Sharkey County, MS

A county, and one of the 3,222 county-level areas the Census Bureau reports for the United States.

Population3848

Density3.4people per km² of land

Median household income—

Land area1118km²

No peer group: this county has no figure for density or median household income, so there is nothing to match it against. Only national percentiles are shown.

How it has changed

This chart covers 2010–2024. A few measures were published only once — the school, moving-up-the-income-ladder (mobility) and social-ties (social capital) ones. They show as a single point that says so. Everything else is drawn over the years its publisher covers. Each value sits at the year it describes, not the year it came out.

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Every measure

Rates and medians come first, then counts. Counts have no peer score. A county’s population cannot be high or low “for its peers” when the peers were picked partly by density. Density and median household income have no peer score either, since they are what the peers were picked by.


Adult income rank of children raised poor here	0.37	—	17	—	Opportunity Atlas
Adults under 65 without health insurance	16.5%	—	12	—	CDC PLACES
Aggregate travel time to work	30,255 min	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
All natural teeth lost, age 65 and over	29.6%	—	3	—	CDC PLACES
Any disability	44.9%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Arrivals per 100 people staying	5.5	—	42·	—	IRS county migration flows
Arthritis	29.8%	—	3	—	CDC PLACES
Average test score	-0.322	—	14	—	Stanford Education Data Archive
Binge drinking	10.9%	—	100	—	CDC PLACES
Black Protestant adherents	4.79	—	87·	—
Black-white residential segregation	17.2	—	3·	—	County Health Rankings
Business closing rate	7.78	—	33·	—	Census Business Dynamics Statistics
Business establishments	88	—	—	—	Census Business Dynamics Statistics
Business establishments closed	7	—	—	—	Census Business Dynamics Statistics
Business establishments opened	3	—	—	—	Census Business Dynamics Statistics
Business opening rate	3.33	—	2·	—	Census Business Dynamics Statistics
Cancer other than skin cancer	5.2%	—	98	—	CDC PLACES
Catholic adherents	0.79	—	11·	—
Child poverty rate, ages 0-17 uncertain	51.5%	—	0	—	Census SAIPE
Children in single-parent households uncertain	0.462%	—	96·	—	County Health Rankings
Children in the mobility cohort	1,818	—	—	—	Opportunity Atlas
Children with below-median parental income	1,818	—	—	—	Social Capital Atlas
Cholesterol screening	83.1%	—	54	—	CDC PLACES
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	10.5%	—	2	—	CDC PLACES
Cognitive disability	22.6%	—	2	—	CDC PLACES
Colorectal cancer screening	50.8%	—	7	—	CDC PLACES
Congregations per 10,000 people	44.7	—	92·	—
Coronary heart disease	8.1%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Current asthma	11.5%	—	16	—	CDC PLACES
Current cigarette smoking	23.5%	—	3	—	CDC PLACES
Dental visit in the past year	4.9%	—	0	—	CDC PLACES
Departures per 100 people staying	8.07	—	90·	—	IRS county migration flows
Depression	18.8%	—	94	—	CDC PLACES
Diagnosed diabetes	19.6%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Disability-free score	-2.66	—	1·	—
Economy score	-0.169	—	6·	—
Education score	-0.782	—	9·	—
Effective property tax rate uncertain	0.933	—	58·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Employed	1,302	—	—	—	BLS LAUS
Evangelical Protestant adherents	44.4	—	89·	—
Fair or poor self-rated health	34.3%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Fine particulate matter	8.5	—	24	—	County Health Rankings
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees	0.43%	—	56	—	County Health Rankings
Food insecurity	41.5%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Foreign-born population	0	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Frequent mental distress	20.6%	—	15	—	CDC PLACES
Frequent physical distress	17.5%	—	3	—	CDC PLACES
Friending clustering	0.215	—	100·	—	Social Capital Atlas
Gini index of income inequality	0.494	—	11	—	Census ACS 5-year
Gross domestic product	$141,990k	—	—	—	BEA Regional Accounts
Health score	-1.18	—	3·	—
Hearing disability	7.7%	—	19	—	CDC PLACES
High blood pressure	51.2%	—	0	—	CDC PLACES
High cholesterol	34.3%	—	16	—	CDC PLACES
High school graduation	0.875%	—	40	—	County Health Rankings
Homeownership rate	62.9%	—	11·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Housing insecurity	30.6%	—	0	—	CDC PLACES
