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Clarksdale, MS

14,423 Population
18.8 square miles 767.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 35.7 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$21,237 ±$2,041 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: $23,098 ±$1,994
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$35,210 ±$4,867 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: $36,259 ±$2,810
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

40.2% ±5.9% (5,698  ±832) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 36.3% † 7,331 (±3.9% / ±787)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

17.7 minutes ±1.4 (78,405  ±10,166) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 20.4 134,055 (±1.4 / ±13,051)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

5,916 ±266 Number of households
  • the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 8,463 ±292
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±0.1 (14,136  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 2.4 20,170 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

7.9% ±3.2% (258  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 6.7% † 323 (±2.5% / ±118)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

7,101 ±211 Number of housing units
  • the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 10,188 ±28
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$84,200 ±$13,125 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: $86,400 † ±$8,897
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

12.9% ±4.2% (1,825  ±595.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 11.9% † 2,433 (±3.1% / ±631.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

81.4% ±7% (7,367  ±650.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 82% 10,745 (±5.4% / ±708.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
18.8% ±3% (1,702  ±272.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 19% † 2,487 (±2.3% / ±298.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

1.7% ±1% (242  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 1.3% 261
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

5.5% ±1.7% (573  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Clarksdale, MS Micro Area: 5.5% † 827 (±1.3% / ±198)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
573 Total veterans ±179 545 Male ±177 28 Female ±36

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