| Official Name: | Mississippi Valley State University |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Leflore |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.65 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.65 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.79 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.79 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 805 |
| Population Density Km2: | 173.15 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 448.47 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1128 |
| Coordinates: | 33.5117°N -90.3394°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 38941 (Itta Bena) |
| Area Code: | 662 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 28-48120 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2586603 |
Mississippi Valley State University is a census-designated place in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 805.[2] It is the location of Mississippi Valley State University and is adjacent to Itta Bena.[3]
| White alone (NH) | 47 | 132 | 3.98% | 16.40% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 1,081 | 593 | 91.46% | 73.66% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 1 | 3 | 0.08% | 0.37% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 18 | 9 | 1.52% | 1.12% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 5 | 4 | 0.42% | 0.50% | |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 19 | 5 | 1.61% | 0.62% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 11 | 59 | 0.93% | 7.33% | |
| Total | 1,182 | 805 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,182 people living in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.5% Black, 4.0% White, 0.1% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.4% from some other race and 1.6% from two or more races. 0.9% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
MVSU includes faculty and staff apartments and other residential apartments.[6] Dependent children living in these units are within the Greenwood-Leflore School District. These apartments were formerly served by the Leflore County School District.[7] Effective July 1, 2019 this district consolidated into the Greenwood-Leflore School District.[8]