Memphis metropolitan area

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area

Common name: The Mid-South, Tri-State
Largest city	Memphis, Tennessee
Other cities	Southaven, Mississippi West Memphis, Arkansas
Population	Ranked 41st in the U.S.
– Total	1,305,946 (2009 est.)
– Density	426.7/sq. mi.  164.8/km2
Area	3013 sq. mi. 7803.6 km2
Country	United States
State(s)	Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi
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The Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area, TN-MS-AR (MSA), the commercial and cultural hub of The Mid-South, is the 41st largest among similarly designated areas in the United States. The metropolitan area covers nine counties in three states – Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. As of census 2010 the MSA had a population of 1,324,108 [1]. The Forrest City Micropolitan area was added to the Memphis area in 2012 to form the Memphis-Forrest City Combined Statistical area and had a population of 1,369,548 according to the census estimates.

Metro Memphis Counties By State

Arkansas

• Crittenden County

Mississippi

• Benton County
• Desoto County
• Tunica County
• Tate County
• Marshall County

Tennessee

• Tipton County
• Shelby County
• Fayette County

Cities and towns

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

• Memphis, Tennessee (Principal City)

Places with 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

• Bartlett, Tennessee

Places with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

• Collierville, Tennessee
• Germantown, Tennessee
• Olive Branch, Mississippi
• Southaven, Mississippi
• West Memphis, Arkansas

Places with 5,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

• Covington, Tennessee
• Hernando, Mississippi
• Holly Springs, Mississippi
• Horn Lake, Mississippi
• Lakeland, Tennessee
• Marion, Arkansas
• Millington, Tennessee
• Senatobia, Mississippi

Places with 500 to 5,000 inhabitants

Arlington, Tennessee Atoka, Tennessee Brighton, Tennessee Byhalia, Mississippi Coldwater, Mississippi Crawfordsville, Arkansas Earle, Arkansas Edmondson, Arkansas Gallaway, Tennessee Lynchburg, Mississippi

Mason, Tennessee Munford, Tennessee North Tunica, Mississippi Oakland, Tennessee Piperton, Tennessee Somerville, Tennessee Tunica, Mississippi Turrell, Arkansas

Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants

Anthonyville, Arkansas Braden, Tennessee Burlison, Tennessee Garland, Tennessee Gilmore, Arkansas Gilt Edge, Tennessee Grand Junction, Tennessee Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas Jennette, Arkansas

Jericho, Arkansas La Grange, Tennessee Memphis, Mississippi Moscow, Tennessee Potts Camp, Mississippi Rossville, Tennessee Sunset, Arkansas Walls, Mississippi Williston, Tennessee

Unincorporated places

Arkabutla, Mississippi Banks, Mississippi Bethlehem, Mississippi Bruins, Arkansas Brunswick, Tennessee Capleville, Tennessee Chulahoma, Mississippi Clarkedale, Arkansas Cockrum, Mississippi Cordova, Tennessee Drummonds, Tennessee Dubbs, Mississippi Dundee, Mississippi Eads, Tennessee Ellendale, Tennessee Eudora, Mississippi Evansville, Mississippi Fisherville, Tennessee

Hickory Withe, Tennessee Hollywood, Mississippi Hudsonville, Mississippi Kerrville, Tennessee Laconia, Tennessee Lake Cormorant, Mississippi Lake View, Mississippi Looxahoma, Mississippi Macon, Tennessee Mineral Wells, Mississippi Mount Pleasant, Mississippi Nesbit, Mississippi Pleasant Hill, Mississippi Prichard, Mississippi Proctor, Arkansas Red Banks, Mississippi Randolph, Tennessee

Reverie, Tennessee Rosemark, Tennessee Sarah, Mississippi Savage, Mississippi Seyppel, Arkansas Shell Lake, Arkansas Simsboro, Arkansas Slayden, Mississippi Strayhorn, Mississippi Thyatira, Mississippi Tipton, Tennessee Tunica Resorts, Mississippi Tyro, Mississippi Victoria, Mississippi Waterford, Mississippi

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,324,108 people residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 46.2% White, 45.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 2% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 2% from two or more races and Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5% of the population.[2] Memphis is on the verge of becoming the first metropolitan area in the United States with over a million people to have a majority African American population.[3] The Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area is also on the verge but only has around half a million people.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $47,344 and the mean was $65,463. The median income for a family was $57,780 and the was $76,126. The per capita income for the MSA was $24,675.[4]

See also

• Tennessee census statistical areas
• Mississippi census statistical areas
• Arkansas census statistical areas