Memphis Metropolitan Area

In light of the latest skewered poll that list Memphis as the most dangerous city in America. It has come to the light that these statistics include eight other counties in addition to Shelby county where Memphis is located. Not only does it cross county lines but state as well. That's like adding Chicago Illinois and Gary Indiana together for statistical purposes. Though they're two separate cities with crime problems of their own. They're in the same general vicinity. The Memphis Metropolitan area includes cities in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.


The Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area, TN-MS-AR (MSA) is the 42nd largest among similarly designated areas in the United States. The metropolitan area covers eight counties in three states - Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 1,205,204 (though a July 1, 2006 estimate placed the population at 1,274,704).

Counties

Tennessee
Shelby County
Tipton County
Fayette County

Mississippi
DeSoto County
Marshall County
Tate County
Tunica County

Arkansas
Crittenden County

Cities and towns

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants
Memphis, Tennessee (Principal City)

Places with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants
Bartlett, Tennessee
Collierville, Tennessee
Germantown, Tennessee
Olive Branch, Mississippi
Southaven, Mississippi
West Memphis, Arkansas

Places with 5,000 to 25,000 inhabitants
Covington, Tennessee
Hernando, Mississippi
Holly Springs, Mississippi
Horn Lake, Mississippi
Lakeland, Tennessee
Marion, Arkansas
Millington, Tennessee
Senatobia, Mississippi

Places with 500 to 5,000 inhabitants
Arlington, Tennessee
Atoka, Tennessee
Brighton, Tennessee
Byhalia, Mississippi
Coldwater, Mississippi
Crawfordsville, Arkansas
Earle, Arkansas
Edmondson, Arkansas
Gallaway, Tennessee
Lynchburg, Mississippi
Mason, Tennessee
Munford, Tennessee
North Tunica, Mississippi
Oakland, Tennessee
Piperton, Tennessee
Somerville, Tennessee
Tunica, Mississippi
Turrell, Arkansas



Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants
Anthonyville, Arkansas
Braden, Tennessee
Burlison, Tennessee
Garland, Tennessee
Gilmore, Arkansas
Gilt Edge, Tennessee
Grand Junction, Tennessee
Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas
Jennette, Arkansas
Jericho, Arkansas
La Grange, Tennessee
Memphis, Mississippi
Moscow, Tennessee
Potts Camp, Mississippi
Rossville, Tennessee
Sunset, Arkansas
Walls, Mississippi
Williston, Tennessee



Unincorporated places
Arkabutla, Mississippi
Banks, Mississippi
Bethlehem, Mississippi
Bruins, Arkansas
Brunswick, Tennessee
Capleville, Tennessee
Chulahoma, Mississippi
Clarkedale, Arkansas
Cockrum, Mississippi
Drummonds, Tennessee
Dubbs, Mississippi
Dundee, Mississippi
Eads, Tennessee
Ellendale, Tennessee
Eudora, Mississippi
Evansville, Mississippi
Fisherville, Tennessee
Hickory Withe, Tennessee
Hollywood, Mississippi
Hudsonville, Mississippi
Kerrville, Tennessee
Laconia, Tennessee
Lake Cormorant, Mississippi
Lake View, Mississippi
Looxahoma, Mississippi
Macon, Tennessee
Mineral Wells, Mississippi
Mount Pleasant, Mississippi
Nesbit, Mississippi
Pleasant Hill, Mississippi
Prichard, Mississippi
Proctor, Arkansas
Red Banks, Mississippi
Reverie, Tennessee
Rosemark, Tennessee
Sarah, Mississippi
Savage, Mississippi
Seyppel, Arkansas
Simsboro, Arkansas
Slayden, Mississippi
Strayhorn, Mississippi
Thyatira, Mississippi
Tipton, Tennessee
Tunica Resorts, Mississippi
Tyro, Mississippi
Victoria, Mississippi
Waterford, Mississippi