Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Clarksdale city GEOCODE:28-0225 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 21,111 100.0% 19,717 100.0% -1,394 -6.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,681 88.5% 16,946 85.9% -1,735 -9.3 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 138 0.7% 552 2.8% 414 300.0 2.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,002 37.9% 7,406 37.6% -596 -7.4 -0.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 13,002 61.6% 12,242 62.1% -760 -5.8 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 59 0.3% 32 0.2% -27 -45.8 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 48 0.2% 26 0.1% -22 -45.8 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 129 0.6% 63 0.3% -66 -51.2 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,083 9.9% 1,755 8.9% -328 -15.7 -1.0 5-17.................. 5,375 25.5% 4,860 24.6% -515 -9.6 -0.8 18-24.................. 2,483 11.8% 1,846 9.4% -637 -25.7 -2.4 25-44.................. 4,631 21.9% 5,167 26.2% 536 11.6 4.3 45-64.................. 3,579 17.0% 3,060 15.5% -519 -14.5 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 2,960 14.0% 3,029 15.4% 69 2.3 1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,458 35.3% 6,615 33.5% -843 -11.3 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 7,489 35.5% 7,120 36.1% -369 -4.9 0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.3 30.9 3.7 13.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $16,301 $14,860 -1,441 -8.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $20,598 $20,081 -517 -2.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,630 $7,416 -214 -2.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,454 35.7% 7,927 41.5% 473 6.3 5.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,208 100.0% 6,715 100.0% -493 -6.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,073 70.4% 4,738 70.6% -335 -6.6 0.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,488 34.5% 2,223 33.1% -265 -10.7 -1.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,497 48.5% 2,754 41.0% -743 -21.2 -7.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,936 26.9% 1,436 21.4% -500 -25.8 -5.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,322 18.3% 1,759 26.2% 437 33.1 7.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 786 10.9% 992 14.8% 206 26.2 3.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,004 27.8% 1,853 27.6% -151 -7.5 -0.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.9 -0.1 -1.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,170 100.0% 11,256 100.0% 86 0.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,384 21.3% 2,249 20.0% -135 -5.7 -1.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,517 13.6% 1,804 16.0% 287 18.9 2.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,857 100.0% 7,381 100.0% -476 -6.1 FEMALE................ 3,701 47.1% 3,680 49.9% -21 -0.6 2.8 EMPLOYED.............. 7,033 89.5% 6,426 87.1% -607 -8.6 -2.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,568 20.0% 1,702 23.1% 134 8.5 3.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,274 16.2% 1,175 15.9% -99 -7.8 -0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,492 100.0% 7,210 100.0% -282 -3.8 OCCUPIED.............. 7,155 95.5% 6,759 93.7% -396 -5.5 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,002 55.9% 3,812 56.4% -190 -4.7 0.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $53,321 $41,655 -11,666 -21.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,153 44.1% 2,947 43.6% -206 -6.5 -0.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $224 $253 29 13.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,808 77.5% 5,395 74.8% -413 -7.1 -2.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 92 1.2% 167 2.3% 75 81.5 1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.8 1961.0 9.2 0.5 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis