30-521: The Memphis–Clarksdale-Forrest City Combined Statistical Area , TN–MS–AR (CSA) is the commercial and cultural hub of the Mid-South or Ark-Miss-Tenn . The census-defined combined statistical area covers eleven counties in three states, Tennessee , Mississippi , and Arkansas . As of 2020 census , the Memphis metropolitan area had a population of 1,389,905 The Forrest City, Arkansas Micropolitan area
60-473: A CSA and an MSA/μSA is that the social and economic ties between the individual MSAs/μSAs within a CSA are at lower levels than between the counties within an MSA. CSAs represent multiple metropolitan or micropolitan areas that have an employment interchange of at least 15% (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A). CSAs often represent regions with overlapping labor and media markets. As of 2023, there are 181 combined statistical areas across
90-520: A major role in the Mid-South's economy accounting for one in nine jobs. There are nineteen hospitals with over 4,100 beds in the Mid-South. The area is also home to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , a Nobel Prize winning hospital with over 1,200 scientists working there and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center . Tourism is also a major contributor to the Mid-South's economy with
120-547: A million people are factored in after the Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS Combined Statistical Area . The metro area is blue collar in nature and most of its growth can be attributed to its logistical infrastructure. Recently, however, more companies with technology backgrounds such as Electrolux and Mitsubishi have begun making inroads in the Memphis area. The Memphis area has a diverse and robust economy. Well positioned on America's largest river,
150-525: A million people. The median income for a household in the MSA was $ 47,344 and the mean was $ 65,463. The median income for a family was $ 57,780 and the mean was $ 76,126. The per capita income for the MSA was $ 24,675. Combined Statistical Area Population Combined statistical area ( CSA ) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (μSA) across
180-586: A well known blues musician. In his later years Lewis lived near Fourth and Beale, and in 1969 was recorded there in his apartment by Memphis music producer Terry Manning . In 1934, local community leader George Washington Lee authored Beale Street: Where the Blues Began ; the first book by a black author to be advertised in the Book of the Month Club News . In 1938, Lewis O. Swingler , editor of
210-498: A white mob. In the early 1900s, Beale Street was filled with many clubs, restaurants and shops, many of them owned by African-Americans. In 1903, Mayor Thornton was looking for a music teacher for his Knights of Pythias Band and called Tuskegee Institute to talk to his friend, Booker T. Washington, who recommended a trumpet player in Clarksdale, Mississippi named W. C. Handy . Mayor Thornton contacted Handy, and Memphis became
240-729: Is covered by Memphis local news channels and includes the Missouri Bootheel , Northeast Arkansas, West Tennessee , and North Mississippi . The Memphis metropolitan area is part of the Mid-South of the United States. It is culturally more associated with the Deep South and the Mississippi Delta than it is the Upland South , which is the case with Tennessee 's other large cities. Memphis, Tennessee ,
270-618: Is the largest city in the Deep South, the third-largest in the Southeastern United States , and the eighth-largest in the Southern United States as a whole. African-Americans make up nearly half the population of the metro area. The Mid-South has the highest percentage of African Americans of all large metro areas with at least a million people. It is the second-largest when metropolitan areas under
300-465: Is the third largest gaming area in the U.S. after Las Vegas and Atlantic City. It also contains a lake beach at Sardis Lake near Batesville, Mississippi . Four Year Colleges and Graduate Schools Two Year Colleges Airports: Freeways: The area includes the following counties: According to U.S.census estimates for 2013, there were 1,371,110 people residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of
330-607: The Memphis World Newspaper , a Negro newspaper, in an effort to increase circulation, conceived the idea of a "Mayor of Beale St.," having readers vote for the person of their choice. Matthew Thornton Sr. , a well-known community leader, active in political, civic and social affairs and one of the charter members of the Memphis Branch of the NAACP, won the contest against nine opponents and received 12,000 of
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#1732771927004360-589: The Mississippi , and located near the population center of the United States, Memphis is a distribution hub. FedEx maintains its global headquarters in Memphis and uses the Memphis International Airport as its global superhub facility making the airport the busiest cargo airport in the United States. UPS also uses Memphis as a hub. The area is also home to one of the United States largest intermodal logistics centers. This includes being
390-586: The "Home of the Blues" by an act of Congress . Despite national recognition of its historic significance, Beale was a virtual ghost town after a disastrous urban renewal program that razed blocks of buildings in the surrounding neighborhood, as well as a number of buildings on Beale Street. In 1973, the Beale Street Development Corporation (BSDC) was formed by George B. Miller and others as a racially diverse, cooperative effort for
420-488: The 1920s to the 1940s, Louis Armstrong , Muddy Waters , Albert King , Memphis Minnie , B. B. King , Rufus Thomas , Rosco Gordon and other blues and jazz legends played on Beale Street and helped develop the style known as Memphis Blues . As a young man, B. B. King was billed as "the Beale Street Blues Boy." One of Handy's proteges on Beale Street was the young Walter Furry Lewis , who later became
450-404: The 33,000 votes cast. Mr. Thornton was the original "Mayor of Beale St." an honorary position that he retained until he died in 1963 at the age of 90. By the 1960s, Beale had fallen on hard times and many businesses closed, even though the section of the street from Main to 4th was declared a National Historic Landmark on May 23, 1966. On December 15, 1977, Beale Street was officially declared
480-467: The 50 U.S. states and the territory of Puerto Rico that can demonstrate economic or social linkage. CSAs were first designated in 2003. OMB defines a CSA by various combinations of adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan areas with economic ties measured by commuting patterns. CSAs retain their own designations as metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas in their respective larger combined statistical areas. The primary distinguishing factor between
