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Clarksdale, MS

14,769 Population
18.8 square miles 785.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 35.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,166 ±$2,185 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: $22,701 ±$2,049
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
$35,377 ±$4,306 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: $36,075 ±$2,567
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527

40.7% ±5.6% (5,885  ±807) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 37% † 7,623 (±3.9% / ±794)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)

17.3 minutes ±1.5 (81,145  ±10,576) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 19.9 136,640 (±1.2 / ±12,035)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

5,849 ±242 Number of households
  • the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 8,387 ±286
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
2.5 ±0.1 (14,429  ±51) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 2.5 20,585 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355

6.9% ±3.1% (228  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 5.2% † 254 (±2.1% / ±103)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,301 (±0.3% / ±1,800)

Housing

7,066 ±177 Number of housing units
  • the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 10,200 ±28
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359

$84,700 ±$6,122 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: $84,400 ±$5,575
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427

13.5% ±4.1% (1,963  ±,595.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 11.8% † 2,466 (±2.9% / ±609)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)

Social

79.8% ±6.6% (7,468  ±,629.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 81.3% 10,920 (±5.1% / ±,691.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
21% ±3.4% (1,964  ±,318.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 20% † 2,691 (±2.6% / ±,350.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)

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

2% ±0.8% (292  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 1.5% 319
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257

5.1% ±1.4% (560  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 5.4% † 838 (±1.2% / ±179)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
560 Total veterans ±152 522 Male ±145 38 Female ±34

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