Sharkey County

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Sharkey County Courthouse
Sharkey County Courthouse
administration
US state : Mississippi
Administrative headquarters : Rolling fork
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 218
Rolling Fork, MS 39159-0218
Foundation : March 29, 1876
Made up from: Issaquena County
Warren County
Washington County
Area code : 001 662
Demographics
Residents : 4916  (2010)
Population density : 4.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1126 km²
Water surface : 19 km²
map
Map of Sharkey County within Mississippi

The Sharkey County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Rolling Fork , which was named after the Rolling Fork Plantation , on the site of which it was built.

geography

The county is located almost in the far west of Mississippi and has an area of ​​1126 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Washington County Humphreys County
Issaquena County Compass card (de) .svg Yazoo County

history

Sharkey County was formed on March 29, 1876 from parts of Issaquena, Warren and Washington Counties. It was named after Governor William L. Sharkey (1798–1873), a governor of Mississippi (1865).

Five of the county's sites are on the National Register of Historic Places as of February 3, 2018.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 6306 -
1890 8382 32.9%
1900 12,178 45.3%
1910 15,694 28.9%
1920 14,190 -9.6%
1930 13,877 -2.2%
1940 15,433 11.2%
1950 12,903 -16.4%
1960 10,738 -16.8%
1970 8937 -16.8%
1980 7964 -10.9%
1990 7066 -11.3%
2000 6580 -6.9%
2010 4916 -25.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990

2000 + 2010

Sharkey County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Sharkey County had 6,580 people in 2,163 households and 1,589 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 29.36 percent white, 69.32 percent African American, 0.18 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian and 0.27 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.59 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.31 percent of the population.

Of the 2,163 households, 36.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 40.0 percent were married couples living together, 26.8 percent were single mothers, and 26.5 percent were non-families. 23.5 percent of all households were single households and 9.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.56.

33.0 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.4 percent between 18 and 24, 24.8 percent between 25 and 44, 20.4 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 88.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 82.4 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 22,285 USD , for a family is 26,786 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,563 versus $ 17,931 for females. The per capita income was $ 11,396. About 30.5 percent of families and 38.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .

cities and communes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 695783. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2018.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 19, 2011
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 4, 2012
  6. ↑ Sharkey County, Mississippi Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Sharkey County, Mississippi  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 32 ° 53 ′  N , 90 ° 49 ′  W