510-463: The CSA was 45.2% non-Hispanic White , 47.3% African American , 0.5% Native American , 2.2% Asian , <0.1% Pacific Islander , and Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.1% of the population. Memphis is the only metropolitan/combined statistical area in the United States with over a million people to have a plurality/majority African American population. The Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area also has this distinction but only has around half
540-547: The Church Park Auditorium included Woodrow Wilson , Booker T. Washington , and Franklin D. Roosevelt . Beale Street Baptist Church , Tennessee 's oldest surviving African American Church edifice built beginning in 1869, was also important in the early civil rights movement in Memphis. In 1889, NAACP co-founder Ida B. Wells was a co-owner and editor of an anti-segregationist paper called Free Speech based on Beale before her presses were destroyed by
570-413: The United States, plus another three in the territory of Puerto Rico. The following table lists the 181 combined statistical areas (CSAs) of the United States with the following information: Metropolitan statistical areas that are not also combined with other MSAs or CBSAs are not listed below. The following sortable table lists the three combined statistical areas (CSAs) of Puerto Rico with
600-549: The eastern part developed as an affluent suburb. In the 1860s, many black traveling musicians began performing on Beale. The first of these to call Beale Street home were the Young Men's Brass Band , who were formed by Sam Thomas in 1867. In the 1870s, the population of Memphis was rocked by a series of yellow fever epidemics, leading the city to forfeit its charter in 1879. During this time, Robert Church purchased land around Beale Street that eventually led to his becoming
630-543: The first black millionaire from the south. In 1890, Beale Street underwent renovation with the addition of the Grand Opera House, later known as the Orpheum . In 1899, Church paid the city to create Church Park at the corner of 4th and Beale. It became a recreational and cultural center, where blues musicians could gather. A major attraction of the park was an auditorium that could seat 2,000 people. Speakers at
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#1732771927004660-619: The following information: Beale Street Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee , which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km). It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of blues music. Today, the blues clubs and restaurants that line Beale Street are major tourist attractions in Memphis. Festivals and outdoor concerts frequently bring large crowds to
690-486: The home of the musician who created the "Blues on Beale Street". Mayor Thornton and his three sons also played in Handy's band. In 1909, W. C. Handy wrote "Mr. Crump" as a campaign song for political machine leader E. H. Crump . The song was later renamed " The Memphis Blues ." Handy also wrote a song called " Beale Street Blues " in 1916 which influenced the change of the street's name from Beale Avenue to Beale Street. From
720-590: The redevelopment of Beale Street. The corporation was selected by the City of Memphis to participate in the redevelopment of the blocks on Beale between Second and Fourth streets in August, 1978. The corporation dedicated its efforts to the success of the Beale Street project for the preservation of the street's rich history, and to its cultural as well as physical development. The BSDC secured $ 5.2 million in grants for
750-685: The region being known as the birthplace of Rock and Roll and Blues. Over eight million people visit the Memphis metropolitan area every year for tourist related activities. Over four million people visit Beale Street every year making it the most visited attraction in Tennessee. The Memphis Zoo is one of only four zoos in the U.S. to feature a giant panda and is routinely ranked as one of the best zoos in America. The Tunica casino resort area in Mississippi has over twelve million visitors annually and
780-479: The renovation of Beale Street. In 1982, the City of Memphis recommended that the BSDC hire a management company led by John A. Elkington to assist in the development of the street by securing new tenants, collecting rents and handling certain maintenance and security issues. Each new lease had to be agreed upon by BSDC, the City of Memphis and the management company, Performa. The day-to-day management of Beale Street
810-475: The street and its surrounding areas. Beale Street was created in 1841 by entrepreneur and developer Robertson Topp (1807–1876), who soon named it later in the decade for Edward Fitzgerald Beale , a military hero from the Mexican–American War . (The original name was Beale Avenue.) Its western end primarily housed shops of trade merchants, who traded goods with ships along the Mississippi River , while
840-610: The third-largest trucking corridor, fourth-largest inland port, and third-largest in class I railroad services. The Mid-South has the largest percentage of people employed in logistics in the U.S. The Mid-South is also home to several Fortune 500 and 1000 companies, including FedEx , AutoZone , Regions Bank , ServiceMaster , BUPERS , First Horizon Bank , International Paper , and others. Companies including Nike , Baskin Robbins , Sharp , and Hewlett Packard operate large distribution centers out of Memphis. Healthcare has begun to play
870-586: Was added to the Memphis area in 2012 to form the Memphis–Forrest City Combined Statistical area. In 2023 the Clarksdale, Mississippi Micropolitan area was also added to form the new Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City Combined Statistical Area which as of 2023 had a population of roughly 1.4 million people according to census estimates. The greater Mid-South area has a population of 2.4 million, according to 2013 census estimates. This area
900-489: Was turned over to the City of Memphis in an October, 2012 court decision after a long legal dispute involving the city, BSDC and Performa. During the first weekend of May (sometimes including late April), the Beale Street Music Festival brings major music acts from a variety of musical genres to Tom Lee Park at the end of Beale Street on the Mississippi River . The festival is the kickoff event of
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