Housing units	1,673	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Income gap between arrivals and departures	$-8,190	—	9·	—	IRS county migration flows
Independent-living disability	15.1%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Injury deaths uncertain	145	—	6	—	County Health Rankings
Labour force	1,366	—	—	—	BLS LAUS
Lack of reliable transportation	21.6%	—	0	—	CDC PLACES
Lacking social and emotional support	35.4%	—	0	—	CDC PLACES
Learning rate	-0.0864	—	1	—	Stanford Education Data Archive
Life expectancy	66.7 years	—	1	—	County Health Rankings
Loneliness	40%	—	2	—	CDC PLACES
Mainline Protestant adherents	10.2	—	72·	—
Mammography in the past two years	72.7%	—	42	—	CDC PLACES
Material security score	-2.96	—	0·	—
Mean adjusted gross income per return	$50,996	—	6	—	IRS Statistics of Income
Mean income of arriving households	$26,580	—	0·	—	IRS county migration flows
Mean income of departing households	$34,770	—	2·	—	IRS county migration flows
Mean travel time to work	20.8 min	—	74	—	Census ACS 5-year
Median age	36.6 years	—	14·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Median gross rent	$622	—	7·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Median home value uncertain	$108,000	—	13·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Median household income (model-based)	$37,098	—	1	—	Census SAIPE
Median property tax bill uncertain	1,008	—	26·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Membership of volunteering groups	0.0161%	—	0	—	Social Capital Atlas
Membership organisations	22.9	—	96	—	County Health Rankings
Mobility disability	24.2%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Mutual-friend share	0.999	—	96·	—	Social Capital Atlas
Net business formation rate	-4.45	—	4·	—	Census Business Dynamics Statistics
Net migration per 100 people staying	-2.57	—	1·	—	IRS county migration flows
No leisure-time physical activity	44.3%	—	0	—	CDC PLACES
Obesity	50.5%	—	0	—	CDC PLACES
Occupied housing units	1,400	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Orthodox Christian adherents	0	—	78·	—
Other religion adherents	0	—	11·	—
Owner-occupied housing units	881	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
People covered by a tax return	2,860	—	—	—	IRS Statistics of Income
People per tax return	2	—	55·	—	IRS Statistics of Income
People who did not move	2,602	—	—	—	IRS county migration flows
Per capita income	$23,081	—	6	—	Census ACS 5-year
Per capita personal income	$58,725	—	65	—	BEA Regional Accounts
Personal income	$198,370k	—	—	—	BEA Regional Accounts
Population	3,378	—	—	—	BEA Regional Accounts
Population	3,336	—	—	—	County Health Rankings
Population aged 15 and over	3,120	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Population aged 18 and over	2,528	—	—	—	CDC PLACES
Population aged 25 and over	2,441	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Population aged 65 and over	722	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Population below the poverty line uncertain	1,194	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Population below the poverty line	1,128	—	—	—	Census SAIPE
Population for whom poverty status is determined	3,749	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Population for whom poverty status is determined	3,270	—	—	—	Census SAIPE
Population in the same house one year ago	3,429	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher	377	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Population, decennial census	3,800	—	—	—
Poverty rate	31.8%	—	4	—	Census ACS 5-year
Poverty rate (model-based)	34.5%	—	1	—	Census SAIPE
Premature mortality	966	—	1	—	County Health Rankings
Presidential votes cast, 2000	2,903	—	—	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Presidential votes cast, 2004	3,081	—	—	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Presidential votes cast, 2008	2,790	—	—	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Presidential votes cast, 2012	2,532	—	—	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Presidential votes cast, 2016	2,190	—	—	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Presidential votes cast, 2020	2,183	—	—	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Presidential votes cast, 2024	1,766	—	—	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Preventable hospital stays	2,776	—	48	—	County Health Rankings
