Poverty Rate in Sharkey County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
30.9%
Rank #3,094/3,222 · #76 in MS
4th
Sharkey 30.9%
MS 18.9% +63.2%
US 12.6% +144.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Sharkey County's poverty rate of 30.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Sharkey County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,091 | Hancock County, GA | 30.6% |
| #3,092 | Claiborne County, MS | 30.7% |
| #3,093 | Yazoo County, MS | 30.8% |
| #3,094 | Sharkey County, MS | 30.9% |
| #3,095 | Dallas County, AL | 31.0% |
| #3,096 | Galax city, VA | 31.1% |
| #3,097 | Tunica County, MS | 31.1% |
About Poverty Rate
Sharkey County, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 30.9%, ranking #3,094 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 144.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #76 of 82. This places it in the 4th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.