† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMemphisTennesseeUnited States
African American†61.1%14.3%9.9%
African1.0%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.5%—0.2%
English5.2%13.3%9.5%
Irish3.8%9.3%9.4%
American3.6%11.3%5.3%
German3.3%9.1%12.5%
Italian1.3%2.2%4.8%
Scottish0.9%2.2%1.3%
French0.7%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.6%1.7%—
Mexican5.4%3.8%11.3%
Guatemalan1.1%0.6%0.5%
Honduran1.1%0.5%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Venezuelan0.5%0.2%—
Salvadoran0.4%0.2%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Asian Indian0.6%0.5%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Chinese0.2%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Memphis
Tennessee
United States
Median age
34.2
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.4%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Memphis
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$51,736
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
23.1%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.0%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Memphis
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.5%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
8.4%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Memphis
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
—
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
44.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Memphis, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+42.4%
2008
+51.9%
2012
+53.4%
2016
+54.0%
2020
+55.3%
2024
+51.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
74.9%Harris138,620
23.2%Trump42,959
1.9%
D+51.7
R+3.7
D+53.2
185,096
D
76.8%Biden174,618
21.5%Trump48,860
1.7%
D+55.3
D+1.3
D+50.9
227,233
D
75.3%Clinton155,798
21.3%Trump44,133
3.3%
D+54.0
D+0.5
D+51.9
206,809
D
76.3%Obama182,446
22.8%Romney54,556
0.9%
D+53.4
D+1.6
D+49.6
239,271
D
75.6%Obama205,937
23.7%McCain64,545
0.8%
D+51.9
D+9.5
D+44.6
272,539
D
70.9%Kerry174,323
28.5%Bush70,078
0.7%
D+42.4
—
D+44.8
246,015
Memphis anchors Shelby County's Democratic vote share, consistently delivering the largest raw vote totals in Tennessee while a majority-Black electorate and persistent poverty shape its policy priorities and mobilization patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.7 points.
A population of 618,980, a 23% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,736 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Norfolk and Savannah.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Memphis, Tennessee voted Democratic by 51.7 points (D+51.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 185,096 votes cast, 138,620 went Democratic and 42,959 went Republican.
How many people live in Memphis, Tennessee?
Memphis, Tennessee has a population of 618,980 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Memphis, Tennessee?
Median household income in Memphis, Tennessee is $51,736 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Memphis, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Memphis, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
