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Sharkey County
3,234Population
-15.0 %Change since 2020
-96Net migration
5.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 3,234 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -15.0 %
- Net migration
- -96 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.8 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 3,803 (2020)
- Births
- 50 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.5
- Deaths
- 63 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 19.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -13
- International migration
- 0 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -96 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -29.7
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28125
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.8 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 4.7 % |
| 2022 | 4.6 % |
| 2021 | 7.6 % |
| 2020 | 9.3 % |
| 2019 | 7.8 % |
| 2018 | 6.5 % |
| 2017 | 7.1 % |
| 2016 | 7.8 % |
| 2015 | 9.7 % |
| 2014 | 11.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,234 |
| 2023 | 3,378 |
| 2022 | 3,483 |
| 2021 | 3,629 |
| 2020 | 3,774 |