Who is the Shelby County Assessor of Property?

Javier Bailey is the Assessor of Property of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Who is the Shelby County Circuit Court Clerk?

Jamita Swearengen is the Circuit Court Clerk of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Who is the Shelby County County Clerk?

Lasonya Hall is the County Clerk of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Who is the Shelby County County Mayor?

Mickell Lowery is the County Mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Who is the Shelby County Register of Deeds?

Willie Brooks Jr. is the Register of Deeds of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Who is the Shelby County Sheriff?

Anthony Buckner is the Sheriff of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Who is the Shelby County Trustee?

Joseph Lee is the Trustee of Shelby County, Tennessee.

Who are the Shelby County commissioners?

Mark Billingsley (County Commissioner); Henri Brooks (County Commissioner); Charlie Caswell Jr. (County Commissioner); Miska Clay Bibbs (County Commissioner); Michele Dial (County Commissioner); Amber Huett-Garcia (County Commissioner); Shante Knox-Avant (County Commissioner); Derek Mills (County Commissioner); Rhonda O'Dell (County Commissioner); Will Richardson (County Commissioner); Lashanta Rudd (County Commissioner); Karen Streeter (County Commissioner); Erika Sugarmon (County Commissioner).

What is the population of Shelby County?

About 919,173 people, with a median age of 35.9; the median household income is $63,767 and 17.8% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Shelby County?

4.4% in September 2026 (preliminary): 18,954 people unemployed in a labor force of 429,264, against 4.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Shelby County?

13 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 7 municipal and 5 special district governments.

Shelby County, TN elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Shelby County: 20 seats on 8 elected bodies.

County Commission

Shelby County Commission

Office	Who holds it now
County Commissioner	Mark Billingsley source
County Commissioner	Henri Brooks source
County Commissioner	Charlie Caswell Jr. source
County Commissioner	Miska Clay Bibbs source
County Commissioner	Michele Dial source
County Commissioner	Amber Huett-Garcia source
County Commissioner	Shante Knox-Avant source
County Commissioner	Derek Mills source
County Commissioner	Rhonda O'Dell source
County Commissioner	Will Richardson source
County Commissioner	Lashanta Rudd source
County Commissioner	Karen Streeter source
County Commissioner	Erika Sugarmon source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
Assessor of Property	Javier Bailey source
Circuit Court Clerk	Jamita Swearengen source
County Clerk	Lasonya Hall source
County Mayor	Mickell Lowery source
Register of Deeds	Willie Brooks Jr. source
Sheriff	Anthony Buckner source
Trustee	Joseph Lee source

How many local governments Shelby County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 13 local governments in Shelby County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	7	0
School districts (school boards)	0	0
Special districts (elected boards)	5	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments (7 in Shelby County), though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Shelby County

919,173people

35.9median ageU.S.: 38.9

$63,767 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

17.8%below the U.S.: 12.5%

34.3%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$249,100median home valueU.S.: $332,700

7.2%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

7.9%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

5.9%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

12%U.S.: 8.4%

54.2%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

28.1%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 8.8% · White 32.7% · Black 52.3% · Asian 2.9% · Other or more than one race 3.2% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Shelby County

4.4%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.6%. Tennessee: 3.3%.

18,954people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

410,310people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

429,264in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.4%	18,954	410,310	429,264
August 2026	5.0%	21,425	405,668	427,093
July 2026	5.0%	21,463	407,825	429,288
June 2026	5.1%	21,790	404,292	426,082
May 2026	4.3%	18,447	409,677	428,124
April 2026	4.4%	18,906	408,807	427,713
March 2026	4.4%	18,771	406,700	425,471
February 2026	4.9%	21,065	405,470	426,535
January 2026	4.7%	20,177	408,333	428,510
December 2025	4.3%	18,606	415,238	433,844
November 2025	4.5%	19,569	413,360	432,929
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	4.6%	19,868	415,904	435,772
August 2025	4.7%	20,525	415,954	436,479
July 2025	5.2%	22,700	415,659	438,359
June 2025	5.1%	21,867	410,850	432,717
May 2025	4.2%	18,018	413,547	431,565
April 2025	4.0%	17,188	416,701	433,889
March 2025	4.5%	19,612	412,619	432,231
February 2025	4.5%	19,460	410,469	429,929
January 2025	4.7%	20,073	410,908	430,981
December 2024	4.2%	18,026	413,331	431,357
November 2024	4.4%	19,130	411,187	430,317
October 2024	4.5%	19,450	410,026	429,476

