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The city has a total land area of 7.53 square miles, and an average elevation of 292 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> It lies on the Mississippi Alluvial Plain a few miles east of Crowley's Ridge, but is slightly higher in elevation than the surrounding bottomland, owing to the presence of the sand ridge which makes the area good for agriculture.
The city has a total land area of 7.53 square miles, and an average elevation of 292 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> It lies on the Mississippi Alluvial Plain a few miles east of Crowley's Ridge, but is slightly higher in elevation than the surrounding bottomland, owing to the presence of the sand ridge which makes the area good for agriculture.
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Malden had a total of 4,275 inhabitants, grouped into 1,780 households, with a population density of 567.7 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant decrease from the 2000 census, when Malden had a population of 4,782. 71.35% of the inhabitants were White, 25.12% were African-American, 0.28% were Native American, 0.35% were Asian, 0.94% were from some other race, and 1.96% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.92% of the population.
The median age in Malden was 39.4 years, with 25.1% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 9.3% between 18 and 24 years old, 22.7% between 25 and 44, 25.6% between 45 and 64, and 17.2% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 46.5% male, 53.5% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2017 American Community Survey, the median household income in Malden was $31,210, and the median family income was $36,363. The unemployment rate was 4.9%. The per capita income was $17,508. About 19.6% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 23.0% of people under the age of 18 and 20.6% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Education==
Malden and the surrounding area are served by the Malden R-I School District, a PK-12 school district with an enrollment of just over 1,000 students. Its mascot is the Green Wave, and the school colors are green and gold.
The school has had notable academic and athletic achievements in recent years, with its [[baseball]], [[football]], and boys' track programs frequently competing in the state championships. It had the highest test scores on the Missouri Assessment Program of any school in the region during the 2009-2010 academic year.
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