Clifton is a city in Wayne County, Tennessee, on the state's south central border with Alabama. It developed as a river port along the Tennessee River in the 19th century. Its historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places are associated with this period. As of the 2020 census, Clifton had a population of 2,651.
Overview
The city operates the T. S. Stribling Museum in honor of its most famous resident, T. S. Stribling. Highly popular in the 1920s and 1930s, this author won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1933 for The Store, his second work of the Vaiden trilogy. The house is located in the Water Street Historic District, associated with the port past, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The state's South Central Correctional Facility is located in Clifton. A privately run medium-security prison, it has capacity for 1700 adult male offenders.
Geography
Clifton is located at (35.382777, -87.992060).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (7.75%) is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Clifton had a population of 2,651 and 268 families, and the median age was 41.4 years; 6.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 8.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older.
For every 100 females there were 608.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 733.4 males age 18 and over.
There were 344 households in Clifton, of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 36.6% were married-couple households, 23.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 33.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 38.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 1,761 || 66.4%
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| Black or African American || 776 || 29.3%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 4 || 0.2%
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| Asian || 0 || 0.0%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 73 || 2.8%
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| Two or more races || 37 || 1.4%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 95 || 3.6%
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2000 census
As of the census