Memphis, Mississippi

Back to Memphis, MS housing info, DeSoto County, Mississippi, MS smaller cities, MS small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... DeSoto County Population in July 2007: 119. Males: 54   (46.0%) Females: 65   (54.0%) Median resident age:   31.5 years Mississippi median age:   33.8 years Zip code: 38641 Estimated median household income in 2008: $92,689 (it was $74,375 in 2000) Memphis:   $92,689 Mississippi:   $37,790 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $37,010 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $229,212 (it was $141,700 in 2000) Memphis:   $229,212 Mississippi:   $99,700 Memphis, MS residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for:  near:   Races in Memphis: White Non-Hispanic (92.0%) Black (6.9%) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1.1%) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Memphis: 72.2 (low, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Memphis, Mississippi on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Memphis is mentioned 706 times on our forum: Is Memphis actually that bad?  (21 replies) Moving to Memphis from Michigan - Where to live?  (2 replies) Relocation to work in Memphis - Where to Live?  (4 replies) New to Memphis area- finding apartment in North MS  (4 replies) Southaven utilities vs Memphis  (0 replies) Job relocation from PA to Memphis, help!  (6 replies) Latest news from Memphis, MS collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: United States (10.3%), English (5.7%), German (1.1%), Irish (1.1%). Current Local Time: CST time zone Elevation: 220 feet Land area: 4.31 square miles. Population density: 28 people per square mile   (very low).

Average climate in Memphis, Mississippi

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Memphis-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Mississippi state average. It is 161% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/21/1952, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 26.4 miles away from the Memphis village center killed 16 people and injured 74 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/24/1970, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 6.4 miles away from the village center injured 18 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Memphis-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Mississippi state average. It is 71% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/25/1976 at 00:41:20, a magnitude 5.0 (4.9 MB, 5.0 LG, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 50.3 miles away from Memphis center
On 4/27/1989 at 16:47:49, a magnitude 4.7 (4.6 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.3 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 77.6 miles away from the city center
On 3/25/1976 at 01:00:11, a magnitude 4.5 (4.1 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 51.0 miles away from the city center
On 11/29/1996 at 05:41:33, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 LG, 4.1 LG, Depth: 12.6 mi) earthquake occurred 69.7 miles away from Memphis center
On 5/1/2005 at 12:37:32, a magnitude 4.2 (4.1 MB, 4.2 MW, Depth: 6.0 mi) earthquake occurred 62.5 miles away from the city center
On 2/10/2005 at 14:04:54, a magnitude 4.1 (3.9 MB, 4.1 MW, Depth: 9.5 mi) earthquake occurred 58.0 miles away from Memphis center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)

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Churches in Memphis include: Chanels Chapel (A), Mount Zion Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This village:	3.2 people
Mississippi:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This village:	92.6%
Whole state:	71.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This village:	7.4%
Whole state:	4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 3.7% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

This village:	0.0%
Whole state:	19.9%

This village:	0.0%
Whole state:	9.1%

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Here		57.5%
USA		50.2%

11.98% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,864 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.98%
Mississippi average:	7.82%

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($71 average AGI)

DeSoto County:	0.03%
Mississippi average:	0.09%

from Shelby County, TN	4.92% ($41,930 average AGI)
from Tate County, MS	0.44% ($32,198)
from Marshall County, MS	0.42% ($33,000)

7.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,117 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.52%
Mississippi average:	8.35%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($63 average AGI)

DeSoto County:	0.03%
Mississippi average:	0.08%

to Shelby County, TN	2.45% ($31,556 average AGI)
to Tate County, MS	0.48% ($43,320)
to Marshall County, MS	0.46% ($35,982)

• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #76 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"