Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale population, 2020 to 2024

Clarksdale lost 916 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.2%. In the latest year it moved by -132. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 54th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Clarksdale is 1.1 times that size.

Clarksdale covers 18.79 square miles of land, for 738 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Clarksdale is close to the typical town.

What county Clarksdale is in

All of Clarksdale's residents live in Coahoma County, which had 20,105 residents in 2024. Clarksdale holds 68.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clarksdale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clarksdale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38614. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clarksdale is

The Census internal point of Clarksdale is at 34.193800, -90.568600. Jackson, the capital, is 132.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hernando, MS (18,542 people), 55.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 71.8 miles away.

Daylight in Clarksdale

At 34.19° N, Clarksdale gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clarksdale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Tutwiler, 14.4 miles away, with 1,635 people.