Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis population, 2020 to 2024

Memphis lost 17,469 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -3,668. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 101st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Memphis is 50.3 times that size.

Memphis covers 289.77 square miles of land and 8.95 of water, for 2,108 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Memphis is denser than the typical town.

What county Memphis is in

All of Memphis's residents live in Shelby County, which had 910,530 residents in 2024. Memphis holds 67.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Memphis

30 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Memphis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38016, 38018, 38103, 38104, 38105, 38106, 38107, 38108, 38109, 38111, 38112, 38113, 38114, 38115, 38116, 38117, 38118, 38119, 38120, 38122, 38125, 38126, 38127, 38128, 38131, 38132, 38133, 38134, 38141, 38152. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Memphis is

The Census internal point of Memphis is at 35.109200, -89.968500. Nashville, the capital, is 193.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nashville-Davidson, TN (704,963 people), 193.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 138.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 95 m (312 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Memphis

At 35.11° N, Memphis gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Memphis daylight page.

Places near Memphis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Germantown, 10.7 miles away, with 40,128 people.