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District 5, Sharkey County, MS

186 Population
75.6 square miles 2.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±45.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sharkey County: 38.4 ±1.4
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,169 ±$24,976 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Sharkey County: $21,927 † ±$2,323
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,328 ±$32,544 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Sharkey County: $40,000 † ±$10,299
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±9.4% (20  ±21) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Sharkey County: 30.9% † 1,164 (±7.4% / ±281)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±10.9 (1,185  ±1,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Sharkey County: 19 † 28,575 (±3 / ±6,009)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

77 ±38 Number of households
  • Sharkey County: 1,422 ±96
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.8 (186  ±109) 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
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

77 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Sharkey County: 1,650 ±59
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

77.4% ±29.3% (103  ±67.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sharkey County: 80.1% 2,009 (±7.7% / ±223.2)
  • about 90 percent of 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)
38.4% ±31.5% (51  ±50) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Sharkey County: 16.1% † 403 (±4.2% / ±107.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

N/A Foreign-born population

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±14 N/A Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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