Sharkey County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 904 23.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15 0.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,933 75.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 14 0.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 902 23.3%
• 18–24 462 11.9%
• 25–44 907 23.4%
• 45–64 893 23.1%
• 65 and over 708 18.3%

Median household income

$40,518

90% interval $35,607–$45,429

−$18,783 vs MS · 73rd of 82

Below poverty line

32.6%

90% interval 24.7%–40.5%

+14.8 pp vs MS · 6th of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+1.63 pp vs. state

County GDP

$106.6M

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$38,777

Establishments

138

• Education & health services 221 23.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 205 22.0%
• Public administration 103 11.0%
• Financial activities 43 4.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 31 3.3%
• Professional & business services 24 2.6%
• Information 3 0.3%
• Construction 1 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 67.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.5%

−3.5 pp vs MS · 63rd of 82

Median gross rent

$623

−$331 vs MS · 79th of 82

Owner-occupied

946

Renter-occupied

476

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $48,160/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,652/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 1,201 68.0%
• Republican 551 31.2%
• Other / third-party 14 0.8%

• Spanish 3 0.1%

Households

1,422

Family households

908

63.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

146

16.1% of families

Single-mother families

205

22.6% of families

Veterans

85

2.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,687 44.4%
• Mainline Protestant 386 10.2%
• Black Protestant 182 4.8%
• Catholic 30 0.8%

Health insured

83.1%

±5 pp

Uninsured

16.9%

±5 pp

1st of 82

With a disability

17.0%

±3.2 pp

58th of 82

Bachelor's or higher

16.1%

±4 pp

−9.0 pp vs MS · 54th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.9%

90% interval 9.5%–12.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

9th Circuit Court District

Judges

2 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); Chancery Court judges (equity matters, separate 20 Chancery Court Districts) and limited-jurisdiction County Court judges are not counted here. Vintage 2026 courts.ms.gov; statutory judgeship allocations are set district-by-district in Miss. Code § 9-7-3 et seq. Counts for the smallest rural districts (22nd, 23rd) are approximate and may reflect single-judgeship statutory allocations.)

Court seats

Mayersville, Rolling Fork, Vicksburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

33.67 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1