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The city is located on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total land area of 1.13 square miles, and an average elevation of 282 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city is located on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It has a total land area of 1.13 square miles, and an average elevation of 282 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Clarkton had a total of 1,288 inhabitants, grouped into 495 households, with a population density of 1,139.8 people per square mile. This figure represented a slight decrease from the 2000 census, when Clarkton had a population of 1,330. 84.32% of the inhabitants were White, 5.05% were African-American, 0.31% were Native American, 8.15% were from some other race, and 2.17% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 9.78% of the population.
The median age in Clarkton was 32.9 years, with 30.0% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 10.2% between 18 and 24 years old, 25.4% between 25 and 44, 24.0% between 45 and 64, and 10.3% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 48.4% male, 51.6% 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 Clarkton was $27,663, and the median family income was $29,414. The unemployment rate was 12.9%. The per capita income was $11,853. About 28.7% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 32.8% of people under the age of 18 and 11.4% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Education==
Clarkton and the surrounding area are served by the Clarkton C-4 School District, a PK-12 public institution with an enrollment of about 320 students.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/clarkton/schools/</ref> Its mascot is the Reindeer, and the school colors are purple and white. The town also has a small library.
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