People Facts - Clarksdale, MS

Clarksdale Mississippi
Population, 2003 Estimate 19,833 2,881,281
Population, percent change April 1, 2000 to July 1,2003 -3.94% 1.3%
Population, 2000 20,645

2,844,658

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 - 10.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 8.8% 7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 36.5% 27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.1% 12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000 55.0% 51.7%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 30.0% 61.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 68.5% 36.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6% 0.7%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.2% 0.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 0.6% 1.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 58.2% 58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 4.0% 1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 5.7% 3.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 72.2% 72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.3% 16.9%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 17.4 24.6
Housing Facts
Housing units, 2000 7,757 1,161,953
Owner Occupied 53.5 72.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $53,000 $71,400
Household Facts
Households, 2000 7,233 1,046,434
Persons per household, 2000 2.77 2.63
Median household income, 1999 $22,188 $31,330
Per capita money income, 1999 $12,611 $15,853
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 29.7% 19.9%

Geography Facts

Land area, 2000 (square miles) 13.84 46,907
Persons per square mile, 2000 1,433.0 60.6
FIPS Code - 28
Counties  Coahoma County