Sharkey County, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Sharkey County is 19th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Sharkey County is 34th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Sharkey County is 35th out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Sharkey County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Sharkey County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Sharkey County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Sharkey County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Sharkey County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Sharkey County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Sharkey County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	4,799	81st	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	431.7	63rd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	11.4	81st	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sharkey County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	17th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	28th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.0%	36th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sharkey County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	71.8%	66th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.2%	16th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sharkey County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	28.4%	71st	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	70.7%	11th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	79th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	41st	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	74th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.5%	78th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	53rd	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	27.6%	71st	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sharkey County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	53.3%	5th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	68th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sharkey County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	2,053	81st	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.6%	38th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	1,644	81st	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.5%	67th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$61,900	70th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.8	14th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	26	22nd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sharkey County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$14,750	70th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$29,451	61st	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	36.2%	9th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sharkey County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	119	75th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	786	77th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	465	78th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$30,978	75th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,644	60th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,618	73rd	$7,045,097	$613,795,732