Prison population rate	797	—	68·	—
Private job growth	0.66	—	34·	—	BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private jobs	610	—	—	—	BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Public-good pages per 1,000 users	0.0109	—	9	—	Social Capital Atlas
Received food stamps	32.4%	—	99·	—	CDC PLACES
Religious adherents	60.1	—	76·	—
Republican share of the two-party vote, 2000	38.6	—	5·	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican share of the two-party vote, 2004	41.8	—	7·	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican share of the two-party vote, 2008	31.4	—	4·	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican share of the two-party vote, 2012	29.3	—	3·	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican share of the two-party vote, 2016	31.9	—	4·	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican share of the two-party vote, 2020	32	—	4·	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican share of the two-party vote, 2024	31.4	—	3·	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican swing, 2000 to 2024	-7.18	—	8·	—	MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Returns claiming charitable contributions	4.7%	—	72·	—	IRS Statistics of Income
Returns claiming the earned income credit	43%	—	100·	—	IRS Statistics of Income
Returns reporting capital gains	8.72%	—	13·	—	IRS Statistics of Income
Returns reporting unemployment compensation	2.68%	—	70·	—	IRS Statistics of Income
Routine checkup in the past year	82%	—	99·	—	CDC PLACES
Self-care disability	8.5%	—	0	—	CDC PLACES
Share aged 65 and over	18.8%	—	41·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic	0%	—	24·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share Asian, not Hispanic	0%	—	14·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share Black, not Hispanic	73.7%	—	100·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share divorced uncertain	8.88%	—	11·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share foreign-born	0%	—	1·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share in the same house a year ago	89.1%	—	63·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic	0%	—	83·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share never married	45.1%	—	96·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share now married	36.6%	—	3·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share of births to unmarried women	100%	—	100·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share of some other race, not Hispanic	0%	—	53·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share separated uncertain	5.99%	—	100·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share White, not Hispanic	25.6%	—	3·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share widowed uncertain	9.39%	—	90·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	—	16	—	Census ACS 5-year
Sleeping less than 7 hours	46.1%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Social connection score	-0.602	—	16·	—
Stroke	5.9%	—	0	—	CDC PLACES
Taking blood pressure medication	69.2%	—	100·	—	CDC PLACES
Tax returns filed	1,490	—	—	—	IRS Statistics of Income
Tests taken	8,999	—	—	—	Stanford Education Data Archive
Threat of utility shut-off	23.1%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Total population	3,848	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Trend in average test score	-0.0406	—	3	—	Stanford Education Data Archive
Unemployed	64	—	—	—	BLS LAUS
Unemployment rate	4.7%	—	15	—	BLS LAUS
Vacancy rate uncertain	16.3%	—	56·	—	Census ACS 5-year
Vacant housing units uncertain	273	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Vision disability	11.4%	—	1	—	CDC PLACES
Women aged 15 to 50	808	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Workers aged 16 and over who commute	1,453	—	—	—	Census ACS 5-year
Years of potential life lost	21,606	—	1	—	County Health Rankings

12of these values are marked uncertain. Either the published margin of error (the likely range around a survey estimate) is wide compared with the estimate, or the value was split across Connecticut’s 2022 boundary change. A split value is shared out between old and new areas, not measured directly.

A percentile is the share of the comparison group at or below this county’s value. A peer score needs at least 20 peers with published data. Where fewer report, the cell is left blank instead of being worked out from a handful.