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The city lies on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, partly atop a drained lake. It has a total area of 1.87 square miles, and an average elevation of 262 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city lies on the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain, partly atop a drained lake. It has a total area of 1.87 square miles, and an average elevation of 262 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, Steele had a total of 2,172 inhabitants, grouped into 838 households, with a population density of 1,180.4 people per square mile. This figure represented a slight decrease from the 2000 census, when Steele had a population of 2,263. 77.53% of the inhabitants were White, 18.69% were African-American, 0.46% were Native American, 0.37% were Asian, 1.38% were from some other race, and 1.57% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 2.16% of the population.
The median age in Steele was 35.4 years, with 29.1% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 9.2% between 18 and 24 years old, 23.8% between 25 and 44, 23.0% between 45 and 64, and 14.9% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 46.6% male, 53.4% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2017 American Community Survey, Steele had a median household income of $32,708, and a median family income of $49,688. The unemployment rate was 12.5%. The per capita income was $18,366. About 31.4% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 49.8% of people under the age of 18 and 8.3% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
==Economy==
Agriculture provides a large portion of the local economic output as it has for the past century; most of the population, however, is employed in manufacturing, health care, retail trade, and education. The city includes a small industrial park northwest of the downtown district. Steele has an active [[Chamber of Commerce]], which puts on an Arts and Crafts Fair in October and a Christmas Parade in December.<ref>https://www.cityofsteele.org/chamber.htm</ref>
==Education==
Steele and the surrounding area are served by the South Pemiscot R-V School District, a PK-12 public institution with an enrollment of about 650 students, all of whose facilities are located in Steele. These include the East Elementary School (PK and K), Central Elementary (1-6), and South Pemiscot High School (7-12). The mascot is the Bulldogs, and the school colors are black, gold, and white.<ref>http://www.southpemiscot.com/home-1</ref>
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