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District 1, Sharkey County, MS

922 Population
108.8 square miles 8.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±12.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sharkey County: 38.4 ±1.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,915 ±$3,713 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Sharkey County: $21,927 † ±$2,323
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,821 ±$15,665 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sharkey County: $40,000 † ±$10,299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

37% ±14.2% (319  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sharkey County: 30.9% † 1,164 (±7.4% / ±281)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.7 minutes ±2.4 (6,045  ±2,249) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sharkey County: 19 † 28,575 (±3 / ±6,009)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

365 ±89 Number of households
  • Sharkey County: 1,422 ±96
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (862  ±225) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sharkey County: 2.6 3,739 (±0.2 / ±111)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

396 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Sharkey County: 1,650 ±59
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$153,400 ±$85,488 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sharkey County: $98,000 † ±$18,223
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3% ±3.5% (28  ±33.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sharkey County: 10.7% † 414 (±6.3% / ±242.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.7% ±9.9% (557  ±144.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sharkey County: 80.1% 2,009 (±7.7% / ±223.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.9% ±5% (61  ±36.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sharkey County: 16.1% † 403 (±4.2% / ±107.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±1% (6  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Sharkey County: 0.2% † 6 (±0.2% / ±9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±3% (31  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sharkey County: 2.9% † 85 (±1.6% / ±47)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
31 Total veterans ±23 31 Male ±23 N/A Female ±14

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