Total Population in Shelby County, TN

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
919,173
Rank #62 of 3,222
98th percentile

How Shelby County Compares

Shelby County
919,173
Tennessee Average
919,173
Rank #1 of 95 in state
National
330M
99.7% below

National Distribution

Where Shelby County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Shelby County: 919,173

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#59 Pierce County, WA 930,319
#60 DuPage County, IL 930,024
#61 Milwaukee County, WI 926,331
#62 Shelby County, TN 919,173
#63 Kern County, CA 915,075
#64 Fort Bend County, TX 893,767
#65 Hidalgo County, TX 891,977
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Total Population in Shelby County, Tennessee

Shelby County, Tennessee has a total population of 919,173, which ranks #62 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.7% below the national value of 330M.

Within Tennessee, Shelby County ranks #1 of 95 out of 95 counties. This places it in the 98th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.