: WWW.ITT-TECH.EDU)
- MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (FT enrollment:
208; Location: 168 EAST PKY S; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.mtscampus.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- WILLIAM MOORE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (FT
enrollment: 156; Location: 1200 POPLAR AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.williamrmoore.org)
- METHODIST HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING (FT
enrollment: 109; Location: 251 S CLAYBROOK; Private,
not-for-profit)
- HARDING UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF RELIGION
(FT enrollment: 104; Location: 1000 CHERRY RD; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.hugsr.edu; Offers Doctor's
degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Memphis:
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; Full-time enrollment: 3,842)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 60
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; FT enrollment: 11,068)
- ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 70
miles; STATE UNIVERSITY, AR; FT enrollment: 8,696)
- JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 87 miles;
JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,534)
- UNION UNIVERSITY (about 90 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT
enrollment: 2,144)
- NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 105
miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,628)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 115
miles; ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
Biggest public high schools in Memphis:
- WHITE STATION HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,971;
Location: 514 SO PERKINS RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WHITEHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,788;
Location: 4851 ELVIS PRESLEY; Grades: 09 - 12)
- KINGSBURY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,742;
Location: 1270 NORTH GRAHAM; Grades: 07 - 12)
- WOODDALE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,546;
Location: 5151 SCOTTSDALE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,491;
Location: 1363 PERSON; Grades: 09 - 12)
- RIDGEWAY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,488;
Location: 2009 RIDGEWAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
- KIRBY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,431; Location:
4080 KIRBY PW; Grades: 08 - 12)
- CRAIGMONT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,403;
Location: 3333 COVINGTON PK; Grades: 09 - 12)
- TREZEVANT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,369;
Location: 3350 TREZEVANT; Grades: 07 - 12)
- OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,348;
Location: 1770 LANIER; Grades: 09 - 12)
Biggest private high schools in Memphis:
- GATEWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Students: 2,160;
Location: 3000 UNIVERSITY; Grades: 1 - 12)
- HARDING ACADEMY OF MEMPHIS (Students: 1,931;
Location: 1100 CHERRY ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
- BRIARCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Students:
1,471; Location: 6000 BRIARCREST AVE; Grades: PK - 12)
- CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCH (Students: 882;
Location: 5900 WALNUT GROVE ROAD; Grades: 9 - 12; Boys
only)
- ST AGNES ELEMENTARY ACADEMY (Students: 831;
Location: 4830 WALNUT GROVE ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
- ST MARYS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL (Students: 826;
Location: 60 PERKINS EXTENDED; Grades: PK - 12; Girls
only)
- MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL (Students: 606;
Location: 6191 PARK AVE; Grades: 7 - 12; Boys only)
- HUTCHISON SCHOOL (Students: 571; Location:
1740 RIDGEWAY ROAD; Grades: 3 - 12; Girls only)
- LAUSANNE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL (Students: 560;
Location: 1381 W MASSEY RD; Grades: PK - 12)
- FIRST ASSEMBLY CHRISTIAN SCH (Students: 353;
Location: 8650 WALNUT GROVE RD PO BOX 3160; Grades: PK -
12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Memphis:
- SNOWDEN SCHOOL (Students: 1,526; Location:
1870 NORTH PW; Grades: KG - 08)
- WOODDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,413;
Location: 3467 CASTLEMAN; Grades: 06 - 08)
- RALEIGH EGYPT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,324;
Location: 4215 ALICE ANN DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
- ROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,233;
Location: 4890 ROSS RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- KIRBY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,152;
Location: 6670 EAST RAINES; Grades: 06 - 08)
- A MACEO WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students:
1,142; Location: 1900 EAST RAINES RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SOUTHWIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,117;
Location: 8155 MEADOWVALE; Grades: KG - 05)
- CRUMP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,108;
Location: 4405 CRUMP RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- SHERWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,107;
Location: 3480 RHODES; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HIGHLAND OAKS ELEMENTARY (Students: 1,103;
Location: 5252 ANNANDALE RD; Grades: KG - 05)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Memphis:
- GATEWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Students: 2,628;
Location: 4070 MACHON ROAD; Grades: KG - 6)
- HOLY ROSARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 601;
Location: 4841 PARK AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)
- EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN/RIDGELAK (Students:
550; Location: 735 RIDGE LAKE BLVD; Grades: KG - 6)
- PRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL (Students: 534;
Location: 4052 CENTRAL AVE.; Grades: PK - 6; Boys only)
- ST LOUIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 508;
Location: 5192 SHADY GROVE ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
- GRACE-ST LUKES EPISCOPAL SCH (Students: 474;
Location: 246 SOUTH BELVEDERE BLVD; Grades: PK - 8)
- CHRIST METHODIST DAY SCHOOL (Students: 439;
Location: 411 GROVE PARK; Grades: PK - 6)
- WOODLAND PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL (Students: 371;
Location: 5217 PARK AVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ELEMENTA (Students:
363; Location: 1669 CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: PK - 7)
- ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 332;
Location: 1425 EAST SHELBY DRIVE; Grades: PK - 6)
Library in Memphis:
- MEMPHIS/SHELBY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY & INFO C
(Operating income: $19,741,323; Location: 3030 POPLAR
AVENUE; 1,724,401 books; 95,415 audio materials; 80,855
video materials; 4,247 serial subscriptions)
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