Memphis Fact Sheet

Database: Miss America Winners by State

Record Name Year City State
Barbara Jo Walker 1947 Memphis Tennessee
Kellye Cash 1987 Memphis Tennessee

Database: Historical Largest Cities of the World

Record Name City Country Year Become #1 Population Note Source
Memphis (3100 BCE) Memphis Egypt 3100 BCE 30,000+ Answers.com Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler. 1987, St. David's University Press
Memphis (1557 BC) Memphis Egypt 1557 BC No Data Answers.com Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler. 1987, St. David's University Press

Database: USA City Population

Record Name City State Country Source Population Year
Memphis, Tennessee City Population Memphis Tennessee United States US Census Bureau 2007 670,902 2007

Database: Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels By Year

Record Name Year Title Author
Summons To Memphis, A, Peter Taylor 1987 Summons To Memphis, A Peter Taylor

Database: Auto Theft Rate for American Cities

Record Name City State Country Number of Thefts Theft Rate Source
Auto theft rate for Memphis Memphis Tennessee United States 8,574 755.01 National Crime Insurance Bureau

Database: Largest US School Districts

Record Name Primary City State Country Source Enrollment Expenditure (2003-2004) Expenditure per student (2003-2004)
Memphis Memphis Tennessee United States American School and University 117,740 $950,659,000 $7,484

Database: NCAA Basketball Tournament Champions

Record Name Year Sport City Location Winner Champion Opponent In Final 4 In Final 4
NCAA Tournament Champion (1985) 1985 Basketball Lexington Villanova Villanova (8) Georgetown (1) Memphis State (2) St. John's (1)
NCAA Tournament Champion (1973) 1973 Basketball Saint Louis UCLA UCLA Memphis State Indiana Providence

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