Redwater is a

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(CDP) in Leake County,

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, United States. It is one of the eight communities of the

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians () is one of three federally recognized tribes of Choctaw, an indigenous Indian people, and the only one in the state of Mississippi. On April 20, 1945, this tribe was organized under the Indian Reorgan ...

Reservation, and the population is 61% Choctaw. The population was 633 at the 2010 census, up from 409 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Redwater is located in central Leake County at (32.777025, -89.543724). It is bordered to the south by the city of

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, the

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passes through the CDP, leading northeast to

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and southwest to

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, the state capital.

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crosses Highway 25, leading north to Kosciusko and south through Carthage to

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. According to the

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, the Redwater CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.17%, are water. Town Creek, a tributary of the

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, flows southward through the center of the CDP.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 683 people, 330 households, and 219 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 409 people, 125 households, and 95 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 140 housing units at an average density of 13.6/sq mi (5.2/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 10.51%

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, 12.47%

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, 76.53% Native American, 0.24% from other races, and 0.24% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.22% of the population. There were 125 households, out of which 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.6% were

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living together, 36.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.27 and the average family size was 3.64. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 37.9% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $16,333, and the median income for a family was $13,542. Males had a median income of $25,667 versus $17,500 for females. The

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for the CDP was $8,835. About 50.5% of families and 53.5% of the population were below the

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, including 58.4% of those under age 18 and 55.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Redwater is served by the Leake County School District. Native American students are eligible to attend schools in the Choctaw Tribal School System, a tribal school system operated by the Mississippi Band of

Choctaw The Choctaw ( ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States, originally based in what is now Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choct ...

Indians. Red Water Elementary School is in the community.

Notes

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Leake County, Mississippi Census-designated places in Mississippi Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians