Moving to Clarksdale, Mississippi

About Clarksdale, Mississippi
Clarksdale

Clarksdale is a city in and the county seat of Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. It is located along the Sunflower River. Clarksdale is named after John Clark, a settler who founded the city in the mid-19th century when he established a timber mill and business. Clarksdale is in the Mississippi Delta region and is an agricultural and trading center. Many African American musicians developed the blues here, and took this original American music with them to Chicago and other northern cities during the Great Migration.

The Clarksdale Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Coahoma County. It is located in the Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi. In 2023, the Clarksdale, Mississippi Micropolitan area was added to form the new Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City Combined Statistical Area. The Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City Combined Statistical Area has around 1.4 million people. The western boundary of the county is formed by the Mississippi River.

Gender
Gender Clarksdale Mississippi Country
Female 53.3% 51.6% 50.8%
Male 46.7% 48.4% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.053%47%Female53.3%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.015%11%18%13%15%11%10%5%1%1%$15K to $25K17.5%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Clarksdale Mississippi Country
Less than $10,000 15% 9.4% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 11.4% 6.7% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 17.5% 12.3% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 12.5% 11% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 15.4% 13.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 11.2% 17% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 9.7% 11.4% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 4.8% 11.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 1.4% 4.1% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 1.1% 3.4% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.08%11%25%25%13%11%6%1%0%High School or GED25%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Clarksdale Mississippi Country
< 9th Grade 8% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 11% 10% 7.0%
High School or GED 25% 30% 27.0%
Other College 25% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 13% 10% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 11% 14% 20.0%
Master's Degree 6% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Clarksdale Mississippi  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K159.45.811.46.74.117.512.38.512.5118.615.413.51211.21717.29.711.412.84.811.215.61.44.17.11.13.48.3
Education
 Clarksdale Mississippi  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade8551110725302725222013109111420669122011
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.015%83%0%1%1%0%0%0%African American82.5%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Clarksdale Mississippi Country
White 15.4% 56.4% 60.1%
African American 82.5% 37.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0.3% 0.4% 0.6%
Asian 0.7% 1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 0.3% 1.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 0.7% 3.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Clarksdale Mississippi  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0022.54567.590Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite15.456.460.182.537.512.20.30.40.60.715.6000.20.10.20.30.31.32.80.73.218.2