Memphis metropolitan area
The Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area, TN-MS-AR (MSA), more commonly known as The Mid-South, is the 41st largest among similarly designated areas in the United States. The metropolitan area covers eight counties in three states – Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 1,205,204 (though a July 1, 2010 estimate placed the population at 1,305,946).[1]
Mid-South Region Counties
Eastern Arkansas
Missouri Bootheel
Northern Mississippi
Western Tennessee
Cities and towns
Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants
Places with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants
Places with 5,000 to 25,000 inhabitants
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
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Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants
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
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- 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
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- 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
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Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 1,205,204 people, 448,473 households, and 312,422 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 52.9% White, 43.5% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.3% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.1% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population.
The median income for a household in the MSA was $35,988, and the median income for a family was $41,130. Males had a median income of $32,830 versus $22,970 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $16,729.
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