Editing Southaven, Mississippi (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 8931
|1980= 16071
|1990= 18705
|2000= 28977
|2010= 48982
|2020= 54648
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Southaven Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2869280&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-07|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|29,164
|53.37%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|18,517
|33.88%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|78
|0.14%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|1,317
|2.41%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|54
|0.1%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|2,172
|3.97%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|3,346
|6.12%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 54,648 people, 19,735 households, and 14,073 families residing in the city.

=== 2010 census ===
As of the census of 2010, there were 48,982 people and 13,125 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1499.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 19,101 housing units at an average density of {{convert|339.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

There were 19,904 households, out of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.16.

The racial makeup of the city was 71.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 22.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], 1.7% from two or more races, and [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]], 5.0% of the population.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.8% under the age of 20, 13.5% from 20 to 30, 15.8 from 30 to 40, 13.8% from 40 to 50, 11.1% from 50 to 60, and 14.9% who were 60 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,691, and the median income for a family was $52,333. Males had a median income of $36,671 versus $26,557 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,759. About 5.3% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>