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	4.6%	19,771	413,746	433,517
2024	4.4%	18,807	410,135	428,942
2023	4.2%	17,882	410,767	428,649
2022	4.4%	19,368	418,655	438,023
2021	6.9%	30,875	417,391	448,266
2020	9.5%	42,745	406,567	449,312
2019	3.9%	17,539	432,564	450,103
2018	4.1%	18,117	426,095	444,212
2017	4.3%	18,931	420,126	439,057
2016	5.3%	23,079	414,374	437,453

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Tennessee's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.4% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Shelby County

1,325.8 per 100,0002025. Tennessee: 492.3.

3,750.4 per 100,0002025. Tennessee: 1,636.6.

199murders2025, 12,023 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	12,023	1,325.8	34,010	3,750.4
2024	16,357	1,802.4	47,321	5,214.4
2023	17,070	1,873.4	58,641	6,435.6
2022	16,135	1,748.4	50,274	5,447.8
2021	16,919	1,798.4	39,239	4,170.8
2020	16,591	1,768.5	41,930	4,469.4
2019	13,538	1,444.7	45,521	4,857.7
2018	13,908	1,482.8	47,834	5,099.7
2017	14,188	1,513.7	47,032	5,017.6
2016	12,989	1,382.0	42,159	4,485.5

By police agency (6)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Memphis Police Department	2025	11,219	30,133	606,629
Shelby County Sheriff's Office	2025	462	1,849	140,049
Bartlett Police Department	2025	146	650	56,471
Collierville Police Department	2025	91	526	52,107
Germantown Police Department	2025	50	483	39,849
Millington Police Department	2025	55	369	11,730

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Tennessee · the U.S.

Police staffing

3.30 per 1,000 residents2025, 6 agencies serving 906,835 people.

2,989sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.

1,198civilian staff2025, full-time.

Agencies counted (6), 2025

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Memphis Police Department	1,966	418	606,629
Shelby County Sheriff's Office	621	646	140,049
Bartlett Police Department	137	49	56,471
Collierville Police Department	115	39	52,107
Germantown Police Department	113	24	39,849
Millington Police Department	37	22	11,730

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2025	2,989	3.30	1,198	6
2024	2,976	3.28	1,390	6
2023	2,910	3.19	1,434	6
2022	2,890	3.13	1,589	6
2021	3,077	3.27	1,581	6
2020	3,088	3.29	1,735	6
2019	3,049	3.25	1,893	6
2018	2,964	3.16	1,942	6
2016	2,940	3.13	1,710	6

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Shelby County Assessor of Property?: Javier Bailey is the Assessor of Property of Shelby County, Tennessee.
Who is the Shelby County Circuit Court Clerk?: Jamita Swearengen is the Circuit Court Clerk of Shelby County, Tennessee.
Who is the Shelby County County Clerk?: Lasonya Hall is the County Clerk of Shelby County, Tennessee.
Who is the Shelby County County Mayor?: Mickell Lowery is the County Mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee.
Who is the Shelby County Register of Deeds?: Willie Brooks Jr. is the Register of Deeds of Shelby County, Tennessee.
Who is the Shelby County Sheriff?: Anthony Buckner is the Sheriff of Shelby County, Tennessee.
Who is the Shelby County Trustee?: Joseph Lee is the Trustee of Shelby County, Tennessee.
Who are the Shelby County commissioners?: Mark Billingsley (County Commissioner); Henri Brooks (County Commissioner); Charlie Caswell Jr. (County Commissioner); Miska Clay Bibbs (County Commissioner); Michele Dial (County Commissioner); Amber Huett-Garcia (County Commissioner); Shante Knox-Avant (County Commissioner); Derek Mills (County Commissioner); Rhonda O'Dell (County Commissioner); Will Richardson (County Commissioner); Lashanta Rudd (County Commissioner); Karen Streeter (County Commissioner); Erika Sugarmon (County Commissioner).
What is the population of Shelby County?: About 919,173 people, with a median age of 35.9; the median household income is $63,767 and 17.8% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Shelby County?: 4.4% in September 2026 (preliminary): 18,954 people unemployed in a labor force of 429,264, against 4.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Shelby County?: 13 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 7 municipal and 5 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the county directory of the University of Tennessee County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS); each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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