STATE OF THE CITY REPORT:  MEMPHIS 2008

The following links are to reports produced by Hope which includes statistical data for Memphis and Shelby County:

Issue of interest:  Single Mother Births in Memphis

State of the City Picture Book (11/27/08):  SINGLE MOTHER BIRTHS & POVERTY:  Trends in Marriage, Divorce, Births & Abortions in Shelby County

State of the City Picture Book (7/31/07):  Violent Crimes by Race.  Based on Memphis Shelby Crime Commission study.

State of the City:  Memphis 2008- (last updated 8/31/09) The entire 17 page report containing all of the information listed below:

• General demographic information and population data - for Memphis, Shelby County, Memphis metropolitan area and the state of Tennessee including breakdowns by gender, race and ethnicity, and age.

• Labor Market - shows employment data including unemployment rate and employment mix by type of employer for Shelby County compared to the state of Tennessee.

• Income & Poverty Levels - Shows increasing levels of poverty in the City:  the number of households at various income levels and the population by age group in 2007 versus 1999.  Also shows the percentage of the population living in poverty in 2007, 1999 and 1989.

• Health - Vital statistics for Shelby County including marriages and divorces, deaths from various causes, and births.   Updated thru 2007.

• Education - graduation rates, ACT scores, spending per student and drop-out rates for schools in Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the U.S.  Updated thru the 2007 school year.

• General comparisons to peer cities - Educational attainment, housing, income, cost of living, poverty and other data comparing Memphis to three other cities.

• Crime : Comparison to other cities & to Tennessee - 2005 FBI statistics comparing Memphis to Nashville, Dallas, Louisville, Atlanta, Jackson & Little Rock.  Also TBI 2006 statistics comparing Memphis to the state of Tennessee (updated 6/4/07).

• Two Charts Comparing Child Poverty Rates to the Percent and Number of Children Living with One Parent by Zip Code

• Comparisons of Shelby County Zip Codes - a comparison of 27 zip codes in Shelby County in terms of population, incomes, poverty, ethnicity, and other data.  Also includes a zip code map of Shelby County.

• Bankruptcy - a comparison of West Tennessee to the rest of Tennessee and the United States (updated thru 2008).

• Non-profits - the number of non-profits in Shelby County by zip code and by type of activity(updated 4/23/09).

Urban Child Institute Data Book is an exceptional resource for data and information regarding the City, its problems and potential solutions.