Memphis city, Tennessee Population By All Races in Census 2020

Updated on June 30, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among Memphis city, TN population of 633,104 people, 61.57% (389,779 people) identified their race as Black or African American Alone, 25.02% (158,380 people) identified their race as White Alone, and 6.49% (41,075 people) identified their race as Some Other Race Alone.

The first chart below shows the population by race and the second chart shows the percentage of the population for each race. You can also find the information in a table below.

You can see similar information for other Tennessee cities and places and also for the state of Tennessee.

Memphis city, TN Population By All Races in Census 2020
Black or African American Alone
389.78K
White Alone
158.38K
Some Other Race Alone
41.08K
Two Or More Races
29.55K
Asian Alone
11.62K
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
2.50K
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
198
Percentage of Memphis city, TN Population By Race in Census 2020
Black or African American Alone
61.57%
White Alone
25.02%
Some Other Race Alone
6.49%
Two Or More Races
4.67%
Asian Alone
1.84%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
0.40%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
0.03%
Memphis city, TN Population By All Races in Census 2020
Race
Population
% of City or Place Population
Black or African American Alone 389,779 61.57
White Alone 158,380 25.02
Some Other Race Alone 41,075 6.49
Two Or More Races 29,547 4.67
Asian Alone 11,624 1.84
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 2,501 0.40
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 198 0.03
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