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Sharkey County, MS

4,160 Population
431.7 square miles 9.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 37.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$21,196 ±$2,306 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $26,807 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$38,977 ±$11,690 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $49,111 ±$447
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

27.3% ±6.1% (1,110  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.4% 557,111 (±0.3% / ±8,218)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

20.7 minutes ±3.3 (33,380  ±7,098) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 30,048,524 (±0.2 / ±328,460)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

1,364 ±130 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,108,670 ±4,270
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
3 ±0.4 (4,040  ±283) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,879,329 (±0)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

1.8% ±2.4% (16  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,201 (±0.3% / ±1,803)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

1,723 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,317,375 ±836
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$73,800 ±$9,011 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $133,000 ±$1,361
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

3.3% ±2.4% (136  ±98.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 12.1% 354,313 (±0.3% / ±7,862.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

79.8% ±6.9% (2,159  ±252.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 85.6% 1,690,583 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
17% ±4.2% (460  ±119.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 23.3% 458,928 (±0.3% / ±5,963.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

3% ±1.6% (95  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 7.1% 159,142 (±0.2% / ±3,448)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
95 Total veterans ±51 95 Male ±51 N/A Female ±14

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