Editing Water Valley, Mississippi

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|official_name            = Water Valley, Mississippi
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = 
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|image_caption            = Main Street in Water Valley is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi#Yalobusha County|National Register of Historic Places]]
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Mississippi]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Mississippi|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Yalobusha County, Mississippi|Yalobusha]]
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|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 18.16
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 7.01
|area_land_sq_mi          = 7.01
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 3380
|population_density_km2   = 186.19
|population_density_sq_mi = 482.24

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|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
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|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 89
|elevation_ft             = 292
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 38965
|area_code                = [[Area code 662|662]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 28-78000
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0679365
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'''Water Valley''' is a city in [[Yalobusha County, Mississippi]], United States. The population was 3,392 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is the larger of two county seats in the rural county, and at one time was the center of railroad shops.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|7.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

===Climate===
{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | collapsed   = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = Water Valley, Mississippi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1900–2020)
 | Jan record high F  = 82
 | Feb record high F  = 83
 | Mar record high F  = 91
 | Apr record high F  = 94
 | May record high F  = 98
 | Jun record high F  = 107
 | Jul record high F  = 109
 | Aug record high F  = 107
 | Sep record high F  = 110
 | Oct record high F  = 98
 | Nov record high F  = 89
 | Dec record high F  = 81
 | year record high F = 
 | Jan high F = 52.6
 | Feb high F = 57.4
 | Mar high F = 66.2
 | Apr high F = 74.2
 | May high F = 81.6
 | Jun high F = 88.2
 | Jul high F = 90.4
 | Aug high F = 91.2
 | Sep high F = 86.2
 | Oct high F = 76.0
 | Nov high F = 64.2
 | Dec high F = 55.2
 | year high F = 73.6
 | Jan mean F = 41.2
 | Feb mean F = 44.8
 | Mar mean F = 53.1
 | Apr mean F = 60.9
 | May mean F = 69.6
 | Jun mean F = 77.2
 | Jul mean F = 80.0
 | Aug mean F = 79.8
 | Sep mean F = 73.7
 | Oct mean F = 62.6
 | Nov mean F = 51.3
 | Dec mean F = 43.9
 | year mean F = 61.5
 | Jan low F = 29.7
 | Feb low F = 32.1
 | Mar low F = 40.0
 | Apr low F = 47.6
 | May low F = 57.6
 | Jun low F = 66.2
 | Jul low F = 69.6
 | Aug low F = 68.4
 | Sep low F = 61.3
 | Oct low F = 49.1
 | Nov low F = 38.3
 | Dec low F = 32.6
 | year low F = 49.4
 | Jan record low F  = -10
 | Feb record low F  = -13
 | Mar record low F  = 9
 | Apr record low F  = 24
 | May record low F  = 33
 | Jun record low F  = 45
 | Jul record low F  = 50
 | Aug record low F  = 49
 | Sep record low F  = 33
 | Oct record low F  = 24
 | Nov record low F  = 12
 | Dec record low F  = -4
 | year record low F = 
 | precipitation colour   = green
 | Jan precipitation inch = 5.32
 | Feb precipitation inch = 5.14
 | Mar precipitation inch = 5.32
 | Apr precipitation inch = 6.31
 | May precipitation inch = 5.08
 | Jun precipitation inch = 5.12
 | Jul precipitation inch = 4.88
 | Aug precipitation inch = 3.96
 | Sep precipitation inch = 3.55
 | Oct precipitation inch = 3.66
 | Nov precipitation inch = 4.56
 | Dec precipitation inch = 5.67
 | year precipitation inch = 58.57
 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
 | Jan precipitation days  = 9.2
 | Feb precipitation days  = 8.4
 | Mar precipitation days  = 9.5
 | Apr precipitation days  = 8.5
 | May precipitation days  = 8.8
 | Jun precipitation days  = 8.0
 | Jul precipitation days  = 8.0
 | Aug precipitation days  = 6.8
 | Sep precipitation days  = 5.6
 | Oct precipitation days  = 6.1
 | Nov precipitation days  = 7.7
 | Dec precipitation days  = 9.2
 | year precipitation days = 95.8
 | Jan snow inch = 0.8
 | Feb snow inch = 0.3
 | Mar snow inch = 0.0
 | Apr snow inch = 0.0
 | May snow inch = 0.0
 | Jun snow inch = 0.0
 | Jul snow inch = 0.0
 | Aug snow inch = 0.0
 | Sep snow inch = 0.0
 | Oct snow inch = 0.0
 | Nov snow inch = 0.0
 | Dec snow inch = 0.1
 | year snow inch = 1.2
 | unit snow days = 0.1 in
 | Jan snow days  = 0.5
 | Feb snow days  = 0.3
 | Mar snow days  = 0.0
 | Apr snow days  = 0.0
 | May snow days  = 0.0
 | Jun snow days  = 0.0
 | Jul snow days  = 0.0
 | Aug snow days  = 0.0
 | Sep snow days  = 0.0
 | Oct snow days  = 0.0
 | Nov snow days  = 0.0
 | Dec snow days  = 0.2
 | year snow days = 1.0
 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=meg
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = November 4, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00229400&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = November 4, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 2220
|1890= 2832
|1900= 3813
|1910= 4275
|1920= 4315
|1930= 3738
|1940= 3340
|1950= 3213
|1960= 3206
|1970= 3285
|1980= 4146
|1990= 3610
|2000= 3677
|2010= 3392
|2020= 3380
|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"
|+Water Valley Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2878000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-07|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|1,778
|52.6%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|1,447
|42.81%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|1
|0.03%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|11
|0.33%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|2
|0.06%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|102
|3.82%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|39
|1.15%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 3,380 people, 1,336 households, and 818 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 3,677 people in 1,470 households, including 961 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|523.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,675 housing units at an average density of {{convert|238.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 57.87% White, 40.74% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.22% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.20%.<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>

Of the 1,470 households 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were married couples living together, 23.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 31.8% of households were one person and 16.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.07.

The age distribution was 26.5% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.3 males.

The median household income was $23,777 and the median family income was $31,083. Males had a median income of $26,888 versus $20,127 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,324. About 23.7% of families and 26.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 37.5% of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The City of Water Valley is served by the [[Water Valley School District]].

==Notable people==
*[[Hubert Creekmore]] (1907–1966), author
*[[James A. Ford]] (1911–1968), archaeologist
*[[Lloyd L. Gaines]], plaintiff in ''[[Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada]]''
*[[Kevin Horan]], attorney and member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]]
*[[Casey Jones]] (1864–1900), railroad engineer
*[[John William Meece]], (1843–1924), member of the Mississippi Legislature in 1911
*[[Bryant Mix]] (born 1974), NFL player
* [[Ray Terrell]] (1919–1997), World War II veteran and professional football player

== References ==
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==External links==
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{{Yalobusha County, Mississippi}}
{{Mississippi county seats}}

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[[Category:Cities in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Cities in Yalobusha County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:County seats in Mississippi]]