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The city is located on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, with no significant topographical features. It has a total land area of 0.69 square miles, and an average elevation of 279 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city is located on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, with no significant topographical features. It has a total land area of 0.69 square miles, and an average elevation of 279 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Parma had a total of 713 inhabitants, grouped into 283 households, with a population density of 1,033.3 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant decrease from the 2000 census, when Parma had a population of 852. 67.46% of the inhabitants were White, 29.45% were African-American, 0.14% were Native American, 0.56% were Pacific Islander, 1.12% were from some other race, and 1.26% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 2.81% of the population.
The median age in Parma was 39.8 years, with 26.2% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 7.8% between 18 and 24 years old, 22.5% between 25 and 44, 28.6% between 45 and 64, and 15.0% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 48.9% male, 51.1% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2010 American Community Survey, the median household income in Parma was $24,014, and the median family income was $28,125. The unemployment rate was 11.6%. The per capita income was $11,276. About 37.0% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 61.4% of people under the age of 18 and 22.7% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Education==
Parma operated its own school district until 1980. Since that time, it has been a part of the New Madrid County R-I School District.
The town also has a branch of the New Madrid County Library.
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