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Clarksdale, MS

14,231 Population
18.8 square miles 757.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 35.9 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,508 ±$1,535 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: $22,797 ±$1,716
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,382 ±$4,107 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: $37,461 ±$3,152
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

40.3% ±6.1% (5,650  ±850) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 35.5% † 7,095 (±4.4% / ±883)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±2.3 (82,875  ±13,049) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 20.1 † 136,860 (±2.1 / ±17,283)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,873 ±221 Number of households
  • the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 8,404 ±262
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (14,013  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 2.4 19,955 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±2.3% (246  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 6.4% † 310 (±1.8% / ±88)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,082 ±177 Number of housing units
  • the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 10,189 ±31
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$83,900 ±$14,042 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: $90,300 ±$7,552
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±4.8% (2,036  ±667.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 12.8% † 2,601 (±3.4% / ±698.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.5% ±6.7% (7,307  ±627.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 82.8% 10,787 (±5.1% / ±673)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±3.2% (1,741  ±286.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 19.5% † 2,541 (±2.4% / ±311.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±1.4% (321  ±199) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 1.8% 367
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±1.7% (552  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 5.4% † 809 (±1.2% / ±185)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
552 Total veterans ±179 520 Male ±167 32 Female ±34

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